Ruth Bowles and Mary Seaford, right, after finishing as the top two in the Corbin Hills Championship in 1997. Wayne Hinshaw photo.

By Mike London

Salisbury Post

SALISBURY — An avid golfing couple, Mary Seaford and her husband, Gene, conducted a see-saw battle for decades for the most career aces in the family.

It appeared they would finish their time on earth deadlocked for eternity with four apiece, but on a summer day at McCanless in 2021, Gene Seaford pulled out his pitching wedge, smacked it toward the flagstick 110 yards away and aced No. 12 from the red tees.

It was career hole-in-one No. 5 for Gene, breaking a longstanding draw with his wife and providing priceless bragging rights.

No. 12 at McCanless was Gene’s lucky hole. Two of his five aces came there.

Gene was 90 years o

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