Steve Sarkisian's Hole-in-One Exposed 4 Saban Assistants Sneaking Off to Golf

Q: How did Nick Saban learn about Steve Sarkisian’s secret hole-in-one before his assistants could even celebrate it?

Nick Saban appears to have learned about Steve Sarkisian’s hole-in-one through the golf-course grapevine, most likely after the course pro noticed the shot and asked who made it. Golding’s story makes clear that the assistants were trying to stay quiet and avoid attention because they were not supposed to be out golfing. But a hole-in-one is the kind of event that quickly gets talked about at a club, especially when recognizable Alabama staff members are involved. Golding said the pro immediately asked who hit it, and by the next day Saban already knew. There is no indication in Golding’s account that one of the assistants told Saban directly. The point of the anecdote was that Saban somehow always seemed to find out what his staff was doing. In that sense, the most plausible answer is that word spread through club staff or local golf circles and reached Saban before the assistants could acknowledge it themselves.

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Pete Golding said a spring golf escape by four Alabama assistants unraveled when Steve Sarkisian hit a hole-in-one while Nick Saban was on another hole at the same Tuscaloosa course.
Golding said the staff usually avoided Saban by learning whether he was at Indian Hills or North River and then driving to the other course, but bad information sent them to Indian Hills anyway.
Sarkisian's 145-yard shot on the par-3 10th dropped in as Saban stood nearby on 16, leaving the group unable to celebrate and scrambling back to their carts.
Word of the ace reached Saban by the next day, according to Golding, underscoring both how closely Saban monitored assistants and how hard it was to hide in Tuscaloosa.