Villager Jim Creighton smiles after hitting a hole-in-one.
Villager Jim Creighton smiles after hitting a hole-in-one.

Jim Creighton of the Village of St. James, who will undergo a stem cell transplant next month, had a hole-in-one Tuesday on the Roosevelt Executive Golf Course.

Creighton, who retired from the Illinois State Police is battling Multiple Myeloma.

He got the hole-in-one on Hole 3. He was using clubs given to him for Christmas by his wife, Jan.

“What a blessing that was and it occurring on 1-14-14 I think is another positive

sign the stem cell transplant is going to be a complete success,” Jan said.