"The first was on the last day of the 20th century and I hit another one the next day on the first day of the 21st century," Ritchie, who is in Dunedin for the national women's masters golf tournament at Balmacewen, said yesterday.
Both were on the fifth hole of the Wanganui-Belmont course in a local tournament. The second one was one of the first hit at the start of the new millennium.
"It felt fantastic," Ritchie, who is playing in the Wanganui-Manawatu team, said.
"Television cameras came out and I did interviews. It was very special for me and absolutely fantastic. Every hole in one is just as exciting as the first one."
Ritchie (60), who works in the hospitality trade and does landscaping, is not able to forget her eight holes in one because each one is tattooed on her right leg.
"I had the tattoos put on last year," she said.
"It's my only tattoo. It means something and is a good reminder for me."
Ritchie started playing golf at the age of 18 and played in the Russell Grace Cup for Bay of Plenty for a decade from 1982.
She was in the team that won the inter-provincials in 1986. She was in the Manawatu-Wanganui team that won the women's masters team event at Alexandra in 1994.
It was a bitterly cold day on the Balmacewen course yesterday.
"I have played in rough conditions, but this was very, very cold today," she said.
"There was a lot of hail today and the greens went white. It made conditions very hard and the scores were not very good because the conditions were tough and horrible."
But despite that she is prepared to play in all conditions.
"I like golf. Its a good all-around sport and everyone's on an equal level."
Ritchie played a lot of games in her younger days, but badminton was the only other sport she played at representative level.
What are her goals now?
"Just to keep fit and well and still be able to play golf," she said.
"I'm pretty fit."
• Auckland and North Harbour share the lead after the first day of the New Zealand women's masters teams event with 81 points.
They are followed by Taranaki 79, Bay of Plenty 74, Waikato, Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay 73, Southland and Wellington 72, Northland 71, South Canterbury 70, Otago 68, Tasman 67, Canterbury 65 and Manawatu-Wanganui 60.
