The story I heard was Kim shot slightly over par, and this was mistranslated to 38 under par 34.
He chuckled but said nothing, puffing on an unfiltered cigarette.
What about the record-shattering score and those unforgettable five holes in one? This time, to my surprise, he answered.
Kim, the manager said, was, of course, a staggering golf talent, possessed of an enchantingly rhythmic swing. But even for a player of his abilities, five aces in one round were out of reach. How that stat had entered into the official record was pretty simple, the manager said: The scorekeeper tracking Kim’s round that day had relied on a relative-to-par system, marking down 0 for pars, 1 for bogeys and 2 for double-bogeys.
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Unfamiliar with that scorekeeping shorthand, the North Korean state news agency covering the outing had read the five 1s on Kim’s card as holes-in-one.
setting aside everything else, golf is pretty trash though from a left pov. i love the george carlin bit about how its the biggest waste of space. big property, limitless potential, all tied up in a little tiny hole and a little tiny ball for the wealthy. He really puts it in perspective when he says we could have 3 tiny states worth of land for the homeless if we just seize every golf course for government housing
i'm trying to put together a little collection to post somewhere and so far i have:
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The story I heard was Kim shot slightly over par, and this was mistranslated to 38 under par 34.
https://golf.com/news/behind-kim-jong-ils-famous-round-of-golf/
tankies say that north korea is good but north korea leader man plays golf, the sport that is dumb and bad and capitalist.
curious :thonk:
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setting aside everything else, golf is pretty trash though from a left pov. i love the george carlin bit about how its the biggest waste of space. big property, limitless potential, all tied up in a little tiny hole and a little tiny ball for the wealthy. He really puts it in perspective when he says we could have 3 tiny states worth of land for the homeless if we just seize every golf course for government housing
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Ya. It makes sense. The author is just some golf douche, so I don't know how much to trust it.
They got golf in the DPRK?
Damn, just when you think you start to know a guy, they go and do shit like this...