Chapter 40 golf

"Ayako Okamoto is the first woman in the world to win a prize in a golf tournament!" Just now, the TV was shouting loudly. This woman who is called "Ayako of the World" makes me feel very honored as a woman.About the year before last, Ms. Ayako returned to Japan because of her back pain. At that time, she was very close to her current brilliant achievements.At that time, Ms. Ayako attended the "Tetsuko's Cabin" program.We showed the video of Ms. Ayako on the American golf course. At that time, I pointed to a white area in the green on the screen and asked:

"What is that white sandy thing?" Ms. Ayako showed her characteristic white teeth and said with a smile: "That's generally called a bunker." People in the studio who knew golf "coaxed" laughter, and I was very disturbed.But this "white sand" is a little different than the jokes I make on other sports shows.I heard that after Ms. Ayako's program was broadcast, the word started to be used among professional golfers, such as "Today I scored two goals in the white sand".I don't know much about it, but it seems like it's not good to put the ball there.In the past, there was a saying, "If you enter the Baisha Land, no good will happen anyway", it must be so.

In "Tetsuko's Cabin", I also did something wrong to the professional player Mr. Takashi Murakami. At that time, Mr. Murakami achieved a brilliant second place in the Hawaii Open.I have always thought that golf is a wide course with only one hole. Everyone starts together, and the person who hits the ball into the hole with the least number of strokes is the first. in one (a hole in one)". So, when Mr. Murakami said "there are 18 holes in total" in the conversation, I was very shocked and said: "No, there should only be one hole, right?" Mr. Murakami smiled and said:

"Oh, no, there are eighteen holes." I remembered the scene I watched on TV and thought about it carefully.Indeed, everyone is playing in a sand hole-like place, which must be a big hole.So I drew with both hands the shape of a "ring of friendship" like Mr. Temery's, and said: "That means there are seventeen such holes..." I went on to say: "Also, there's a flag on the last hole, that little hole!" Mr. Murakami was still smiling at first, then gradually became serious, and finally, he whispered to someone standing next to the camera—maybe his manager or a friend.

"Hi! Are there eighteen holes?" The person next to the camera says "yes".Mr. Murakami seemed relieved and said to me: "Yes! That's eighteen!" I'm really sorry Mr. Murakami.