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metres. She
was applauded politely by everyone.
Prime Minister Murray strode up to the men’s
tee, did a few stretching exercises, took out his driver and
thumped the ball 250 metres straight down the middle of the
fairway. He beamed with pride as everyone clapped.
Then it was Koshi’s turn to tee up. He
pulled out his drive and hit a long low drive perfectly but a good
40 metres short of Murray’s ball. Once again everyone applauded
politely.
Jake feeling extremely nervous and out of
his depth, pushed his tee into the ground and tried to place the
ball on the tee. His hand was shaking so much, it took him three
tries before he could get the ball to sit firmly on the tee.
“Here goes nothing,” he said to himself as
he took a deep breath and swung his three wood mightily at the
ball. The ball took off skimming just inches above the ground but
to Jake’s dismay it smacked into the concrete red mound on the
ladies tee and took a huge lob backwards. Everyone scattered as the
ball plopped back on the tee a metre in front of Jake’s feet.
There was amusement all round and Neville
Murray guffawed at Jake’s predicament saying, “I’d love to see you
do that shot again Jake. Let’s make the stakes $1,000.”
Shame-faced and not prepared to take the
risk of using the wood again, Jake took out his four iron,
carefully addressed the ball and used a slow backswing to hit the
ball. This time the ball flew some 150 metres and finished in the
rough on the left side of the fairway. Not a great outcome but he
heaved a sigh of relief as he walked to his cart.
Koshi murmured encouraging words to Jake as
they drove off in the cart to take their second shots.
Jake improved with his third shot but put
his fourth into the bunker beside the green. He managed to blast
out of the bunker at the first attempt and landed on the green, two
putted and finished with a seven. In the meantime, Murray had hit
the green with his second shot and two-putted to finish with a par
four. Sentoro and Koshi each finished with a bogie five. First hole
to Murray and Sentoro.
The next few holes went quickly with Jake
starting to grow in confidence as his play improved and he started
holing a few long putts. After the first nine holes they were three
holes behind.
The tenth hole was a difficult par five
taking a dog leg to the left with lagoons on both sides of the
fairway and deep bunkers surrounding the green. Koshi hit a solid
tee shot but drove his second into rough on the side of the lagoon.
Jake descended from the cart to help him look for the ball. There
was no sign of his ball and they poked their golf sticks into the
reeds on the edge of the lagoon.
Koshi let out a sigh of relief as he spotted
his ball just a few centimetres in the muddy water and took his
stance with one foot in the water and the other on the bank. Jake
was about ten metres away when he sensed rather than saw a ripple
in the water. He hurled himself at Koshi in a flying leap knocking
him sideways onto the bank just as a huge crocodile launched itself
at Koshi. The crocodile just missed his leg but managed to grip his
golf stick in its jaws. Jake hauled Koshi up the bank dragging him
through the mud as the crocodile angrily tossed the golf club from
side to side.
A bewildered Koshi gradually picked himself
up not quite realising what had just happened. Then he saw the
crocodile swimming away with his golf stick in its mouth and
suddenly gasped as the horror of the situation struck him. Jake
brushed him off just as the bodyguards arrived in their cart
wondering what the commotion was all about. Jake gave him some
water and sat him down in the cart to allow him to recover from his
shock. After drinking the water, he calmed down and thanked Jake
for his quick action.
Prime Minister Murray and Sentoro drove up
and were horrified at Koshi’s near miss. After checking that Koshi
was unharmed, Murray said,
“You can’t continue on after such an ordeal
Koshi-san. We will just
was applauded politely by everyone.
Prime Minister Murray strode up to the men’s
tee, did a few stretching exercises, took out his driver and
thumped the ball 250 metres straight down the middle of the
fairway. He beamed with pride as everyone clapped.
Then it was Koshi’s turn to tee up. He
pulled out his drive and hit a long low drive perfectly but a good
40 metres short of Murray’s ball. Once again everyone applauded
politely.
Jake feeling extremely nervous and out of
his depth, pushed his tee into the ground and tried to place the
ball on the tee. His hand was shaking so much, it took him three
tries before he could get the ball to sit firmly on the tee.
“Here goes nothing,” he said to himself as
he took a deep breath and swung his three wood mightily at the
ball. The ball took off skimming just inches above the ground but
to Jake’s dismay it smacked into the concrete red mound on the
ladies tee and took a huge lob backwards. Everyone scattered as the
ball plopped back on the tee a metre in front of Jake’s feet.
There was amusement all round and Neville
Murray guffawed at Jake’s predicament saying, “I’d love to see you
do that shot again Jake. Let’s make the stakes $1,000.”
Shame-faced and not prepared to take the
risk of using the wood again, Jake took out his four iron,
carefully addressed the ball and used a slow backswing to hit the
ball. This time the ball flew some 150 metres and finished in the
rough on the left side of the fairway. Not a great outcome but he
heaved a sigh of relief as he walked to his cart.
Koshi murmured encouraging words to Jake as
they drove off in the cart to take their second shots.
Jake improved with his third shot but put
his fourth into the bunker beside the green. He managed to blast
out of the bunker at the first attempt and landed on the green, two
putted and finished with a seven. In the meantime, Murray had hit
the green with his second shot and two-putted to finish with a par
four. Sentoro and Koshi each finished with a bogie five. First hole
to Murray and Sentoro.
The next few holes went quickly with Jake
starting to grow in confidence as his play improved and he started
holing a few long putts. After the first nine holes they were three
holes behind.
The tenth hole was a difficult par five
taking a dog leg to the left with lagoons on both sides of the
fairway and deep bunkers surrounding the green. Koshi hit a solid
tee shot but drove his second into rough on the side of the lagoon.
Jake descended from the cart to help him look for the ball. There
was no sign of his ball and they poked their golf sticks into the
reeds on the edge of the lagoon.
Koshi let out a sigh of relief as he spotted
his ball just a few centimetres in the muddy water and took his
stance with one foot in the water and the other on the bank. Jake
was about ten metres away when he sensed rather than saw a ripple
in the water. He hurled himself at Koshi in a flying leap knocking
him sideways onto the bank just as a huge crocodile launched itself
at Koshi. The crocodile just missed his leg but managed to grip his
golf stick in its jaws. Jake hauled Koshi up the bank dragging him
through the mud as the crocodile angrily tossed the golf club from
side to side.
A bewildered Koshi gradually picked himself
up not quite realising what had just happened. Then he saw the
crocodile swimming away with his golf stick in its mouth and
suddenly gasped as the horror of the situation struck him. Jake
brushed him off just as the bodyguards arrived in their cart
wondering what the commotion was all about. Jake gave him some
water and sat him down in the cart to allow him to recover from his
shock. After drinking the water, he calmed down and thanked Jake
for his quick action.
Prime Minister Murray and Sentoro drove up
and were horrified at Koshi’s near miss. After checking that Koshi
was unharmed, Murray said,
“You can’t continue on after such an ordeal
Koshi-san. We will just
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