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"The trees were ok." - Scottie Scheffler correcting a journalist who mistakenly said Scottie threw a ball into the crowd... or me comforting my foursome after I pull hook my driver on Saturday directly into an grove of oak trees.
Learning English from Kevin Hart
WHO NEEDS DUOLINGO?
An absolutely electric clip surfaced this week from The Smylie Show podcast with Haotong Li. He casually drops that he learned English from Kevin Hart because "I feel like we are the same kind of type person."
They move on to reveal that Haotong threw out the first pitch at an Oakland A's game back in 2015. A moment marked by his memory of the catcher not catching the ball because he "didn't expect I'd throw that hard. He probably saw me as a Chinese m@^@*#$#^$&&."
To which the guys explode in laughter before noting that it's pretty obvious what words he picked up from Kevin Hart.
The clip is charming and further evidence that beyond the stars on Tour, there are so many characters hiding in plain sight (see also: Ryo Hitsatsune).
I also wonder how crazy it would be to learn a completely foreign language by consuming pop culture. It's not a unique story as I've heard plenty of times where people watch Friends or Everybody Loves Raymond or whatever syndicated comedies do well abroad.
But I'm imagining myself as a kid watching the original Japanese pokemon show and somehow being able to figure out that Charizard is actually the name of the pokemon, and not a formal greeting used for when two or more people are in the same room. Or whatever nuanced language fragment it may be.
Okay, Airbus Space, let's settle down here.
FAIRWAY TWO. CLEARED FOR LANDING.
We'll get this out of the way at the top, Airbus Space might be the burner account for Kantarat Golf Course in Thailand. And now for the hyper specific Bravo reference... this post is like how Jax Taylor from Vanderpump/The Valley had his fake account just to pump himself up on other people's posts.
"No other place on Earth..."? I mean there are two courses in Los Angeles alone that overlook airports—Westchester essentially borders LAX and Penmar (famed site of my hole in one) is so close to Santa Monica airport that Harrison Ford crashed his plane on the course.
"Craziest in the world" is also a bold claim competing alongside courses I've profiled like the one inside the Indy 500 racetrack or the hundreds of miles long one in Australia or Skukuza in Africa that's essentially a full African safari.
Now that my roast of the source material is out of the way, the airport course is actually pretty wild.
It was originally built by the Royal Thai Air Force in the 50s and is open to the public for like $10/round during the week.
The biggest catch is that you have to bring your bag through the airport and explosive scanners to even reach the course. Plus, for obvious security reasons, it plays SUPER tight with nearly everything OB and you must play with a caddie to chaperone. A hilarious stipulation given the entire round only costs $10.
Venn Diagram Test
KOREAN FINE ART X GOLF
I seem to be on an Olympic-influenced international kick this week...
Originally caught this artist on a Hype Golf post but wanted to show the Ham Bo Kyung some love and linked out her actual IG.
The Venn Diagram here are my art museum folks who love a good stroll through the echoing halls of a museum, hands clasped behind your back, meandering from room to room as we read the first sentence or two of the multiple paragraph long copy blocks besides each painting.
I don't know if I've ever seen golf art like this before and I dig it. Feels like it could easily be found in the Korean wing of the Field museum in Chicago from the year, like, 208 A.D. But in reality, these are new paintings being made by Ham Bo Kyung.
And what made this one even more interesting was the poetic writeup she dropped in the caption that makes going out for a round of golf sound so much more noble and artistic.
A man and a woman seated side by side in a golf cart.
In that quiet moment, the competition, the score, even the direction of the wind seem to fade away.
What is their relationship?
Perhaps they are lovers who have shared many years together.
Perhaps they are only beginning to discover each other’s hearts.
Or perhaps they are companions who understand one another deeply, without many words.
The painting does not offer an answer.
Instead, it leaves space—so that each viewer’s own memories and experiences may step in and complete the story between them.
In that quiet moment, the competition, the score, even the direction of the wind seem to fade away.
What is their relationship?
Perhaps they are lovers who have shared many years together.
Perhaps they are only beginning to discover each other’s hearts.
Or perhaps they are companions who understand one another deeply, without many words.
The painting does not offer an answer.
Instead, it leaves space—so that each viewer’s own memories and experiences may step in and complete the story between them.
Riv with a home run charity idea.
FOR THE KIDS
Had to bring it back to the U-S-A! for the final piece this week.
Such a clever idea from Riv to feature 18 practice round flags created by kids affected by the Palisades wildfires. I'll be a sucker any time you get the kids involved but the one piece I'd try to level up...
Embroider the super clean Riviera R on each, get the top Pros to sign all 18 flags and auction them off as a fundraiser.
You'd print money.
