I was listening to the radio while assembling some furniture popuko-hammer when I heard the presenter tell a story about how kim-jong-il once beat a few records playing golf, and because he didn't want those records to ever be broken by anyone, he decided to be a petty little shit and ban-hammer golf in the DPRK. Ah yes, totally true story, I'm sure. made-it-the-fuck-up

So I looked up golf in the DPRK, and not only is golf not banned, but apparently they run an annual golf tournament that's even open to foreign players. wat

It took me literally less than a minute to debunk that ridiculous claim. Even NATOpedia has a page on the fucking tournament. agony But as usual Westerners just can't help themselves and just have to pull nonsensical claims about bAD cOuNtRy out of their colonial stinky doodoo asses. Unreal. live-slug-reaction

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[–] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

DPRK cancelled for having golf!

How could you allow this Kim?

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 38 points 4 months ago (1 children)

yeonmi-park

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In North Korea they host a golf tournament and allow foreign athletes to compete, but if you break the Supreme Leader's records they stuff you in a bear's carcass Midsommar style

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

waow-based

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I think this is basically a game of telephone from "DPRK news reports Supreme Leader got 5 hole-in-ones" to "11 hole-in-ones" to that. The original story is that DPRK news did actually report him getting 5 hole-in-ones, but they did so because of a score-keeping mix-up where the caddy was recording relative to par, with the lowest he got being 1 above par on 5 holes, and someone along the line who was unfamiliar assuming that it was just the number of strokes.

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Honestly five bogeys is really good for a non-professional. Even for a professional it's pretty high up there depending on the course.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The commentary I read noted that too, saying the correct score is also unlikely. Idk, are there other practices, ones that might be used for scoring newbies, that might have lowered his score?

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It might be right. If there aren't that many courses in NK, if you play the same course enough times you can get really good at it. It is not outside of reason that he had one really good game and they reported on it. Honestly depending on how much he played , it might be more odd if he never had a good game..

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

afaik he only played one game, but I don't really know

[–] commiewithoutorgans@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Is it possible that that also was a sort of score handicap? Like for every hole he took a 1-2 stroke handicap? Then with that addition he got 5 at one above par?

Could also very easily be he cheated to get 1 above par. Honestly couldn't give less of a shit but exploring the possibilities

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

That is also possible and they forgot to note it.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Is it possible that that also was a sort of score handicap? Like for every hole he took a 1-2 stroke handicap? Then with that addition he got 5 at one above par?

That was my guess but I know nothing about golf

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The shit about kim having a perfect golf game is also a myth: https://golf.com/news/behind-kim-jong-ils-famous-round-of-golf/

Media misread his scorecard because it was in shorthand.

[–] blame@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

what an annoying article

[–] absolutefuckinidiot@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

makes me wanna shed my skin the way author of this article genuinely thinks they're really super fucking smart and sharp

[–] miz@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

ten years hard labor for this author

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago

Western nations have deeply sick societies that allow these lies to persist.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Kim Jung Un turned me into a newt!

[–] Pastaguini@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

A newt?!

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 4 months ago

golf is allowed? i am now anti-juche

[–] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Even NATOpedia has a page on the fucking tournament.

Link or lib

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

oooaaaaaaauhhh

spoiler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DPRK_Amateur_Golf_Open