Pictures: only one (below)

Thursday May. 8th '08 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

Can. Mike, UK Mike, Alex

First time for:

No one

Weather:

Cloudy and warm.

Start Time:

1:30pm

No. of Holes Played:

9 (twice)

Alcohol Consumed:

None

Top Score:

0 (by UK Mike) We all played pretty poorly...

Shot of the day:

Can't remember anymore, was weeks ago...

Insult-o-meter level:

Low.

After:

We went to my place and ate pizza and played poker!

Strangeness:

The guy at the desk telling us we had to register to play, and that it was too late to register, but then walking over to the fields and just playing anyway.

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Pictures: only one (below)

Saturday Jan. 13th '08 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

Can. Mike, Scott, JC

First time for:

No one

Weather:

Clear, but cold and windy.

Start Time:

2:30pm

No. of Holes Played:

18

Alcohol Consumed:

Chu-hais!

Top Score:

+3 (by JC) He was top but no one even came close to breaking any records, too windy...

Shot of the day:

Scott's first throw that went over a fence...

Insult-o-meter level:

Low.

After:

We went to Burger King for dinner, then to JC's where we played poker, then Halo, then Shogun, then watched a movie! Went to sleep around 3am... UK Mike also joined us.

Strangeness:

My score was +8, oh the shame!

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Pictures: only one (below)

Saturday Sep. 22th '07 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

Can. Mike, UK Mike

First time for:

No one

Weather:

Sunny and warm.

Start Time:

3:00pm

No. of Holes Played:

18

Alcohol Consumed:

None

Top Score:

-6 (by UK Mike) He came close to equaling his best score...

Shot of the day:

Quite a few nice putts and birdies made.

Insult-o-meter level:

medium low.

After:

We went to Mike's place and watched 7 episodes of 'The Pickup Artist' then played a board game until 4 in the morning...

Strangeness:

We ate ice cream instead of buying beer.

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Pictures: May. 26th (by Mike)

Saturday May 26th '07 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

Can. Mike, Kumi, UK Mike, Satomi

First time for:

Satomi

Weather:

Warm, humid with a slight breeze. Pretty much perfect weather actually.

Start Time:

2:30pm

No. of Holes Played:

18. Finally, the whole 18 are open!

Alcohol Consumed:

Mike and I had a beer each and the girls shared one.

Top Score:

-1 (by Can. Mike) Neither Mike or I came anywhere near our high scores...

Shot of the day:

UK Mike's putt from 20 meters or so away.

Insult-o-meter level:

Very low.

After:

Satomi had to leave, but Kumi, Mike and I headed to Saizeriya for cheap steak and pizza.

Strangeness:

Being attacked by a bee the size of a helicopter! Seriously!

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Pictures: Apr. 4th (by Mike)

Wednesday April 4th '07 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

Can. Mike, Alex, UK Mike, JC

First time for:

No one

Weather:

Cloudy and cool, followed by rainy and cold.

Start Time:

1:00pm

No. of Holes Played:

Only 9. The first 9 are still closed.

Alcohol Consumed:

a couple of beers and chu-hi.

Top Score:

-2 (by Alex, he won again!)

Shot of the day:

There wasn't really one, but everyone made some nice birdies.

Insult-o-meter level:

Medium

After:

We all headed off to JC's place to eat pizza and play boardgames.

Strangeness:

The temperature suddenly dropping and the rain turning to hail for a short time.

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Pictures: Mar. 28th (by Mike)

Wednesday March 28th '07 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

Can. Mike, Alex

First time for:

No one

Weather:

Sunny and warm!

Start Time:

12:30pm

No. of Holes Played:

Only 9. Hanami season's here again so they closed the first 9 holes.

Alcohol Consumed:

None.

Top Score:

0 (by Alex, it just wasn't my day!)

Shot of the day:

Mike's impossible seeming putt from behind the trees!

Insult-o-meter level:

Non-existant

After:

Alex took off to meet Junko (his wife) and I headed home.

Strangeness:

Mike somehow managing to hit every tree in the park when trying to get his disc down the fairway.

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Pictures: Dec. 29th (by Mike)

Saturday December 29th '06 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

Can. Mike, Kumi, Erwan, Yuko

First time for:

No one

Weather:

Sunny and cold.

Start Time:

12:30pm

No. of Holes Played:

18.

Alcohol Consumed:

None.

Top Score:

-5 (by Can. Mike)

Shot of the day:

Can Mike's putt from a seemingly impossible distance.

Insult-o-meter level:

Very low

After:

We all went to an Egyptian restaurant with bellydancing.

Strangeness:

The park being almost completely empty.

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Pictures: none

Monday October 9th '06 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

UK Mike, Scott, Dale, Hitomi, JC

First time for:

Nobody

Weather:

Clear and cool...

Start Time:

2:00pm

No. of Holes Played:

18.

Alcohol Consumed:

Unknown.

Top Score:

-7 (by UK Mike), current top player.

Shot of the day:

Unknown.

Insult-o-meter level:

Unknown.

After:

Most people just went home.

Strangeness:

I wasn't there!

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Pictures: Sep. 16 (by Mike)

Saturday September 16th '06 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

Can. Mike, Kumi, Erwan, Yuko

First time for:

Erwan and Yuko

Weather:

Warm and sunny, perfect weather actually...

Start Time:

2:00pm

No. of Holes Played:

18.

Alcohol Consumed:

Just me, I had a lonely beer.

Top Score:

-4 (by Canadian Mike), I'm the new champion!

Shot of the day:

I was on fire on the last nine holes, getting birdies almost every time!

Insult-o-meter level:

Low

After:

We went to have Peking Duck in Roppongi Hills, then Cold Stone ice cream after.

Strangeness:

Edwin running around looking at bugs.

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Pictures: Sep. 03 (by Mike)

Saturday September 3rd '06 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

Can. Mike, Jason, Dale, Hisa, Mun, Kumi, Kumi and Amy

First time for:

Amy and Mun

Weather:

Sunny and warm, no wind, perfect

Start Time:

3:00pm

No. of Holes Played:

18.

Alcohol Consumed:

None.

Top Score:

-3 (by Can. Mike, my new personal best.)

Shot of the day:

Too many to mention. Jason and I made a bunch of birdies.

Insult-o-meter level:

Very low, Jason was behaving!

After:

Went to Jason's favourite Indian restaurant in Shinjuku.

Strangeness:

Jason's amazing improvement from +4 to -1. Was it luck? Practice? Maybe talent? Nah...

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Pictures: Aug. 26 (by Mike)

Saturday August 26th '06 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

UK Mike, Can. Mike, John, Yasuko and Hitomi

First time for:

Hitomi and John

Weather:

Cloudy and humid

Start Time:

3:00pm

No. of Holes Played:

18

Alcohol Consumed:

Just John and I, UK Mike isn't much of a drinker anymore, total turnaround from the old days!

Top Score:

-3 (by UK Mike, he beat his personal best!)

Shot of the day:

There wasn't really one, although Mike and I made a few birdies each and John made one as well.

Insult-o-meter level:

Non existent, everyone was polite and encouraging today.

After:

Went to an Indian restaurant again, but not the same one as last time.

Strangeness:

Finding out about John's love of everything to do with snails.

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Pictures: Just this one below.

Saturday June 10th '06 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

UK Mike, Can. Mike, Bruno, Brady (and Yasuko just at the end)

First time for:

Yasuko

Weather:

Cloudy, kind of humid, no wind

Start Time:

2:30pm

No. of Holes Played:

18 (Finally the first 9 were open!)

Alcohol Consumed:

No, nobody felt like it, plus Bruno was hungover from last night.

Top Score:

-2 (by UK Mike)

Shot of the day:

Canadian Mike's perfect threading of the needle on hole #6

Insult-o-meter level:

Extremely low, (Jason wasn't there as a catalyst for UK Mike)

After:

Went to an Indian restaurant with all the girlfriends, (and one wife); a big quadruple date. Jason also came later sans girlfriend.

Strangeness:

Seeing some girl sitting down with her ass half exposed. Also Brady constantly wandering off and getting lost.

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Pictures: May 06 (by Mike)

Saturday May 6th '06 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

UK Mike, Can. Mike, Jason, JC, Dale, Hisa, Kumi, Yumiko

First time for:

Kumi and Yumiko (a good effort but their scores were too high to show up on the ranking chart).

Weather:

Warm, sunny, and a bit windy

Start Time:

1:30pm

No. of Holes Played:

9 (The first 9 closed as usual, will we ever play them again?)

Alcohol Consumed:

No, nobody in the mood today I guess.

Top Score:

-1 (by UK Mike)

Shot of the day:

Dale's almost hole-in-one.

Insult-o-meter level:

Abnormally low, (but high during hacky-sack).

After:

First hacky-sack for a while, then after much indecisiveness, went to an Indian restaurant in Tachikawa, then left after being seated. Went to Shinjuku, and found a better Indian restaurant. Finished off with some air-hockey.

Strangeness:

Jason, Mike and I being approached by a Japanese pimp in Shinjuku offering us a choice of 30 odd prostitutes from various countries.

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Pictures: May 03 (by Mike)

Wednesday May 3rd '06 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

UK Mike, Can. Mike, Hisa

First time for:

Nobody

Weather:

Sunny and warm

Start Time:

12:30pm

No. of Holes Played:

9 (The first 9 closed again! Grrr. Reason being that it's Golden Week).

Alcohol Consumed:

Mike and Mike drank beers and Chu-hais. Hisa abstained, gave some excuse about his liver.

Top Score:

0 (by UK Mike)

Shot of the day:

Can Mike's birdie from 15 meters away.

Insult-o-meter level:

Medium

After:

We went to Jonathan's to eat dinner, and Hisa brought along a woman! Not his girlfriend though...

Strangeness:

Hisa losing his disc while walking between hole 14 and 15.

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Pictures: Apr. 22 (by Jason)

Video: Apr. 22 (by Jason)

Video: Apr. 22 (by Mike)

Saturday April 22nd '06 at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa

Players:

UK Mike, Can. Mike, Jason

First time for:

Jason

Weather:

Cloudy, a bit windy

Start Time:

1:30pm

No. of Holes Played:

9 (The first 9 closed again for hanami, even though hanami is over).

Alcohol Consumed:

No, but Mike and Mike regretted it later.

Top Score:

-2 (by UK Mike)

Shot of the day:

UK Mike's almost hole-in-one

Insult-o-meter level:

High

After:

UK Mike and Jason played airhockey in Shinjuku, I took off to meet Kumi.

Strangeness:

Sighting of a couple humping with their clothes on, in full view.

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