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A hot day, a cool pro, a golf lesson in the rungs of talent
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Gregory Foo of Singapore, who plays on the Asian Tour, once had a round that included six birdies and an eagle.
PHOTO: ASIAN TOUR
The ball rises as steeply as Artemis II and falls to earth with the softness of a descending autumn leaf. This is athletic art. To be precise it’s the flop shot, golf’s version of haiku, and it’s been elegantly composed by Gregory Foo, the Asian Tour player from Singapore.
It’s April 1 and no prank is being played at Sentosa Golf Club, only a lesson administered on levels in sport. Amateurs like me forget the low rung of talent we exist on until we discover how high the ladder goes. In short, to play alongside Foo is to summon the words of Bobby Jones, who once said of Jack Nicklaus, “(He) played a game of which I am not familiar”.
