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Coronavirus helps golf to bounce back in Japan

        Erika Kikuchi hits her second shot on the 9th hole during the second round of the Daikin Orchid Ladies at the Ryukyu Golf Club in Nanjo, Okinawa A symbol of wealth and social standing in Japan 40 years ago, golf suffered a deep downswing in its popularity after the nation's economic bubble burst in the early 1990s. With the advent of the  coronavirus pandemic and a dramatic shift in the lifestyles  of many Japanese, the sport is enjoying new-found popularity.      The Golf Digest Online course reservation site reported a record number of bookings in calendar 2020, up 12% on the previous year, while the organization for golf course operators announced that player numbers were up 10% in October compared to that of the same month one year earlier, which was before the pandemic struck.  Similarly, operators of golf driving ranges and companies selling golfing equipment and specialist clothing for the sport are all reporting increased sales.  The recent boom in the sport is &quo

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Coronavirus helps golf to bounce back in Japan

        Erika Kikuchi hits her second shot on the 9th hole during the second round of the Daikin Orchid Ladies at the Ryukyu Golf Club in Nanjo, Okinawa A symbol of wealth and social standing in Japan 40 years ago, golf suffered a deep downswing in its popularity after the nation's economic bubble burst in the early 1990s. With the advent of the  coronavirus pandemic and a dramatic shift in the lifestyles  of many Japanese, the sport is enjoying new-found popularity.      The Golf Digest Online course reservation site reported a record number of bookings in calendar 2020, up 12% on the previous year, while the organization for golf course operators announced that player numbers were up 10% in October compared to that of the same month one year earlier, which was before the pandemic struck.  Similarly, operators of golf driving ranges and companies selling golfing equipment and specialist clothing for the sport are all reporting increased sales.  The recent boom in the sport is &quo

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama becomes first Asian-born golfer to win Masters

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama celebrates with his green jacket after winning The Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, US on April 11, 2021.   © Brian Snyder, Reuters   Text by: NEWS WIRES Thrilled Japanese fans welcomed Hideki Matsuyama's historic Masters victory on Monday, with broadcasters close to tears and the country's prime minister hailing the win as a bright spot during the pandemic. "Matsuyama Masters" trended on Twitter after the 29-year-old earned himself a place in history by becoming the first  Japanese  man to capture a major  golf  title. "Matsuyama opens the door of history," declared the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. In Japan, the one-stroke victory came early on Monday morning, with some broadcasters carrying live footage of his final round 73 that saw him finish on 10-under par. On private station TBS, broadcasters and commentators choked up as Matsuyama sank the final putt to claim the green jacket symbolic of Masters supremacy. "C

Tiger Woods in hospital with multiple injuries after car accident

File photo of Tiger Woods during the PNC Championship at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club on December 20, 2020 in Florida.   © Mike Ehrmann, AFP Golfer Tiger Woods was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday after suffering multiple injuries when his car went off a road and rolled over, requiring the jaws of life to extricate him. “ Tiger Woods  was in a single-car accident this morning in California where he suffered multiple leg injuries," his manager, Mark Steinberg, said. He is currently in surgery and we thank you for your privacy and support.” Woods, the sole occupant in the car, was removed from the wreckage by firefighters and paramedics, his agent added. The roll-over crash near Los Angeles did not involve any other vehicles. Television images showed the car lying on a patch of grass off the road, with its hood badly damaged. This morning  @LMTLASD  responded to a roll-over collision in which  @TigerWoods  was injured. Please see our statement...  pic.twitter.com/cSWOxKZC1w

I tested the Hello Birdie app

Golf apps for smartphones are numerous. Basically, they focus on two tasks: measuring distances and recording scores. In these two areas they are strongly challenged by GPS watches, connected or not. App designers are therefore doomed to innovate if they want to exist. And some innovations that require relatively expensive sensors don't always seem very useful. Hello   Birdie  offers innovation without any addition of expensive gadgets. Its goal is at the same time, simpler, more ambitious, and more original: to make us play intelligently! In other words , Hello   Birdie  proposes to establish a game  strategy  hole by hole, for each of our games. Its slogan: "Hope is not a strategy". How is that possible? In reality, on our smartphone we only have the tip of the iceberg. The heart of  Hello Birdie  is on the developer's servers where an "artificial intelligence" analyzes our performance and transforms it into game proposals. Important details: the game pro