Episode 5: Papwa

Looking at a golf hole, each one seems unique. Like a fingerprint, moving along with the contours of the earth. The way that it rises out of the landscape, it can’t possibly be replicated. But the idea of importing enduring hole designs from one course to another has been going on since the early 1900s. 

His name would have never reached the history books, if it wasn’t for his friend running late. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Emotional Piano Improvisation by Alexander Nakarada from filmmusic.io

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It is fall of 2020. The days are getting shorter. The warm breeze turns to cold. Not your typical time of year to play the Masters. But for 2020, it’s par for the course. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 no. 2

It is known by many names. Goofy golf, mini-golf, Putt-Putt. But the game is still the same. And the nostalgia runs deep. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ TrackTribe - Home for the Holidays

There is a small island in the middle of the Potomac River, known as East Potomac Park. This park became the starting point for well designed municipal golf courses. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Aakash Gandhi - Frozen in Love

Barbara Romack was a professional golfer, and in 1968, she was one of two professional golfers to be hijacked to Cuba. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ E's Jammy Jams - Soul and Mind

On the dusty, wind-swept plains of America’s heartland, grass greens were hard to come by in the early part of the century. It was difficult and expensive to grow grass greens in that dry climate. So they adapted. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Chris Haugen - Tupelo Train

He could have been one of the best golfers to come out of South Africa, and yet most don’t even know his name. Most probably haven’t even heard of him. The man called Papwa. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Emotional Piano Improvisation by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6199-emotional-piano-improvisation License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Relaxing Piano Improvisation by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5978-relaxing-piano-improvisation License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Patty Burg steps on to the first tee, and into the history books. This is the story of the first US Women’s Open. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Aakash Gandhi - Twinkle in the Night Aakash Gandhi - Dreamland