[quote][b]North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death was noted on Twitter as an epic loss to golf, with hundreds recalling the Stalinist state media's reports of Kim's 11 holes-in-one in a single round in 1994.[/b]
Reports hailed Kim's 38-under par 34 over 18 holes at the 7,700-yard (7,041m) Pyongyang Golf Course in his first try at golf, a feat watched purportedly by 17 security guards protecting the man hailed as 'Dear Leader'.
Kim, who died on Saturday of a heart attack at age 69, was 52 at the time he purportedly fired a round where birdie was his worst score on any hole.
Twitter sceptics wondered whether or not Kim might have tried to surpass such stars as Tiger Woods or reigning English world number one Luke Donald had he truly gone 21 strokes below the best score from a US PGA golfer.
"Look at it this way: with Kim Jong Il dying, everybody will be moving up one spot in the world golf rankings," noted Dan Daly in a Twitter posting.
Others pondered the golf showdowns that never happened.
"Kim Jong-il's passing means Luke Donald is now indisputably golf's world no.1," tweeted John Mackay.
"Congrats Luke. Just a shame it wasn't settled on the course."
"Golf world mourns the passing of the prodigious world leader never to win a major," tweeted Shaun Hinds.
Even Paddy Power tweeted: "The world has lost a golfing legend, we're 1,000,000/1 for any PGA player to beat Kim Jong Il's record round of 38 under."
Some saw hope for Kim from beyond the grave.
Rick Reilly posted: "Just in from North Korean state news agency: Kim Jong Il's corpse shoots 54, incl 6 aces."
Nick Howell pondered what might have been, saying his record round "Could've been even better if his ball hadn't stuck under the windmill on the eleventh."
Alistair Barrie was shocked there was not more mention on golf websites, noting: "No one seems remotely concerned that the world's greatest golfer has died."
"With passing of Kim Jong Il, sports world may have lost greatest golfer of all time," tweeted HuffPost Sports.
"The golf world mourns the loss of Kim Jong-Il. Routinely scored 3 or 4 aces every round according to state run media, so it must be true," wrote Len Berman.
Ray Ratto had his suspicions, tweeting: "Don't fully buy this Kim Jong-Il golf story. Surely the Callaway people would have sent him a hat, a shoulder patch or something".
In a timely post with Christmas approaching, Chris Scoular said: "The North Korean equivalent of finding out Santa isnt real must be finding out Kim Jong Il didnt invent the hamburger or shoot a 38 in golf."[/quote]
[url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-20/golf-world-mourns-kim-jong-il/3739452?section=sport[/url]
They do realise those holes-in-one were clearly faked/lies, right? Right?
[quote=wat]Stalinist state media's reports of Kim's 11 holes-in-one in a single round in 1994.[/quote]
ahahaha
[QUOTE=ijyt;33803961]They do realise those holes-in-one were clearly faked/lies, right? Right?[/QUOTE]
No, our glorious leader was clearly an epic golfer. Probably better than Tiger Wood.
best korea pga tour.
take note EA
[QUOTE=ijyt;33803961]They do realise those holes-in-one were clearly faked/lies, right? Right?[/QUOTE]
What are you talking about! HE REALLY SCORED THOSE HOLES IN ONE.
What about the NBA?
They must mourn their #1 fan.
[QUOTE=ijyt;33803961]They do realise those holes-in-one were clearly faked/lies, right? Right?[/QUOTE]
They are real, I was there myself.
[QUOTE=ijyt;33803961]They do realise those holes-in-one were clearly faked/lies, right? Right?[/QUOTE]
"Just in from North Korean state news agency: Kim Jong Il's corpse shoots 54, incl 6 aces."
Nope, they don't get it
[QUOTE=Baldr 2.0;33804415]He was a Internet expert to, and there is no reason to doubt it.[/QUOTE]
Well, Internet expert compared to most politicians.
If I was Kim, I'd be really pissed off that nobody believes my amazing golf score. Also dead.
[QUOTE=-n3o-;33803972]No, our glorious leader was clearly an epic golfer. Probably better than Tiger Wood.[/QUOTE]
Probably? Off to the glorious democratic rehabilitation centre.
[QUOTE=Mlisen14;33805336]Probably? Off to the glorious [B]democratic people's republic[/B] rehabilitation centre.[/QUOTE]
Fixed.
[QUOTE=ijyt;33803961]They do realise those holes-in-one were clearly faked/lies, right? Right?[/QUOTE]
The joke went so far over your head that it entered orbit.
Around mars.
Can't prove it, can't disprove it.
What bout American football
[QUOTE=YouWithTheFace.;33803998]best korea pga tour.
take note EA[/QUOTE]
If it has a minigame where you have to escape from a North Korean political prison or else be executed, I'm sold.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;33810942]If it has a minigame where you have to escape from a North Korean political prison or else be executed, I'm sold.[/QUOTE]
Make that escaping from the country itself and not just a prison and I'll sell myself for a copy :v:
Rest in Prease Grorious Readah
[QUOTE=Sh33p;33805283]If I was Kim, I'd be really pissed off that nobody believes my amazing golf score. Also dead.[/QUOTE]
Pff. His golf score pales in comparison to his other achievements.
[quote]* He had the ability to alter the weather simply through the power of thought.
* The fledgling leader was a genius as an infant, with official North Korean biographies stating that he had learned to walk at just 3 weeks and was talking at 8 weeks.
* As a junior high school pupil in Pyongyang, he corrected and chastised his teachers for their incorrect statements on history.
* He wrote six full operas in two years, "all of which are better than any in the history of music," according to his official biography.
* He designed the Tower of the Juche Idea, a 170-metre tower in the east bank of the River Taedong in central Pyongyang that is topped by a glowing red flame.
* His official biography also claims that he wrote 1,500 books during his time at Kim Sung Il University, from where he graduated in 1964.
* According to the Korea Central News Agency, he was an expert on all aspects of the film industry and "improved the scripts and guided the production" of the movie "Diary of a Girl Student."[/quote]
