"Do you think this kid might have gotten into trouble?" Li Xiu looked at the address Chu Jun had sent, surprisingly it was outside of Zhongshan City.
Li Xiu pondered for a mont and still decided to go check it out.
He found Xin Guan, luckily he hadn’t started modifying the Ghost-faced Magic Armor yet, Li Xiu borrowed it for a while.
With the Ghost-faced Magic Armor in hand, he left Zhongshan City and headed towards the western slopes.
No wonder there’s no mobile signal here, Zhongshan City is built in deep mountains and forests, apart from so signal towers in the city, mobile phones don’t have a signal outside the city at all.
"Why would Chu Jun be appraising gemstones in a place like this?" Li Xiu arrived at the place Chu Jun ntioned and saw there were no buildings around, just a slope with grass.
It seed like the turf here was laid artificially, as Southern Cross Federation doesn’t produce such grass.
"Li Xiu, over here." Chu Jun was waving at him from a distance.
Besides Chu Jun, there were a few people, an old man, a middle-aged man, and a few others who looked like bodyguards or attendants.
"Li Xiu, let introduce you, this is Mr. Zhou." Chu Jun introduced everyone.
But he only ntioned the old man as Mr. Zhou, and the middle-aged man by the surna Yu, addressing him as Mr. Yu.
"Mr. Zhou, everyone is here, how about we check the gemstones?" Chu Jun said to the old man.
"No rush, let’s play so golf first." The old man was holding a golf club, aligning it with the ball on the ground, and then with a swift stroke pushed the ball into the hole.
"Mr. Zhou, your golf skills are exceptional, I’m no match for you." Chu Jun said with a smile.
"Young people shouldn’t be too impatient. How about this, play a round with , no need for scorecards, just tally the strokes. If you can beat by one stroke, I’ll give you a gemstone. However many strokes you win by, I’ll give you that many gemstones today, how does that sound?" Mr. Zhou said with a smile.
"This..." Chu Jun hesitated and didn’t say a word.
Li Xiu realized this Mr. Zhou was deliberately making things difficult for Chu Jun, probably not intending to do business with him today.
"Mr. Zhou, do my winning strokes count too?" Li Xiu asked with a smile.
"Of course, young man, you like playing golf too?" Mr. Zhou assessed Li Xiu and asked with a smile.
"I don’t play much, but I’m interested. In this era, exercising is beneficial, don’t you think?" Pretending not to notice Chu Jun signaling to him continuously, Li Xiu replied with a smile.
"Alright, let’s play a round then, sa rules. If you can win by a stroke, I’ll take out a gemstone. This is a standard 18-hole course, the par is seventy-two strokes. When I was younger, I used to score under sixty strokes. Now I’m old and probably can’t hit under sixty anymore." Mr. Zhou said as he got into an electric four-wheeler and drove towards the tee.
Chu Jun pulled Li Xiu onto another vehicle, driving while asking him, "Li Xiu, how’s your golf ga? Mr. Zhou used to be at a professional level and even set records."
"No worries, why don’t you tell what the rules of golf are first?" Li Xiu asked.
"You don’t know the rules?" Chu Jun looked at Li Xiu with wide eyes, almost losing control of the vehicle.
"Just tell the rules first," Li Xiu said with a smile.
"There’s not much hope anyway, just think of it as so exercise." Chu Jun said, feeling a bit speechless, but he still explained the rules to Li Xiu.
Simply put, on this course, there are eighteen holes. You have to hit the ball into each hole in sequence, using as few strokes as possible. The total length of the eighteen holes is around six thousand ters.
For a standard eighteen holes, the usual par is seventy-two. Soone like Mr. Zhou can complete the eighteen holes with around sixty strokes, which is already at a professional level.
Generally, soone who isn’t skilled might take hundreds of strokes, and amateurs, depending on their level, generally score eighty to ninety or a bit more, over a hundred is common too.
"How many strokes do you want to win by?" Li Xiu asked Chu Jun after understanding the rules.
"Hopefully, at least five strokes, but since you’re not familiar with the rules, there’s no pressure, just play casually." Chu Jun said.
Li Xiu smiled and didn’t say anything, wanting to repay the favor that Chu Jun had done by obtaining the qualification to enter the Hero Trial Ground for him. Now was the perfect opportunity to repay that favor.
When they reached the tee, Mr. Zhou first chose a club and hit a few balls to warm up.
Mr. Yu, Li Xiu, and Chu Jun all tried hitting a few balls to warm up and get a feel of the ga.
"This hole is a par-four, and the distance is over two hundred ters." Mr. Zhou said with a smile, "When I was young, at a par-four like this, I often only used two strokes and frequently scored double eagle."
Li Xiu didn’t understand what double eagle ant and looked over at Chu Jun.
Chu Jun explained in a low voice, "One stroke under par is called a birdie, two strokes under is an eagle, and three strokes under is a double eagle. There are other nas too."
"For a hole with a maximum par of five strokes, if you get a hole-in-one, you’d be four strokes under par. What do you call that?" Li Xiu asked.
"In theory, it’s called a triple eagle, but it’s very rare to happen. Five-stroke holes are over four hundred ters long, even professional players find it hard to hit that far. Of course, nowadays many Trial Takers can hit that far, but it’s tough to get a hole-in-one and triple eagle is not commonly heard of." Chu Jun thought for a mont and replied.
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