Business trip
I’ve been making a lot of business trips. About fifteen years ago, my business trips sometimes included golf. Recent business trips have included a lot of meetings, hotel changes, train rides, early mornings, seminars, data collection, and writing. Certainly no golf.
In fact, I hadn’t swung a golf club since March of 2022—fifteen months ago—when I played golf in South Carolina.
I was surprised, then, when a business trip to Japan included a round of golf. I was surprised, also, when it only took me four holes to make my first birdie of the round.
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Mt. Asama made a nice backdrop for that photo. You’ll notice the street shoes and the borrowed clubs.
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My second birdie of the round followed shortly thereafter, with pine trees rather than the prominent volcano in the background.
After the round, there was a train ride to another prefecture, a check-in at another hotel, an immediate business dinner, and right back to the usual schedule.