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The comment that he has "been playing for years all across the country and <nowiki>[</nowiki>is] still on the first hole" is ambiguous. Normally, when a golfer says they have been playing all across the country they mean that they have played rounds at many different courses. Randall could be implying the same, but that he's never finished the first hole (which, as noted above, would hardly be surprising), and so still counts it as playing one continuous first hole. Alternatively, he may literally mean that he has been playing the ball continuously across the whole country. Under normal golf rules this would result in his shots going "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_bounds#Golf Out of Bounds]" when it went beyond the boundaries of the original course. In one way, this would help him, as he would incur a penalty stroke. However, he would then have to play his next shot from the same spot as the last one, which would hamper him from continuing to play across the country. Since Randall has invented the sport, though, he may have chosen not to include Out of Bounds rules. | The comment that he has "been playing for years all across the country and <nowiki>[</nowiki>is] still on the first hole" is ambiguous. Normally, when a golfer says they have been playing all across the country they mean that they have played rounds at many different courses. Randall could be implying the same, but that he's never finished the first hole (which, as noted above, would hardly be surprising), and so still counts it as playing one continuous first hole. Alternatively, he may literally mean that he has been playing the ball continuously across the whole country. Under normal golf rules this would result in his shots going "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_bounds#Golf Out of Bounds]" when it went beyond the boundaries of the original course. In one way, this would help him, as he would incur a penalty stroke. However, he would then have to play his next shot from the same spot as the last one, which would hamper him from continuing to play across the country. Since Randall has invented the sport, though, he may have chosen not to include Out of Bounds rules. | ||
− | Interestingly, the comic ends with an unmatched left parenthesis (something which might be intended to [[859|create unresolved tension]]<!-- ) -->. | + | Interestingly, the comic ends with an unmatched left parenthesis, (something which might be intended to [[859|create unresolved tension]]<!-- ) -->. |
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