Kangaroos and Chinese Tourists on Golf Courses

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Mike Cherney, Golf's Newest Hazard: Kangaroos; Tourists invade Australian course in quest for photos. Wall Street Journal, Dec 8, 2016 (front page)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/when ... -worries-1481128056

Note:
(a) Cherney is Americanized spelling of Czech Cerný (see Cerny), Ukrainian Cernej, or some other Slavic name meaning 'black.' "

(b) "Playing for an eagle or birdie on the 16th hole at the Anglesea Golf Club near Melbourne, Bernie Dilger was confronted instead with a kangaroo. * * * At the Anglesea Golf Club, many of the interlopers are Chinese. The club sits near a scenic thoroughfare, called the Great Ocean Road"
(i) Bogey to Blow-Up. In Origin of Golf Words and Terms. Scottish Golf History, undated.
www.scottishgolfhistory.org/origin-of-golf-terms/bogey/

Quote:

"Par is derived from the stock exchange term that a stock may be above or below its normal or 'par' figure. In 1870, Mr AH Doleman, a golf writer, asked the golf professionals David Strath and James Anderson, what score would win 'The Belt', then the winning trophy for 'The Open,' at Prestwick, where it was first held annually from 1861 to 1870. Strath and Anderson said that perfect play should produce a score of 49 for Prestwick's twelve holes. Mr Doleman called this 'par' for Prestwick

" 'Birdie,' meaning a score of one stroke under Par, comes from the early 20th century American slang term 'bird,' meaning anything excellent. The September 1911 edition of Maclean Magazine described a golf shot as - ' "bird" straight down the course, about two hundred and fifteen yards.'

" 'Eagle,' a score of two under par for a given hole, was clearly the extension of the theme of birds for good scores from a 'birdie.' It would be natural for American golfers to think of the eagle, which is their national symbol and the term seems to have developed only shortly after the 'birdie.' "

* Prestwick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestwick
(in "Scotland, about 30 miles (50 km) south-west of Glasgow")
(ii) Fairway.  In Origin of Golf Words and Terms. Scottish Golf History, undated
http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/origin-of-golf-terms/fairways/
("The original term used by golfers to refer to the playing area was the 'fair Green.' This was mentioned in Rule 4 of the first Rules in 1744.  The word fairway did not appear until a century later. Before lawnmowers there was no way to create a smoother playing area than nature provided")
(iii)
(A) Anglesea, Victoria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesea,_Victoria
(table: 110 km (68 mi) from [southwest of] Melbourne [capital of Victoria]; In the 2011 census, Anglesea had a population of 2,454 people; The town's golf-course is renowned for its resident population of eastern grey kangaroos which graze on the fairways)
(B) The town of Anglesea strides (is on both banks of) the mouth of Anglesea river.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesea_River
(section 2 Etymology)
(C) You can appreciate it by using Google map to search "Anglesea River."  There you will see the yellow-marked Great Ocean Road, and Anglesea Golf Club (which, in the western green of the town, is about 1 mile away from Great Ocean Road).

(c) "Kangaroos hang out on many Australian golf courses, munching grass and lounging under trees."

kangaroo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo
(endemic to Australia; section 1 Terminology; section 3.2 Diet)

(d) "The Nelson Bay Golf Club northeast of Sydney[, capital of New South Wales,] hosts kangaroos and offers roo-watching tours, which helps keep tourists [who ride golf carts] off the fairways."
(i) Kangaroos. Nelson Bay Golf Club, undated.
www.nelsonbaygolf.com/kangaroos
(ii) Use Google Map, You will find Nelson Bay Golf Club in the town of Nelson Bay, New South Wales
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Bay,_New_South_Wales
(is located on a bay of the same name on the southern shore of Port Stephens; table: Population        5,396 (2011 census) + Location: 207 km (129 mi) NNE of Sydney, 60 km (37 mi) NE of Newcastle)