Tuesday, November 20, 2007
What Would The Bunker Babes Do?

Two government officials joined forces to deport a South Korean golfer who was clocked with a golf putter by a Provincial Vice Governor.

The spark for the incident was Young Youn Hyeon, a South Korea based in Davao City, allegedly shouting at Filipino golfers.

Youn is meant to have hit a ball towards Gary Santiago who he accused of slow play at the Davao City Golf Club. When confronted by Santiago Youn , apparently, continue to mouth off until Vice Governor Pinol – who was part of the crowd – piped up saying, "Do not shout. You have no right to shout at Filipinos. You are just a visitor in this country. You are not in South Korea,"

Somewhat predictably, this didn’t calm the situation instead escalated until the Vice Governor smacked the South Korean with a putter.

Up to now it looks like nobody has come out of this with any credit. Everyone knows it’s just not cricket to shout at people on a golf course. And slow play must be one of the biggest contributors to fairway rage. Both inexcusable. But when a Provincial Vice Governor starts wielding a flatstick like a weapon things have got out of hand.

Youn has reportedly filed charges against Piñol and Santiago but the North Cotabato vice governor was unfazed. Instead Pinol has teamed up with the City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to have Young Youn Hyeon deported. You could say the mayor isn’t taking this lightly.

"No foreigner has the right to insult a Filipino in his own country," Duterte said in a statement.

His staff confirmed that the mayor had called up the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) to ask for the conduct of summary deportation proceedings against Youn. The hearing is due to start this week.

Piñol said there were efforts from the South Korean association in Davao City for an amicable settlement but when contacted by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, he said he turned down the offer.

"We have to teach him a lesson so others, including Filipinos, would not shout at golfers if they play slow," he said.

You couldn’t make it up.

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