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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Andrew Davis.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm Pauler Dvis. Spotlight uses a special English method

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<v Speaker 2>of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no

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<v Speaker 2>matter where in the world they live.

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<v Speaker 1>A woman is alone playing golf. Golf is a sport

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<v Speaker 1>where people hit a small ball with a metal stick.

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<v Speaker 1>The ball must go into a cup in the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>A round of golf is eighteen holes. A hole is

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<v Speaker 1>the place where a player begins and ends that part

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<v Speaker 1>of the game. Each hole is a different distance. Each

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<v Speaker 1>hole has an average number of hits it takes to

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<v Speaker 1>get the ball into the cup. The average is called

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<v Speaker 1>par Every hole has a part of three, par four,

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<v Speaker 1>or par five. She writes down how many hits it

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<v Speaker 1>took her on each hole. At the end of the game,

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<v Speaker 1>the player adds up the total number of hits for

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<v Speaker 1>all eighteen holes. That is their score for the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Today, the woman is playing better than ever. She has

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<v Speaker 2>a chance to make her personal best score. She is

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<v Speaker 2>now at the last hole, which is a par four.

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<v Speaker 2>She has taken only two hits so far. If she

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<v Speaker 2>makes her next hit, she will get the ball in

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<v Speaker 2>the cup in only three hits. That would be called

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<v Speaker 2>a birdie. A birdie is one shot under par. Birdies

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<v Speaker 2>are hard to make. Every golfer wants to make them.

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<v Speaker 1>She takes her swing. It looks like a perfect hit

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<v Speaker 1>straight towards the cup, but the ball stops on the

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<v Speaker 1>edge of the cup. She waits and hopes the ball

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<v Speaker 1>falls in, but it does not. She taps the ball

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<v Speaker 1>into the cup for par. She missed her best score

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<v Speaker 1>by one hit. She is about to write the number

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<v Speaker 1>four for her score on the last hole, but she waits.

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<v Speaker 1>She looks around and sees no one. She thinks about

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<v Speaker 1>writing the number three. No one would know it would

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<v Speaker 1>be her best score. She was so close. She may

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<v Speaker 1>never play this well again. She is not sure what

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<v Speaker 1>to write.

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<v Speaker 2>On today Spotlight we look at honesty in golf. In

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<v Speaker 2>summer sports like soccer or baseball, cheating sometimes happens. Players

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<v Speaker 2>pretend to be injured to gain advantage, or they try

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<v Speaker 2>to trip their opponents when no one is looking. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>coaches even teach this, but cheating is not accepted in golf.

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<v Speaker 2>A golfer who cheats must deal with the negative results

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest of their lives. The following golfers were

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<v Speaker 2>faced with a choice to tell the truth. Each made

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<v Speaker 2>a decision. The results were very different.

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<v Speaker 1>An entire game of golf covers a large area. A

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<v Speaker 1>golfer has many moments alone. If he wants to lie,

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<v Speaker 1>he can easily make up a false score. He can

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<v Speaker 1>move his ball to a better spot. This makes honesty

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<v Speaker 1>very important in golf. It guides a player when no

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<v Speaker 1>one is watching.

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<v Speaker 2>Truthfulness is part of the tradition of golf. A player's

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<v Speaker 2>honor means more than any score or victory. Bobby Jones

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<v Speaker 2>was one of the greatest golfers of all time. In

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen twenty five, he played the US Open, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest golf contests of the year. Jones was close

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<v Speaker 2>to winning the US Open. It was the eleventh hole

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<v Speaker 2>of the final round. Jones hit his ball into the

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<v Speaker 2>tall grass. When Jones stood over his ball, it moved.

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<v Speaker 2>He had not touched the ball, but this counted as

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<v Speaker 2>a hit. According to writer David R.

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<v Speaker 3>Smith, if the ball moves at all, even by accident,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a one shot penalty. But no one saw the

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<v Speaker 3>ball move except for Bobby himself, not even a gallery member,

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<v Speaker 3>not his caddie, not even his competitor. There wasn't a

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<v Speaker 3>TV camera pointed at him, but Jones called the one

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<v Speaker 3>shot penalty on himself anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Officials question whether the ball had moved, but Jones was sure.

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<v Speaker 1>He gave himself a penalty. A penalty adds one hit

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<v Speaker 1>to a player's score. He lost the US Open by

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<v Speaker 1>one hit because of his penalty. Afterwards, people congratulated him

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<v Speaker 1>for his honesty. He replied, you may as well praise

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<v Speaker 1>a man for n rubbing a bank.

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<v Speaker 2>Bobby Jones played the game of golf honestly. V. J.

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<v Speaker 1>Singh is a golfer from Fiji. In nineteen eighty five,

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<v Speaker 1>he was only twenty two years old. He was new

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<v Speaker 1>to professional golf. He was hoping to make golf his career.

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<v Speaker 1>That year. In the Indonesian Open in Jakarta, Singh changed

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<v Speaker 1>his official score for his second round. He lowered his

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<v Speaker 1>score by one hit. This improvement would have allowed him

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<v Speaker 1>to play the final two rounds on the week end.

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<v Speaker 1>He could have won more money, but contest officials discovered

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<v Speaker 1>he had cheated. Sing was forced to leave the competition.

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<v Speaker 1>Singh was then not allowed to play golf for a

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<v Speaker 1>while by the Southeast Asian Golf Federation. Sing denied he cheated.

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<v Speaker 1>He said it was a misunderstanding, but an American player

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<v Speaker 1>who was at the contest said it was not a misunderstanding.

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<v Speaker 1>All of us who were around are very upset that

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<v Speaker 1>VJ denies this.

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<v Speaker 2>For years afterward, Seeing had to work part time jobs.

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<v Speaker 2>He played in small golf contests when he could. He

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<v Speaker 2>had to struggle to get back to professional golf. He

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<v Speaker 2>finally made it many years later. He became very successful.

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<v Speaker 2>He won the biggest contests in golf. He earned millions

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<v Speaker 2>of dollars, but he still denied he had cheated. Many

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<v Speaker 2>fellow competitors and golf followers never forgave him.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty twenty three, professional golfer Justin Dodan cheated in

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<v Speaker 1>a similar way to Sing. He improved his score at

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<v Speaker 1>a contest for the chance to play in the final

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<v Speaker 1>two rounds. He could have made more money. Dodan erased

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<v Speaker 1>the number seven on his score card. He replaced the

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<v Speaker 1>number seven with the number five. This improved his final

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<v Speaker 1>score by two hits. Golfers who played with Dodan noticed

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<v Speaker 1>his score changed, so they contacted the officials. There was

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<v Speaker 1>an immediate investigation, but Dodan quickly withdrew from the competition.

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<v Speaker 1>A few days later, Dodan made a comment on x

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<v Speaker 1>I am here to admit one of the biggest mistakes

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<v Speaker 1>I have made in my life. I cheated in golf.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not who I am. I let my family down,

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<v Speaker 1>I let my competitors down, I let myself down. I

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<v Speaker 1>pray for your forgiveness. First John one nine.

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<v Speaker 2>First John one nine is a passage from the Christian Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>It says, but if we confess our sins, God will

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<v Speaker 2>forgive us. We can trust God to do this. He

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<v Speaker 2>always does.

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<v Speaker 1>What is right.

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<v Speaker 2>He will make us clean from all the wrong things

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<v Speaker 2>we have done.

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<v Speaker 1>This Bible verse is a reminder to Christians. It says

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<v Speaker 1>that God will forgive them no matter what they have

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<v Speaker 1>done wrong. Unfortunately, the world of professional golf is not

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<v Speaker 1>as forgiving as the Christian God. Dodan confessed that he

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<v Speaker 1>had cheated. VJ. Singh never admitted he had cheated, but

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<v Speaker 1>neither was forgiven by many golf fans. If Dodan had

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<v Speaker 1>not withdrawn from the contest, he would have been forced

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<v Speaker 1>to leave. He later left that professional golf tour in Canada.

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<v Speaker 1>He later played in Latin America. He hoped for a

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<v Speaker 1>new start, but his competitors and golf followers may never

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<v Speaker 1>view him the same. He hurt himself, his family and

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<v Speaker 1>his friends. He damaged his character.

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<v Speaker 2>Honesty is as big a part of the tradition of

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<v Speaker 2>golf as anything else. It is a sport where honor

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<v Speaker 2>means more than skill. Champions have lied and won, but

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<v Speaker 2>they never earned the same respect again, that is the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest prize.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever thought about cheating at a game? How

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<v Speaker 1>would you feel if others cheated on you? You can

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<v Speaker 2>The writer of this program was Peter Anderson. The producer

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<v Speaker 2>an honest Game.

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