A Birdie On The Golf Course
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Now, Terence, I promised the listener.
I threatened them with two reports from you. This one is one for Niall, I believe. Yeah, Niall's going to love this one. I was down Niall's part of the country. I was in Blainrow Golf Club, a lovely spot in the Garden County of Ireland. I was meeting the club captain, Gary Kennedy, who was just about to start his round. And I wanted to chat to him about his playing partner, a most unusual partner called Jake. Yeah, well, have a listen.
What makes Blainroe Golf Club a unique golfing destination?
Terry, you're very welcome to Blainrow Golf Club.
Thank you very much indeed, Gary. It's the first time I've been here. It's beautiful down here.
It's a gorgeous golf club. It's the jewel of the East Coast and not everybody knows about it, so we're very proud of it.
Now, I've caught you just before you're going out on your round of golf and I want to chat to you, not about you or the golf club, but your partner, your playing partner today.
The famous Jake. The famous Jake.
Tell me a little about Jake.
Well, Terry, we have a couple of rookeries here, quite near the first tee and the tenth tee and various places on the course. And one of the rooks has made friends with me for reasons unknown, and he has become my golfing partner. He's almost like a little caddy.
Well, tell us your story then.
I met him about a year ago here on the first tee and I noticed he was braver than the other rooks and he has taken to walking the fairways with me as opposed to flying, which is very strange. And occasionally I give him little treats and he'll jump up on the bag and he'll take the treats from my hand. And my unkind golfing partners have christened him Jake, which is a throwback to the Shawshank Redemption movie. Right. And it's become a bit of a legend now. Jake comes along with me. And there are certain parts of the course he can't go to because they're very territorial with their rookeries. And, oh, that might be him behind us. Look, I'm looking at us.
Oh, yeah.
There he is now. He's supervising this interview. It's kind of like the Hitchcock movie. he's very pretty isn't he he's very pretty lovely shiny coat yeah I'm just he's very content too like he's only within what three metres yes yes yeah he recognises my face and my voice the funny thing about it I wasn't sure about that at first but it doesn't matter what time of the day I play what colour I'm wearing he always manages to find me and he walks along beside me and much the horror of some members and the entertainment of others really he's not even watching us he's preening himself so he must be very very content and relaxed in your presence and it's surprising because they don't normally get inside about 3 metres and I don't know how it happened one of the lads used to say oh that's only because you feed him but for example here we had a community day where the members all go out and they fix the divots on the fairways so I had nothing I had no treats for him but he still walked about 10 holes with me right
And it's extraordinary to see the little legs running along beside. He walks alongside you.
Who is Jake and how did he become a golfing partner?
He doesn't fly, no? He walks when he's near me or he jumps up on the bag and he'll sit on top of the bag on top of the driver.
Right.
And I give him little treats from time to time and we've just become good friends over the past 10 months.
Now, did you befriend him or did he befriend you?
I think he definitely befriended me because there are a lot of rooks here, but very, very, well, none of them, none of the others will get that close to the humans.
He doesn't seem to be put off by other golfers there because we're watching some of them there putting on the green quite close to us here. And there are some who have just moved on by us.
No, he just sits there and he's happy. He's keeping an eye on me. He knows that if he stays there, he's probably going to get a little bit of a biscuit or something. You have to be careful what you give them to. They're like dogs. They love chocolate, but chocolate's not good for them. So I've read up on that, so I don't give him anything that would be bad for him.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:29
2
What makes Blainroe Golf Club a unique golfing destination?
0:29–2:44
3
Who is Jake and how did he become a golfing partner?
2:44–3:49
4
What is the story behind Jake's friendship with the club captain?
3:49–8:00
5
How does Jake interact with other golfers on the course?
8:00–8:58
6
What are the dietary preferences and habits of Jake the Rook?
8:58–9:50
7
How does Jake's behavior differ from other rooks?
9:50–15:09