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Perhaps for the American case of buying a few dozen martinis, but what about the anecdote of a Japanese man taking 200 guests on a dinner cruise? With a premium
by 67726e 12y ago
Perhaps for the American case of buying a few dozen martinis, but what about the anecdote of a Japanese man taking 200 guests on a dinner cruise? With a premium of $3, per the article, that might not be a bad idea.
- notahacker 12y agoThe article gives a "typical cost" of $3-5000 for a Japanese person keen to show their generosity. It doesn't make it clear the policy will pay out anywhere near that much (the British policy we are given a direct link to covers a lot more than holes in one, but pays a maximum of £200 on alcohol only for holes-in-one, at an overall premium cost of £49.95 per annum) Even if the $3 premium really is a one off fee which covers $3000 worth of celebratory cruises (both of which I doubt), an amateur golfer with a 1 in 12,500 chance of getting a hole in one and enough disposable income to join the sort of golf club that expects celebratory cruises probably shouldn't bother.
- 67726e 12y agoMy understanding of the article, in the Japanese case, is not that the club requires or expects this sort of thing. This is a cruise for the "lucky" golfers friends and family and is more a societal expectation for whatever reason.