Takuma Sato joins the 'Urban Golf' club

By Phil Huff
May 3 2005

After securing fifth place at the San Marino Grand Prix last week, BAR Honda's Takuma Sato took some time out of his gruelling F1 schedule to visit Johannesburg and play some 'Urban Golf'.

After his successful Urban Golfing exploits around the sights of Barcelona last year, Takuma returned to the streets, where cars, buildings, roads and swimming pools play the part of the fairway, bunkers and green.

"It's been great visiting South Africa and it was a great honour to tee off of such an important landmark — The Nelson Mandela Bridge," said Takuma Sato. "It's a great city, I hope to be back and racing on the Kyalami Circuit."

Takuma spent a day in the city, meeting both the press and his fans between rounds of Urban Golf, before flying back to England to prepare for this weekends Spanish Grand Prix.