The Golf Driving Range Murder Case

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Episode 51 (Int. Episode 52)
Information
Title:	The Golf Driving Range Murder Case
Japanese title:	ゴルフ練習場殺人事件 (Gorufu Renshūjō Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	March 10, 1997
Broadcast rating:	15.3%
Filler case:	#18
Season:	2
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Driving a Bomb
Dubbed episode:	Episode 52
English airdate:	May 29, 2007 (DVD)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Ran Mouri Yoko Okino Officer Tome
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Golf set
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard:	Johei Matsuura
Episode director:	Johei Matsuura
Animation director:	Masaki Kudo
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Yuri Amano as Yoko Okino Takeshi Watabe as Eisuke Tachibana Shinya Sakaguchi as Minoru Yasui Yukihiro Yoshida as Tatsuya Okubo Hiroaki Hirata as Tomofumi Minami Katsumi Chou as Katsuta Toshihiko Nakajima as Officer Tome Hideyuki Nakayama as Policeman Kuniko Asagi as Keiko Katsuta Wataru Takagi as Presenter, Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Feel Your Heart
Closing song:	Meikyū no Lovers

The Golf Driving Range Murder Case (ゴルフ練習場殺人事件 ,Gorufu Renshūjō Satsujin Jiken) is the 51st episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Juzo Megure

Ran Mouri

Yoko Okino

Officer Tome

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

A relaxing day at the driving range leads Kogoro, Ran, and Conan to their next explosive case, as the president of a leading electronics manufacturer meets an untimely end. With many suspects and few clues, will Conan unravel the mystery in time to catch a killer?

Bombing - Murder

Location: Driving range

Victim: Eisuke Tachibana (fatal) and Tatsuya Okubo (not fatal)

Age: 56 years old (Eisuke) and 35 years old (Tatsuya)

Cause of death: Explosion from golf ball bomb

Suspects: Minoru Yasui, Tatsuya Okubo, and Tomofumi Minami

While Tachibana was about to swing his golf club, the bomb exploded.

People

Eisuke Tachibana
	Victim (explosion) 56 years old Itsui Electronics. Product Development head

Minoru Yasui
	44 years old Itsui Electronics. Product Development chief

Tatsuya Okubo
	Victim (explosion - injured) 35 years old Itsui Electronics. Product Development manager

Tomofumi Minami
	28 years old Itsui Electronics. Product Development employee manager

Katsuta
	Beika Golf Garden owner

Keiko Katsuta
	Katsuta's wife Beika Golf Garden employee

Man A
	Presenter

Man B
	Itsui Electronics. Product Development owner

Mrs. Tachibana
	Eisuke's wife Minoru's ex-girlfriend Housewife

Resolution

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The culprit is Tomofumi Minami. The bomb was actually not contained in the golf ball Eisuke Tachibana hit but rather the golfball that was already stuffed into the driver head he was using. Tomofumi was the only one who could do it as he was supposedly repairing some shaft damages on Tachibana's driver for two nights. The ball they discovered at the crime scene was just a substitute. Tomofumi planned to frame Yasui for the murder by faking a stomach ache so Yasui would collect the ten balls Tachibana would use and leave the explosion as the only uninjured suspect. Tomofumi claimed he did not care if innocent people died, but Conan tells Ran that he didn't believe it because Minami warned him to not get too close right before Tachibana's "explosive" death, meaning he saved Conan from the explosion at the last minute.

Motive

Tomofumi killed his boss for overlooking his talent and framed Yasui who received preferential treatment for brown-nosing.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Eisuke Tachibana - Einstein Achurbee
• Minoru Yasui - Sean Yoeman
• Tatsuya Okubo - Tatum Harbowly
• Tomofumi Minami - Michael Achurbee
• Itsui Electronics - Goy Electronics
• Katsuta - Albert Jordenly
• Keiko Katsuta - Kristin Jordenly

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart
2	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	脅迫 （パート２）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 2)	Threat (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	犯人のアジト （いよいよver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	怪人包帯男１	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 1	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	蘭のテーマ （優しさver.）	Ran no Tēma (Yasashisa ver.)	Ran's Theme (Gentle ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	事件解決（意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	迷宮のラヴァーズ	Meikyū no Lovers	Lovers' Labyrinth	Meikyū no Lovers
15	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

Gallery

Trivia

• The trick utilised in this case pays tribute to The Sweet Shot, a short detective story (collected in Trent Intervenes) written by E. C. Bentley.
• Hiroki Tsuji, a character in The Fourteenth Target, is one of the people playing in the tournament.

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	كرة النار	Fire Ball
Basque	Golfa eta hilketak	Golf and murders
Catalan (Catalonia dub)	L'assassinat del camp de golf	Golf course murder
Catalan (Valencian dub)	Assassinat al centre de golf	Murder in golf center
French	Meurtre au club-house	Murder in the Golf Driving Range
Galician	Asasinato nunha cancha de minigolf	Murder in a mini-golf course
German	Sport ist Mord	lit. "Sport is Murder" (idiom without an equivalent)
Italian	Indagando sul campo di golf	Investigating on the Golf Course
Korean	골프 연습장 살인 사건	Golf Driving Range Murder Case
Polish	Morderstwo w klubie golfowym	Murder in a Golf Club
Spanish (American dub)	Muerte en el club de golf	Murder in golf center
Spanish (Castilian dub)	Asesinato en el campo de golf	Golf course murder
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมสนามฝึกซ้อมกอล์ฟ	The Golf Driving Range Murder Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án mạng ở sân tập Golf	The Golf Driving Range Murder Case

See also

• Season 2