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[[Kahili]] and her {{p|Toucannon}}, [[nickname]]d Katsuo, are ambushed by a group of reporters, who start asking her questions about her recent losing streak, her secret return to [[Alola]], and the rumors about her plans to retire. Fortunately for her, Katsuo is able to repel the reporters with a loud yell, giving Kahili the chance to escape from them. As she and her partner are wandering through a forest, Kahili wonders if she really should quit golfing. Nearby, {{Ash}} and {{an|Kiawe}} are playing [[baseball]] outside the [[Pokémon School]], while the rest of the class and their Pokémon watch. Ash is at the bat, and swears to make a home run, while Kiawe swears to stop him. Kiawe throws the ball and Ash hits it, but he accidentally hits it too hard, making it a {{wp|foul ball}}. Just then, Kahili emerges from the woods, with the ball headed towards her, but with her quick reflexes, she swiftly pulls out a golf club from her bag and hits the ball back like a golf ball, sending it bouncing inside the school bell, from which it is then kicked back down to the schoolyard by {{p|Komala}} and caught by {{TP|Kiawe|Turtonator}}, amazing everyone.

As everyone rushes to greet Kahili, they're briefly stopped by Katsuo, who stands in front of her defensively, but Kahili assures it that it's okay, before asking where she is. Professor Kukui explains that she's at the Pokémon School and asks if she is Kahili. When she confirms this, {{an|Mallow}} and {{an|Sophocles}} immediately get excited, having heard of her before. Ash is intrigued by Kahili's golf club, and the whole class asks to try them out as well. Katsuo presents each of the class members with a golf club, which they all hold and examine. Sophocles shyly asks Kahili if she could do some PokéGolf with them. Ash asks what PokéGolf is, and Sophocles explains that it's golf played by people and Pokémon together. The whole class joins in this request, but Kahili is uncertain. However, after an encouraging push from Katsuo, she agrees to take everyone PokéGolfing. With this, {{an|Professor Kukui}} changes the rest of the day's classes to PokéGolf.

Later, everyone arrives at the PokéGolf course. Professor Kukui says that the place holds courses for all skill levels from beginner to pro. As the class's Pokémon wander around and enjoy the grassy field, Kahili explains that there are Pokémon living out around the course as well. She takes them to the {{wp|teeing ground}} of the first hole and begins explaining the rules to them: the ball has to be hit from the tee to the cup at the putting green, where a flag marks the cup's location, and the one who gets the ball to the cup with the fewest swings wins. However, the most important rule is the cooperation between Pokémon and their {{pkmn|Trainer}}s. Unexpectedly, an old man shows up, introducing himself as the [[Caddie Expert]], a legendary PokéGolfer with 40 years of experience. However, no one in the class, nor Kahili, has any idea who he is. He offers to assist everyone with his 50 years of experience, promptly ignoring {{Rotom}} pointing out the sudden increase in the number of years.

Kahili makes the first swing, with Katsuo using {{m|Tailwind}} to give her ball more speed. To the class's amazement and even Kahili's own surprise, the ball goes straight into the cup, resulting in a hole-in-one. The Caddie Expert, now boasting with his 60 years of experience, claims to have been the first one to think of using Tailwind at the first hole and everyone copying him ever since, much to Katsuo's annoyance. The class then begins taking turns in hitting a ball, with Ash taking the lead. Katsuo pushes Kahili on to give Ash some advice, and she shows him how to properly swing the club. Ash successfully hits his ball hard, but accidentally sends it flying high into the air rather than towards the cup. {{AP|Pikachu}} rushes ahead, and Ash, remembering the cooperation part of the sport, has Pikachu use {{m|Iron Tail}} to successfully launch the ball towards the putting green. Next up is Mallow's turn, and with some advice from Kahili, she successfully hits the ball. However, it rolls away from the hole, and looks like it'll miss, but unexpectedly, {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Shaymin}} pops out of the nearby bushes and knocks the ball into the cup. The Caddie Expert boasts that he's seen this sort of miracles many times during his 70-year-long career, but his speech is cut off by an annoyed Katsuo chomping down on his head with its beak.

At the third hole, it's Kiawe's turn to try. He makes a similar chant as he does while using {{m|Inferno Overdrive}} as he prepares to swing, but retreats at the last second and reveals his true plan being having {{TP|Kiawe|Marowak}} use {{m|Shadow Bone}} to hit the ball instead. However, Marowak hits the ball too hard, and it disappears into the distance with a blink in the sky. Kahili says it was still a good try and encourages them to try again. This time, Marowak merely hits the ball with its bone without using a [[move]], sending it straight to the putting green, much to Kiawe and Marowak's joy. At the fourth hole, {{an|Lillie}} is nervous and trying to make sure she won't hit the {{alo|Exeggutor}} standing around the course. Her first few swings fail to even hit the ball, but after Kahili tells her to just take a deep breath and relax, she successfully hits the ball, without hitting any of the Exeggutor, much to her delight. The Caddie Expert says that relaxation through deep breaths was something he's told people every day throughout his 80-year career, prompting Katsuo to once again chomp down on his head.

At the fifth hole, Sopcholes has to putt his ball through an uneven green with a {{p|Spinarak}} and several Alolan {{p|Diglett}} acting as obstacles. He starts running some calculations, but {{TP|Sophocles|Togedemaru}} promptly puts the ball on the move without waiting, successfully avoiding the obstacles and putting the ball into the cup. The Caddie Expert says his 90 years of experience could've offered a better way, doing his best to ignore Katsuo chomping down on him. At the sixth hole, {{an|Lana}} has her {{TP|Lana|Brionne}} create a bunch of balloons. The [[Pokémon category|Pop Star Pokémon]] does as told and also starts singing, with the class's Pokémon and the nearby [[wild Pokémon]] all joining in on the singing and dancing. To Kahili's surprise, even Katsuo joins in after being asked by Pikachu, saying that she hasn't seen it acting like this in a long time. When Kukui points out that Katsuo must be happy to see her having so much fun, Kahili realizes that Katsuo must've wanted her to come play PokéGolf with these children to cheer her up. One of Brionne's balloons lifts up Lana's golf ball, and she hits it right next to the cup in the putting green.

Through the following holes, the class continues to make progress, with Kiawe swinging his ball over a group of Exeggutor, Lana using a combination of Brionne's {{m|Surf}} and [[Nagisa]]'s {{m|Tackle}} to move the ball, and Lillie using [[Snowy]]'s {{m|Powder Snow}} to create herself an icy slope to move her ball close to the cup without needing to try too hard. Impressed by everyone's performance, the Caddie Expert offers to take them to the "Demonic Hole 10", which turns out to be located in a windy canyon, with the putting green standing high above them on a small platform. Any ball that fails to go into the cup here will fall into the valley below, making this course very hard. The Caddie Expert offers to make a demonstration, pulling out a [[Poké Ball]] from his golf club bag and sending out a {{p|Krabby}} to be used as his club, much to everyone's bafflement. He takes a hold of Krabby and swings it like a golf club, sending his golf ball towards the green, but just then, the wind picks up, pushing the ball down into the valley. Rotom realizes that the Caddie Expert just showed them an example of how to fail, which he confirms to be true, saying that even the best of players can end up like this after just one misstep. He then challenges Kahili to do this challenge, as she's a pro golfer. Despite Rotom saying that the odds of getting the ball into the hole here are almost nonexistent, Kahili accepts the challenge.

As Kahili and Katsuo prepare for their swing, Ash and his classmates give encouragements to her from the background, and she thanks all of them for their moral support. Filled with confidence, she strikes the ball as hard as she can, and Katsuo uses Tailwind to speed the ball toward the green. However, the wind in the canyon picks up again, and the ball starts falling back. Not hesitating for a second, Kahili picks up Katsuo by its legs and aims it at the falling ball. Katsuo's beak starts heating up, and Kahili commands it to use {{m|Beak Blast}}, firing a massive beam that sends the ball hurtling back towards the green, successfully landing it in the cup. As everyone else celebrates Kahili's success, the Caddie Expert walks away, saying to himself that there is nothing left for him to teach her at this hole, and that he'll be waiting for her at the "Demonic Hole 11".