The Australians have done it again and come up with something truly bizarre, the world’s longest golf course. It’s a full 18 holes spread over the Australian Outback, well, 1 365 km of Outback for those of you who like to be precise.
The Mole has learnt that The Royal and Ancient has adopted an Augusta-like approach to the Road Hole for the 2010 British Open... They are going to add an extra 25 yards to the hole to “encourage” players to hit driver.
Remember Padraig teeing off on the world’s longest par three at Legends Golf Estate? Well, the Mole got to smack a few off the top of Hanglip Mountain to the green 1 410 feet below. Check out the video of the helicopter careering over the edge of the cliff to get an idea of the dizzying height one plays from.
It’s not every day the Mole is invited to a grand golf resort opening with everything laid on, although his readers may not agree... So sometimes the Mole and his mates have to be creative and come up with their own plan to get away and play golf somewhere different...
What may constitute a very difficult course will vary from one golfer to the next, but Compleat Golfer’s course ranking panellists have used careful criteria to identify the 10 toughest tracks in SA. Do you agree with their choice? Vote and stand a chance to win a fourball at the most brutal course in SA.
On Saturday Jack Nicklaus played the first ceremonial round on his Signature Design at Serengeti Golf & Wildlife Estate, and guess what, the Mole was there to have breakfast with him!
The world’s longest and highest par three, the signature hole at Legends Golf and Safari Resort, has its tee box poised at a dizzying height atop of Hanglip Mountain, 1 410 feet above the green and is only accessible by helicopter!
As is the case every year, the guys at Augusta are making a few changes. Whether it is moving an entire tee, or the placement of a dustbin – sorry, I mean refuse receptacle – something has to change. It's an unspoken tradition.
At a recent awards function in Johannesburg, the Ernie Els Signature designed Gardener Ross Golf Estate was named Best New Course in the Gauteng region by South Africa’s highly regarded golf monthly Compleat Golfer.
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