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Aerial view of a golf course (Golfplatz Wittenbeck at the Baltic Sea, Germany)A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup".
Nullarbor Links [1] [2] is an 18-hole par 72 golf course, said to be the world's longest, situated along 1,365 kilometres of the Eyre Highway along the southern coast of Australia in two states (South Australia and Western Australia), notably crossing the Nullarbor Plain at the head of the Great Australian Bight.
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game.
9. Black Mountain Golf Course, North Carolina, USA, 17th hole, 747 yards. Once the world’s longest hole, the 747-yard 17th is part of Black Mountain Golf Course, which originally opened in 1929. 10.
The World Atlas of Golf: The Greatest Courses and How They Are Played is a golf reference book. First released in 1976, it was reprinted in 1988, 1991, 1998, 2003, and 2008. The book describes 75 course with illustrations, history, architecture, and the special nature of some of the holes. An additional 100 courses are described in the ...
The Extreme 19th is the highest (400 metres or 1,300 feet) and longest (361 metres or 395 yards) par three golf hole in the world, [1] located at the Legend Golf & Safari Resort in the Entabeni Safari Conservatory, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Tee markers distinguish the line from which players tee off or strike the golf ball. Flag-sticks mark the location of the hole for which the players are aiming. The distance between the tee marker and flag-stick affects difficulty and gameplay. Almost every golf course is measured and rated according to distance, often measured in yardage. It ...
The longest holes in the world measure more than 1,500 ft (460 m) long. Course designers use trees, bushes, elevation changes, water hazards, and distance variation, along with out-of-bounds zones and mandatory flight paths (often referred to as "Mandos") to make each hole challenging and unique.