Get Ready to Play the World's Longest Golf Course
by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 9, 2009 12:27 PM EDT
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PrintHaving had just about enough of Carolyn Bivens for one day, I started poking around the Internet to find something happy and interesting to post about today. Thanks to Cybergolf, I found it.
Meet Nullarbor Links Golf Course. Located in the Outback of Australia, it's an 18 hole, par 72 golf course that measures 1,365 kilometers on the card. Yeah, that's right. But how? Well, the course isn't really that long - it is the walk in between holes that will kill you.
The layout has one hole in each participating town or roadhouse along the Eyre Highway, from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia to Ceduna in South Australia. Each hole contains a green and a tee and somewhat rugged outback-style natural terrain fairway.
Don't worry, the walk and the course feature quite a bit of scenery.
The course crosses dramatic Australian landscape that spans rugged coastlines to the red dirt of the Nullarbor Plain, where kangaroos, bush turkeys and emus roam free to provide a quintessential Australian experience.
Curiously enough, with all of the scenery around, Nullarbor links features synthetic grass tees and greens.
A company offers an eight day Tour of the participating towns and the golf course. According to the fact sheet, the course takes about four days to play.
But, the trip may be worth it. The green fee is just 50 Australian dollars. Do you think there's a way I could get on?
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You’re thinking of that world’s longest golf hole in New Mexico – or that absurd par 3 that teed off on top of a mountain.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 9, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
No – this course in Australia – running along the highway playing a hole at each rest stop.
Don’t forget the par 3 in South Africa !
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Yeah, they’re separate. The par 3 in SA is what I linked to in my first comment. There’s another in New Mexico that we wrote about where it’s a crazy par three through the desert with no fairways, etc.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 9, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
yes – I realize that New Mexico, South Africa, and Australia are separate ! (wiseass) :-D
Maybe the Australian course was before your reign as Waggle Room czar.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Very well possible – looks like the project has been ongoing since sometime in 2005.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 9, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
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