Not a golf course review BUT a golf hole reviewTHE US Masters is a treat for fans of golf, gardening and little stone bridges. It is hands-down the most beautiful golf course in the world, if a little schmaltzy.
But it is far from the most spectacular. That honour must go to the Legends Gold and Safari resort in South Africa, which features this unbelievable extra hole.
It is the world’s longest par three, with a straight-line distance of 830m from tee to green.
But golfers can reach the map of Africa shaped green in one, owing to the fact that golfers tee off from the edge of a 430m high cliff.
Golfers get to the tee, and back to the green, by helicopter.
Here’s Padraig Harrington and Raphaël Jacquelin trying out the hole earlier this year. The golf balls hang in the air for 26 seconds after they are hit, and spotters on the ground plot where they land.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3_W_JryhR0
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