You know how some people consider golf as just a nice walk? Down Under they're talking the walk to an extreme with the Nullarbor Links golf course, and you might not want to spend the day strolling along this course, with or without your clubs: it's 848 miles long.
That's more than just a pretty long hunk of green; in fact it's the world's longest golf course.
Granted that all distances are big in the Australian outback, where the Nullarbor Links is located, but perhaps this is taking things a little (literally too far). Stretching from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia across the desert to Ceduna in South Australia, the idea is that you purchase your score card at one end or the other, and play each of the 18 holes as you drive across the desert. They suggest the game will take you about four days to play.]]>
The 73rd edition of The Masters Golf Tournament kicks off today in Augusta, Georgia. It’s a big deal as usual, especially since Tiger Woods is back after taking some time off to heal from surgery. Greg Norman, aka “The Shark,” is back to play as well, and is looking to win his first Masters—he’s come really close a couple times. Things should wrap up Sunday, weather permitting, where the winner will get the coveted green jacket and a huge check—last year’s was over $7 million. ]]>
The Walker Art Center now has two mini-golf courses, and we couldn't come up with a better description than the curators did:
In the mockumentary film "This Is Spinal Tap," bassist Derek Smalls suggests that the difference between miniature golf and regular golf is the size of the ball. While the ball remains the same, virtually everything else about mini golf grows--at least on the course of Walker on the Green: Artist-Designed Mini Golf.
For $8 you can play through one of the seven-hole courses, which were designed by local artists. What should you expect? You'll find a pachinko-style hole, a "Water Hazard" hole, pictured, that employs empty bottles as obstacles and even the "Big Kahuna," a sort of frozen-in-place wave. The fun continues until September 7.
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· Walker on the Green: Artist-Designed Mini Golf [Jaunted]
· Highbrow Mini Golf and Public Art [PSFK]
· Golf coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Aaron Landry]]]>
Golf is often called a lifelong sport, the kind of athletic activity players can enjoy from 4 to 94. We prefer mini-golf ourselves, but we're sure the kids competing in a junior golf tourney on Monday at the Eagle Trace Golf Club were some sharp shooters. But the 7- to 12-year-olds were a little puzzled when ladies wearing definitely-not-course-friendly attire piled out of limousines and onto their greens.
The women were caddying for a charity tournament held by Denver strip club Shotgun Willie's, which is why they weren't wearing polo shirts and matching madras shorts. Unfortunately, they had started drinking at 8 am and, as one caddy admitted, weren't aware enough of their audience to keep things G-rated.
Course manager Evelyn Koch gave perhaps the best guarantee in history:
I cannot tell you the girls didn't flash out there but it wasn't a free-for-all.
Makes televised golf seem all the more boring, doesn't it?
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· Eagle Trace Golf Club [Official Site]
· Youth Golfers Get Blindsided By Boob-Infested Golf Outing [Deadspin]
· Golf coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo of Eagle Trace sans strippers: petercipollone]]]>
The US Open just wrapped up at Torrey Pines outside San Diego; Tiger Woods won. The schmancy course has been hyping the golf tourney for more than a year, and they put on quite the contest.
Tiger Woods of course played well, but Rocco Mediate wasn't content to let him simply walk off with a win. After an entire 18-hole playoff, the two were still tied. On the first hole of a three-hole sudden death round, Tiger took the win.
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· US Open [Official Site]
· Torrey Pines [Official Site]
· The Course Is the Thing [Guardian]
· In the End, Players Find Little Fault with Torrey Pines [USA Today]
· Golf coverage [Jaunted]]]>
Justin Timberlake began blowing off steam on the links when he was barely out of the Mickey Mouse Club. Now the singer, most recently guesting on Madonna's track "4 Minutes," has purchased his own golf course with a high sentimental value: He learned to play on it as a youth.
The Club at Big Creek was known as Woodstock Hills Country Club in the 70s when members of the Timberlake family played there. Justin also belongs to the Mountain Creek Golf Club in Los Angeles, a membership that comes with a $50,000 initiation fee. Hopefully his planned upgrades to Big Creek won't include hiking greens fees by that much.
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· Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Make a Push for Super World Traveler Status [Jaunted]
· Golf Travel: Swinging For Cuba [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: PartMule.com]]]>
It's less than a month to go until the big Arctic Open Golf Championship so you'd better practice your swing and get used to playing at midnight.
Yep, up in Iceland they like to do things a little differently, and from June 26 to 28 you'll be able to take part in--or be a spectator for--the world's only golf tournament that takes place in the middle of the night, thanks to the almost endless daylight they get in northern Iceland in the summer.
The Akureyri Golf Club is the host for the unusual event, and we're thinking this might be the only time in our lives when we have half a chance to play well: Since the game's held at midnight, maybe our opponents will have trouble too.
Related Stories:
· Arctic Open [Official Site]
· Land of the Midnight Sun [Jaunted]
[Photo: Arctic Open]]]>
