Extreme golf: million dollar Par 3

[depakid]

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Forget pitch and putt - this tee-off point on top of a 430m mountain in South Africa is the hardest golf shot in the world, and more than $US1 million awaits the player who can score a hole in one.

Players must take a helicopter to the top to play the longest - and highest - par three on the planet. Taking the shot also requires courage - a player needs to teeter terrifyingly close to the edge of the mammoth hillside.

Indeed, the Extreme 19th Hole is so high the ball takes almost 30 seconds to reach the ground. Channel Nine cricket commentator Mark Nicholas recently joined an elite list to have the shot in just three swings. "It was awesome, riveting and phenomenal," he said. "It's like the end of the world when you get up there and it's an awful lot of fun.

"It's such an adrenalin rush taking the helicopter up and then rushing back down." The hole is based at the Legends Golf and Safari Resort, within the Entabeni Safari Conservancy in South Africa's north-eastern Limpopo Province.

More: http://www.smh.com.au/news/executive-style/travel/extreme-golf-million-dollar-par-3/2009/04/24/1240079796687.html

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[Forkboy]

1. Damn, that makes the 7th at Pebble Beach look like a putt putt hole.

[Scurrilous]

2. Mother of all Elevated Tees. n/t

[never cry wolf]

3. Video here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3_W_JryhR0

[Forkboy]

5. I'm afraid of heights. Just watching that made me shaky.

:)

[hughee99]

4. Those lucky enough to hit the green

must need a shovel to fix their ball marks.