The weirdest golf courses in the world
According to CNN, Volcano Golf Course is located on the Big Island of Hawaii, nearly 1,220 meters above sea level, and is located near the crater of Kilauea volcano at the southeastern tip of Hawaii. From this field, the player has a direct west-facing view of Mauna Loa - the largest active crater, or a smaller type of Mauna Kea to the north. Both mountains erupted earlier this month. Kilauea destroyed hundreds of homes in the 2018 explosion. The last one started last year, still remains, but the lava has only risen near the top.
And La Jenny yard in Le Porge, France has a "notorious" rule: everyone must completely strip when playing if the weather is right. La Jenny has only six holes, in the form of golf with resort, advocating closeness to nature. It also offers the service of organizing tournaments, professional-amateur exchanges or receiving professional training with instructors certified by the French Association of Professional Golfers.
Meanwhile, Legend Golf & Safari Resort in Limpopo province, South Africa gives guests thrills. The course has 18 holes, each hole designed by a professional golfer.
After the standard round, if desired, guests will be helicoptered to the 19th hole with the self-proclaimed "world's longest par3 hole". This place is 1,371 meters above sea level, and the play area is craggy on the cliff, about 400 meters from the ground, 361 meters (395 yards) from the green. The ball takes more than half a minute to land on the green, so it will be located using tracking technology and cameras.According to the South African tourism promotion website, veteran Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman held par 19.
Golfers often want to be quiet on the course. But at Kantarat Golf Course, Bangkok, they have to play with the deafening noise of airplane engines. Because the airport is located between the two take-off and landing lines of Don Mueang International Airport - the oldest airport in Asia still in operation. Kantarat was built by the Royal Thai Air Force in 1952. It is the first golf course in Bangkok, the second in the land of golden temples, after Royal Hua Hin in the district of the same name in Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Kantarat is par72, with 18 holes for regular visitors at $ 8.6 while Royal Air Force personnel only have to pay about $ 2.87 for a round of the same type.
Camp Bonifas Golf Course in Korea also has military roots but is somewhat "notorious" than Kantarat. In 1988, Sports Illustrated described Camp Bonifas, 200 yards from the South Korean-DPRK demilitarized zone, as "the most dangerous golf course in the world". In fact, it had only one hole, a par3, 192 yards long with a "fairway" bordered by trenches and barbed wire and a green made of artificial grass. The pit sign, in addition to the type and distance parameters, also has the warning line "Danger! Do not pick up balls in the rough area because the mines have not been deactivated".
In 1998, the Washington Post reported that a ball that missed the fairway caused a landmine to explode.
