One of golf’s many qualities is it can be played anywhere.
Grab a club and a golf ball, dig a hole, walk 200 yards away and hit back to it. Whether in a desert, snow or a farmer’s field, anything can be a golf course if you have imagination.
The upcoming list of extreme and craziest golf courses I’m about to present is proof of this. If there’s grass, sand or ice, stick a flag in the ground and let’s get going.
When we’re discussing the craziest golf courses in the world, there is no better place to begin than the top of a cliff at Legend Golf Course in Pretoria, South Africa.
Craziest golf courses in the world
Legend Golf Course in Pretoria, South Africa
Legend Golf and Safari Resort features an 18 hole course designed with each hole belonging to a different designer, including names such as Trevor Immelman and Retief Goosen – two of South Africa’s greatest golfers, plus Vijay Singh, Padraig Harrington, Camillo Villegas and Sergio Garcia.
Once the 18 holes are done, you can head up to the extreme 19th hole, a par 3 with a tee box 400 metres above the green on Hanglip Mountain. A helicopter takes you up there and it can take 26 seconds for your ball to hit the ground towards the green.
Read more here about how to get there.
Coeur D’Alene (14th hole), Idaho, USA
You can’t beat the look of an island par 3. TPC Sawgrass owns the world’s most famous one, the 17th on the Stadium Course, but Coeur D’Alene Resort in Idaho might have something to say about that.
