Extreme Golf Courses

A golfer at Nullarbor Links golf course in Australia.

Looking for an unusual golf holiday?  There are golf courses in all manner of weird and wonderful places around the world.

From the cluster of Las Vegas golf courses amid the hustle and bustle of one of the most well-known streets in the world to a grassless golf course in Australia.

If you’ve been given a golf voucher as a gift, be inspired to golf and travel by these unusual golf courses.

Let’s start with Nullarbor Links, which is the world’s longest golf course.  The par-72 course spans an incredible, 1,365km as each of the 18 holes is situated in a different town or roadhouse along the southern coast of Australia. Players start off on the first tee at Kalgoorlie Golf Course and then visit the likes of Border Village Roadhouse and Mundrabilla Roadhouse.

Staying in Australia, Coober Pedy Opal Fields Golf Club is pretty distinctive. That’s because it’s a grassless course. There are no luscious green fairways or greens here. Just sand, sand and more sand for as far as the eye can see with the odd bush here and there.

The Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course in Idaho is a pretty spectacular place to play a round of golf before you even make it to the infamous 14th hole here. What makes the 14th hole so special? It has the only floating green on the planet that’s located some 150 yards off the shore. Hitting the 15,000 square foot putting green provides golfers of all abilities with a stern challenge that could take a few shots to master.

Playing in two different countries during one round of golf is limited to just two courses in the world, one of which is Green Zone Golf Club. Nine holes are in Finland and the remaining nine are in Sweden. Golf is playable here all day and all night in the summer due to the Midnight Sun.

Image courtesy of Nullarbor Links.

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