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Thought this was kind of cool.  A guy has officially played the longest golf hole ever.  1250 miles and took 20,093 shots.  Pretty cool article and the guy did it to raise money for charity.

 

http://www.golf.com/tours-news/2017/09/17/1250-miles-20000-shots-longest-golf-hole-ever-now-history

 

Here's a record that could last a while.

On Saturday afternoon, Adam Rolston, a 28-year-old former rugby player from Northern Ireland, coolly drained a 7-footer on the 18th green a Mt. Bogd Golf Club in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to complete the longest golf hole in history, as first reported by the Telegraph.

The distance? 1,250 miles. His score? 20,093.

"We have had dozens of people telling us we were mad or crazy, with comments ranging from: ‘That's impossible' to ‘Do you not have anything better to do?'" Rolston said. "It's been awesome and it's been tough. You can relate it to rugby, you don't enjoy every minute of it but when you look back on things you enjoy the tough things you do in life."

Rolston linked up with rugby friend Ron Rutland to serve as his caddie, and together they set up an 80-day trip across Mongolia to raise money for children's sports charities. Rolston had previously completed a bicycle ride through each country in Africa in a similar charity initiative, and he began this journey at Khüiten Peak, the highest and westernmost point of Mongolia. Together Rolston and Rutland trekked east to the nation's lone golf course, passing through swamps, hills, rivers and desert along the way. He lost dozens of golf balls (but less than 150 of the 400 he took) and his supply cart nearly tipped over in the final hours, but he made it. All told, it took 80 days to complete the trip, and they raised more than $20,000 for charity.

The European Tour sanctioned the adventure, and it will reportedly qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records.

Even after completing an arduous journey while averaging about 250 shots per day, Rolston still isn't done with the sport.

"I definitely want to keep playing when I get back," he said. "I've been super-pumped about playing golf every day. I might hit fewer balls when I get back, but I will still be addicted to the game as much as I ever have been."

Now that's commitment.

 

 

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Thought this was kind of cool. A guy has officially played the longest golf hole ever. 1250 miles and took 20,093 shots. Pretty cool article and the guy did it to raise money for charity.

 

http://www.golf.com/tours-news/2017/09/17/1250-miles-20000-shots-longest-golf-hole-ever-now-history

 

Here's a record that could last a while.

On Saturday afternoon, Adam Rolston, a 28-year-old former rugby player from Northern Ireland, coolly drained a 7-footer on the 18th green a Mt. Bogd Golf Club in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to complete the longest golf hole in history, as first reported by the Telegraph.

The distance? 1,250 miles. His score? 20,093.

"We have had dozens of people telling us we were mad or crazy, with comments ranging from: ‘That's impossible' to ‘Do you not have anything better to do?'" Rolston said. "It's been awesome and it's been tough. You can relate it to rugby, you don't enjoy every minute of it but when you look back on things you enjoy the tough things you do in life."

Rolston linked up with rugby friend Ron Rutland to serve as his caddie, and together they set up an 80-day trip across Mongolia to raise money for children's sports charities. Rolston had previously completed a bicycle ride through each country in Africa in a similar charity initiative, and he began this journey at Khüiten Peak, the highest and westernmost point of Mongolia. Together Rolston and Rutland trekked east to the nation's lone golf course, passing through swamps, hills, rivers and desert along the way. He lost dozens of golf balls (but less than 150 of the 400 he took) and his supply cart nearly tipped over in the final hours, but he made it. All told, it took 80 days to complete the trip, and they raised more than $20,000 for charity.

The European Tour sanctioned the adventure, and it will reportedly qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records.

Even after completing an arduous journey while averaging about 250 shots per day, Rolston still isn't done with the sport.

"I definitely want to keep playing when I get back," he said. "I've been super-pumped about playing golf every day. I might hit fewer balls when I get back, but I will still be addicted to the game as much as I ever have been."

Now that's commitment.

 

 

 

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He only lost 150 balls......I feel like I have done that in a weekend in Myrtle Beach before B)

 

 

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Not necessarily a hole, but the cart staff would tee up at dusk on one of the near tee boxes and we'd play across the globe...it was essentially tee off on 10 and play all the way across the course any way possible to the furthest greens. It's fun.

 

 

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Not necessarily a hole, but the cart staff would tee up at dusk on one of the near tee boxes and we'd play across the globe...it was essentially tee off on 10 and play all the way across the course any way possible to the furthest greens. It's fun.

 

 

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lol, we did that too.  That was fun  :D

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Not necessarily a hole, but the cart staff would tee up at dusk on one of the near tee boxes and we'd play across the globe...it was essentially tee off on 10 and play all the way across the course any way possible to the furthest greens. It's fun.

 

 

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That sounds very interesting. I take it 10 is one corner of the course, and the hole would be on the opposite corner?

 

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At my former club we played two holes across the property.  Tee on on 10 and play through the course to the third green.  I think it was somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,100 yards.  Then we played the short 900 yard hole back from the 4th tee to the 13th green.  Most times playing these holes may or may not have involved a lot of alcohol.

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That sounds very interesting. I take it 10 is one corner of the course, and the hole would be on the opposite corner?

 

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We'd select random holes. The width of the lake would force us to go out and around to the opposite holes to the left. There were a lot of options.

 

 

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We'd select random holes. The width of the lake would force us to go out and around to the opposite holes to the left. There were a lot of options.

 

 

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That got me thinking about my course. Would be a good time for sure

 

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