golf

  • Live shark found on golf course makes for strangest playing hazard ever

    Golf is an irritating sport on it’s own, and the hazards found on golf courses—water, sand traps, little old ladies—just exacerbate the the hackers frustration levels.  But at least most golfers never have to deal with a live shark on the golf course, unlike a few duffers enjoying a...
  • Dog steals PGA golfer Paul Casey’s golf ball as he is about to putt

    As Casey was examining a 20ft putt at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, a dog walked onto the green, picked up the ball and playfully took it away from the golfer. Casey, who’s been having a terrible 2012 season making only 5/17 tournament cuts so far, can’t seem to...
  • World’s most dangerous golf course is definitely not for the faint of heart

    Camp Bonifas in Panmunjom—come for the deadly, land-mine laden single hole golf course, stay for the snack bar. Labeled the world’s most dangerous course, Camp Bonifas’ golf course is located in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, and features but a single, 192-yard par-3 hole.  What, not...
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    Disabilities recipient caught playing golf

    Chris Mowatt collected over $26,000 dollars from the British welfare system over the course of three and a half years; he claimed that a slipped disc in his back kept him from walking more than 25 yards at a time.  The best part: Mowatt suffered from no real disability....
  • The two-million dollar car

    It took less than 30 minutes for the latest Rolls-Royce model to find an owner, despite a $2 million price tag. Then again, the open-air Phantom was revealed at Pebble Beach in California, the scene of America’s most cashed-up annual car show. The Concours d’Elegance judging at Pebble, on...
  • Golfer Inadvertently Starts 12-Acre Blaze With Shot Out of the Rough

    If you’re a golfer, chances are you’ve had a bad round here or there.  If you’re anything like me, you’ve had plenty. Next time you have yourself a particularly poor round just remember—you could be this guy. Seems a golfer enjoying a round at the Shady Canyon Golf Course...
  • Quite Possibly the World’s Toughest Golf Hole

    Chances are that even if you’re only slightly aware of the sport of golf, you would know a tough hole when you see one.  And the Extreme 19th hole at the Legend Golf and Safari Resort in South Africa may just be the world’s toughest. The hole itself plays...