LALI STANDER: Golf’s biggest conundrum: how long is too long?
05 May 2021 - 18:10
In the recent Limpopo Championship, a co-sanctioned event between the European Challenge Tour and the Sunshine Tour, the field of 156 professionals were faced with a modern course that measured more than 7,000m in length. The closing hole at Euphoria, a tricky par five, was stretched to well over 600m, while two of the par threes measured over 200m.
To give you some perspective, the classic East London Golf Club layout — a par 73 — measures 5,960m. King David Mowbray Golf Club in Cape Town, another classic old course, is 5,916m from the tips...
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