Beware of these deadliest golf courses across the world

New Delhi: Here is the llist of riskiest golf courses across the world where even the mentally strong player would suffer 1st Tee nerves. In fact, walking the fairways could be a life-threatening experience.1) Prison View Golf Course, Angola, Louisiana, USAThe Louisiana State Penitentiary is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States. It has a 9-hole golf course, complete with practice facilities and a clubhouse. For playing on this course requires some advanced planning, as one must allow 48 hours for a background check before he/she can even schedule a tee time. Your belongings and vehicles are subjected to extensive checking and firearms and alcohol not allowed. Play can be suspended in the event of a riot or attempted jailbreak).2) Singapore Island Country Club, SingaporeThis historic club, the oldest and one of the most prestigious on the island nation of Singapore, has been associated with wild animal encounters after the infamous 1982 pro event where Jim Stewart came face to face with a 10-foot cobra. He killed it, only to watch in horror as another snake emerged from its mouth. While much has changed in Singapore since 1982, a round at the Singapore Island Country Club can still be an adventure. Members are now warned of wild boar encounters, with advice to walk calmly away when crossing paths with one. 3) Lost City Golf Course, Sun City, South AfricaA relaxing round of golf in the wild beauty of South Africa sounds ideal.The course showcases the desert, the mountains, the parklands and 28,000 square meters of water features. But don't be lulled by the scenery as danger and excitement lurk alongside hole 13. Here, the water hazard guarding the green is home to roughly 40 Nile crocodiles, some six feet or more in size. Players are cautioned to bring extra balls and take a drop rather than venture after a shot in or near this imposing crocodile pit.4) Merapi Golf Course, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaPeople visiting this public course on the outskirts of the ancient city of Yogyakarta report beautiful weather, stunning views and an almost mystic feeling from the location. It's an awe-inspiring round, especially when you realize the mountain overshadowing the course is Mount Merapi, an active volcano that last erupted in December 2010. The wave of ash that blew over the course and the surrounding area has been cleaned up and play has resumed. 5) Cape Kidnapper's Golf Course, Hawke's Bay, New ZealandDon't play this course if you are scared of heights. The cliff-top course offers a breathtaking, 180-degree view of the Pacific Ocean and the miles of coastline. Six of the holes, though, walk you along the edge of a 550-foot (183-meter) sheer drop into the sea. Steel yourself in particular for 15th hole, known as the "Pirate's Plank." Here you walk an increasingly narrow fairway down to the 60-foot-wide green, featuring a plunging drop with no protection. Don't walk backward lining up that putt!6) Carbrook Golf Club, Brisbane, AustraliaWhile shark sightings on the Great Barrier Reef are certainly an expected thing, golfers are now spotting them with increasing frequency some 10 miles inland from the 15th fairway at Carbrook Golf Club. Apparently, when the nearby Logan River flooded the course in the early 90s, it carried varieties of fish and even some young sharks along for the ride. Now, the course's lakes are home to these stranded species and, given the rise in fin spottings, the bull sharks are thriving and multiplying.7) World Ice Golf Championship, Uummannaq, GreenlandThis Greenland golf course changes annually, dictated by the moods of nature and the shape of ice. Each March, the nine-hole course is laid out across a field of fjords and icebergs. Players then face off against each other and the elements in a 36-hole tournament, the only one played in the Arctic Circle. With ice as the" green," golfers play with red balls and may scrape the surface to smooth the putting line. Otherwise, it's a regular round of golf, if you don't mind -50 degree Celsius temperatures, periodic shifts in the course as you play it and the potential for crossing paths with a polar bear.8) Ocean Course Golf Course, Kiawah Island, S. Carolina, USAThis course was a battleground in the 1991 Ryder Cup, where the final putt decided it all. But the blood, sweat and tears of that competition pale compared to what the unprepared golfer faces when tackling this course. Players of any skill level can try their hand here, but they must be ready for more than just a course tough enough to challenge the pros. They must also face Mother Nature. Built above the sand dunes at the farthest point of the island, the course is exposed to gusty or even whipping ocean winds that stretch a typical round to five-and-a-half or even six hours. Playing that long in the heat and humidity of South Carolina's low country might seem the scariest part. The creatures wait for you to come searching for your ball.

Beware of these deadliest golf courses across the world

New Delhi: Here is the llist of riskiest golf courses across the world where even the mentally strong player would suffer 1st Tee nerves. In fact, walking the fairways could be a life-threatening experience.1) Prison

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