The 6 most bizarre golf courses in the world 03:58, 28/12/2022

There are many golf courses in the world that make golfers remember their lives with the strange but challenging experiences they bring. From playing golf in a minefield to having to strip while playing, join Vietnam Golf Magazine to list the world's strangest golf courses.

Golf course in the… minefield

Camp Bonifas Golf Course is known as the most dangerous golf course on the planet when players can die at any time. With military roots, Camp Bonifas Golf Course is located just 200 yards from the Korean-North Korean demilitarized zone.

The course is quite small, measuring only 160 square meters and has only a 192-yard par 3 hole with a "fairway" bordered by trenches and barbed wire and a green made of artificial grass. The holf sign, in addition to the type and distance parameters, also has the warning line "Danger! Do not pick up balls in the rough because the mines have not been neutralized". In 1998, the Washington Post reported that a ball that missed the fairway caused a landmine to explode.

Camp Bonifas was built in 1972 to help American soldiers have a place to play and entertain. The stadium was named in 1976, in honor of Major Arthur Bonifas, who was killed in a clash with North Korean soldiers. Currently, the course is a place of "entertainment" for the soldiers, so both the stickman and the ball picker are capable of sniping, golfers are also required to equip their weapons.

Golf course on the crater

Volcano Golf Course is a golf club located on the large island of Hawaii, nearly 1,220 meters above the sea and located near the Kilauea crater at the southeastern tip of Hawaii. From this field, the player has a direct westward view of Mauna Loa - the largest active crater or the smaller Mauna Kea teammate volcano to the north.

Both mountains erupted earlier this month. Kilauea destroyed hundreds of homes in the 2018 explosion. The last one started last year, still remains, but the lava has only risen near the top.

Golf course requires guests to be… nude

La Jenny golf course in Le Porge, France has a "unique" rule when it comes to the requirement: all players must strip completely if the weather is right.

La Jenny has only 6 holes, in the form of golf with resort with the policy of being close to nature. This place also has the service of organizing tournaments, exchanging professional - amateur or receiving professional training with instructors certified by the French Association of Professional Golfers.

Had to take a helicopter to play golf

Legend Golf & Safari Resort in Limpopo Province, South Africa gives guests thrills. The course has 18 holes, each hole designed by a professional golfer.

After the standard round, if desired, guests will be able to take a helicopter ride to the 19th hole called Extreme 19th, also known as "the longest par 3 hole in the world". This place is 1,371 meters above sea level, and the tee climbs on the cliff at an altitude of about 400 meters, 395 yards from the green. Legend Golf & Safari Resort once awarded 1 million USD to anyone who scored HIO on this hole.

The pit area is designed to resemble the African continent. After serving, the ball takes more than half a minute to land on the green, so it will be located using tracking technology and cameras. According to the South African tourism promotion website, veteran Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman once kept par in this challenging 19 hole.

Play golf with polar bears

The golf course at the town of Uummannaq in Greenland is a place full of ice, snow and rock, and cold winds, and even polar bears. This ice golf course is set in the midst of one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world and is just 600 kilometers from the North Pole.

This is where the World Ice Golf Championship takes place. Every year, the tournament attracts golfers from around the world to compete for the title of golf championship on ice, but each tournament cannot accept more than 20 people. Golfers do not simply show up and play golf, but also face other challenges both physically and mentally. The freezing temperature here can drop to below 50 degrees Celsius.

More specifically, this is also the only world golf tournament where professional golfers can compete with amateur golfers, with handicaps not exceeding 36.

Golf course in the middle of the airport

Golfers often want to be quiet on the course. But at Kantarat Golf Course, Bangkok, Thailand, they have to play with the deafening noise from aircraft engines. Because the airport is located between two take-off and landing lines of Don Mueang International Airport, the oldest airport in Asia still in operation. 

Kantarat was built by the Royal Thai Air Force in 1952. It is the first golf course in Bangkok, the second in the land of golden temples, after Royal Hua Hin in the district of the same name in Prachuap Khiri Khan province. Kantarat is a par 72, with a normal 18-hole play rate for visitors at 8.6 USD while Royal Air Force personnel only pay about 2.87 USD for a round of the same type.