Most of the people have this perception that golf is a dull kind of game. However, after a recent study, it came forward that it is undoubtedly the most horrible game. Let’s look into something controversial which exists in the world of golf by going through the five most dangerous golf course in the world.
- Pyongyang Golf Course in Pyongyang, North Korea
- It is the world’s most exclusive golf course in North Korea.
- It holds a record of being the most controversial golf course where Kim II Sung had an extraordinary 38-shot with 11 acres during a round of DPRK Amateur Golf Open in 1994.
- There has been a great controversy about Kim scoring such a high score.
- Furnace Creek Golf Course in Death Valley, California, USA.
- It is an 18-hole golf destination in the Death Valley at the planet’s hottest spot, California.
- The golf course got its name because of the presence of mercury, which can reach as high as 135 degrees of Fahrenheit.
- Most of the golfers in the Death Valley are found with dehydration problems, or some of them were not even found alive.
- In the year 2011, the golf course hosted a Heatstroke Open, where 48 contenders participated and luckily survived 115 degrees Fahrenheit temperature.
- Prison View Golf Course in Louisiana State Penitentiary, USA
- The prison view golf course holds its place on the grounds of Louisiana’s prison.
- Three-quarters of the inmates who were serving life sentences in prison, established and managed the course, even though they were permitted to play.
- The prison has tight security, and the course is forbidden, now it is up to you whether you are interested in exploring this course or not.
- If you are a golfer with Anthropophobia (fear of bad people), then you must avoid visiting this course.
- Weapons, maps, and cameras are not allowed inside the premises of the prison; thus, it is best to leave it on the prison gate.
- Camp Bonifas in South Korea
- The camp bonifas resides in the south of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, which is why it holds a position in the list of the deadliest golf course in the world.
- The destination of the golf course is modest, but there is a threat from the real land mines that are still there after the Korean War.
- At least one landmine often explodes by one or the other lost ball around this course.
- Even former UN commando, Kip Henley, would not be fearless enough to look for a lost ball around the course.
- Harbour Town Golf Links in the Hilton Head Island of South Carolina, USA
- It holds the top spot in the list of the deadliest golf courses in the world.
- A 6 feet alligator protects the path towards the fifteenth green.
- Kip Henley once encountered the alligator while he was caddying for Brain Gay in the year 2012. He managed to gently hit the animal away with the assistance of a new caddie, Scott Tway.
