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A golf course hole is 4-1/4 inches in diameter, which was the size of the first hole-cutting tool developed in 1829. In 1893, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in Scotland, which governs golf, declared that all holes should be uniform, making 4-1/4 inches the standard. The Golf GuruResource:
by cheirshyou on January 3rd, 2010
Golfers looking to tee off on a 909-yard par 7 in Japan, rumored to be the longest hole in the world according to recent internet buzz, should take a little more club on their approach. In fact, the Satsuki Golf Club's in Japan features a 964-yard par 7 hole on its 7,522 Sano Course.
Using multiple free (read: unreliable) online translation services, the gist of the hole description on the course's website is as such: The longest hole in the world has two greens. While the distance is long, if you keep it in the fairway you can save par. The M (longer) green has two tiers, and the S (shorter) green has a strong slope to the left.
As daunting as a 964-yard hole sounds, it's still not the longest golf hole in history. Chocolay Golf Club in Marquette, Michigan once boasted a hole that stretched out to 1,007 yards - a par 6. The course has since been donated to Northern Michigan University, who has redesigned the course and eliminated the half-mile monster
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by cheirshyou on January 3rd, 2010
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