The Bahai Beach Resort and Golf Club is located in Puerto Rico. The
resort’s slogan says that their place will be a haven of golf for you as
it will delight both your soul and spirit. The resort also offers
professional and apprenticeship program wherein you will be taught with
proper skills and techniques when it comes to playing golf. There are
many things that you can do at this golf club, and they offer great and
exotic courses that are certainly unique at their place alone.
Cabo Del Sol Golf Course
The Cabo Del Sol Golf Course offers a lot of golf experiences that
you can enjoy as they ensure that they have the best golf course design
and management for the highest US Standards of play. They have an ocean
and a desert course. The ocean course stretches more than a mile of the
craggy rock outcropping coastline. It has been dubbed for having the
“three finest finishing holes in all of the golf.” Meanwhile, there
desert course provides you with the ocean views from all of its 18
holes. This certain course combines the beauty of a mixture of desert
and ocean. The course differs in length from 4,810 to 7,100 undulating
greens.
Coober Pedy Opal Fields Golf Club
What makes Coober Pedy Opal Fields Golf Club unique? Well, you should
keep off the grass when you are playing since you could not even see
anything green to walk on. This golf course offers an 18-holes grassless
course that you can enjoy playing on. It has also been voted as one of
the top 10 unique courses in the world which give it a top spot on our
list of the 30 extremely exotic golf courses around the world too. It is
also considered as the only golf club in the world, which offers
reciprocal playing rights at the home of golf, St. Andrews in Scotland.
It is located 3.5km north of the town centre.
Danang Golf Course.
Designed by Greg Norman, this golf course is built on the soil of
China Beach. Fairways at the golf club are pretty generous and often
involved limited use of water and OB. However, if you take on a shot,
you must be careful so that you can go for pins on the bunkered and
undulating greens. The fairways are lined and long needle pines clearly
defines them, hence, you should be really careful not to miss your shot
as you might be prompted to take your shot at the sand and pine needles
just to get back to the game.
Elea Golf Club
The golf course offers excellent golf in what the management calls
“stunning setting.” It is located at the center of the Elea Estate in
Cyprus, the Elea Estate Golf Club have Par 71, 18-hole courses, all of
which are challenging. Designed by Sir Nick Faldo, this Mediterranean
masterpiece combines natural key features and relaxes you with the
Mediterranean beauty.
Falsterbo GolfKlubb
The golf club in Sweden has been played at since 1911. Of all the
gold clubs in the world, Falsterbo gives the most romantic aerial hand
drawing that you can ever imagine. It has been famous, not only in
Sweden but the world, because of its challenging 6-hole start. The first
hole at 450 yards is the longest par four on the course. Should there
be winds blowing left to right from Denmark, you will have a daunting
experience as balls will bound along the right. There is also a path
walk that cuts the course at mid-section. On its northern side, where
the fourth, fifth and eleventh holes are located have been well known to
be threatened by water due to the marshlands.
Firestone Overseas Golf Course
The Firestone Overseas Golf Course is a 9-hole golf course that is
very much available to the public. It is located just outside the
Monrovia, Liberia at the Firestone Rubber Plantation. However, the
course does not have real grass nor fairways that they can boast off.
Instead, what make them unique are their substitutes to these two.
Fairways are rough, and they call the supposed to be grass as “browns”
because of its colour and components. These Browns are composed of sand,
iron, oil, and ore since maintaining real grass are a bit expensive
compared to having these browns.
Himalayan Golf Course
Whenever you are in Nepal, you clearly should not miss the Himalayan
Golf Course as it boasts awe-inspiring mountain sceneries plus a great
game for golf with its unique and exotic golf course. The golf course
has been the place for the Nepal Surya Western Open, the 2nd biggest
golfing tour in Nepal, for the past 12 years. What makes it unique?
Perhaps it is their 6th whole as it had been previously chosen by the
world’s leading golf architects as one of the 80 unique holes in the
world. It is also the only nominated hole in Asia which can compete with
the road hole of St. Andrews, and the Par 3 16th of cypress point. The
sixth hole is also the only island hole to have been built on a natural
river.
Kauri Cliffs at Matauri Bay
David Harman constructed the entire golf course. It covers 7,119
yards/6,510 meters. The par 72 championship golf course can challenge
every skill level with its five sets of tees. There are 15 holes looking
over the Pacific Ocean with six of them played alongside cliffs
plunging into the sea. After it had been renovated by Reese Jones, there
were notable changes such as the 5th hole which became a short
drop-shot par three from its original long, uphill, forced carry par-3,
as well as tees addition on the 2nd and 9th holes. There is also a
renovated bunker on the fourth hole.
La Jenny
La Jenny was developed in 1993 and has been widened since 2009. If
you want to play and practice golf in a naturalist setting, then La
Jenny’s golf course is definitely for you as it is probably the only
place in Europe wherein you can play in such condition. There are six
real holes, which are four pars 3 and two pars 4. It includes water
hazard, the genuine driving range of 20 that stands including ten that
are perfectly sheltered.
Leopard Creek
Leopard Creek saw to it that lakes and small streams would be
diverted to create interesting golf strategies and scenic views. There
is, however, a golfing hazard that you need to consider at Leopard Creek
as their waters is a home to one of the creatures you do not wish to
associate yourself with… crocodiles. Aside from the crocodiles, you can
also get the chance to see hippos, buffalos, antelopes and elephants.
However, be assured that the golf course has been designed to protect
you and the game from these animals naturally. One of the most memorable
holes in Leopard’s Creek is their 505m par-5 13th hole since the green
is right at the edge of the Crocodile River yet 32 meters above water
level.
La Iguana Costa Rica Golf Course
This particular golf course in Costa Rica boasts of par-72 and is
designed by Ted Robinson. It has 18-holes in total and is located along
an exotic rainforest that gives you a great view of the ocean. There are
also golf guides available that will guide you along the way and lead
you to the highlights of their thrilling course. The La Iguana Costa
Rica Golf Course assures you that you will have a very worth it and
challenging game that is worthy of conquering.
Mission Hills Golf Club
A golfer’s dream at the paradise isle of Phuket; Nicklaus Design
created this golf course. Considered as a championship world-class golf
course with its 18-holes, it allows the golfers to play in a picturesque
backdrop with white-sand filled bunkers which highly contrasts the lush
green fairways and the Andaman Sea. The ocean view plus the sea breeze
can be a challenging one though since the water comes in the game at
seven holes. One thing that can also be a factor should be you wish to
play golf is the time of the day as you might face on a strong headwind,
but then again, do not worry as the gives you golf lessons should you
need advice.
Nirwana Bali Golf Club
Legendary golfer Greg Norman designed this visual masterpiece of
Nirwana Bali Golf Club. It combines dramatic views of the ocean with the
beautiful lush of the Balinese landscapes. You can play on its
award-winning golf course while looking at the vastness and iconic
scenery of the Indian Ocean. With its terraced rice paddies providing a
challenging and world-class, unique experience, the Nirwana Bali Golf
Club is right and best for all skill levels.
Oitavos Dunes
Oitavos Dunes has been a family legacy. Three generations of the
Champalimaud family ensured the vision of their patriarch will continue
despite the latter’s death. The golf course is only an added beauty to a
residential estate and great tourist attraction. Arthur Hills created
this golf course and intertwined it with the beauty of nature while
maintaining a sense of environmental sensitivity as he integrated a golf
course that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. If you are not very
well-versed with golf, you can be coached at their Gold Academy. If you
are a starter or you simply want to hone your skills, there is no better
way to practice it at the Oitavos Dunes.
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Old Head Golf Links
This particular golf course is dubbed as one of the most remarkable
development in golf history. Why? It has been said that this golf course
can never be equalled in terms beauty and drama. One of the exotic
features of this particular golf course is the fact that it is highly
elevated located above beautiful cliffs with a 360 degrees view of the
ocean. If you want to get into this golf paradise, you should follow
signs that will lead you to Cork if you come from
Dublin/Shannon/Killarney. Once in Cork, track R600 through Kinsale and
over the bridge. You can see signs from there, and all you have to do is
follow it.
One-hole course in Panmunjom
This golf course is considered the most dangerous in the world even
if it is not as large as the other golf courses included on this list.
This small golf course is located in Panmunjom which is strategically
(or rather, unfortunately) placed in between South and North Korea.
Since both countries are at war, there is no way that you can retrieve
the ball should you send it to a wrong direction. The village of
Panmunjom is the demilitarisation zone between the two countries and
this particular single hole course was primarily developed to give joy
to the 50 stationed soldiers while they ensure the Armistice Agreement
between the two sides. Just be careful, though, just one wrong move and
your golf ball may land on a live mine field. Now, you do not want that,
do you?
Punta Espada Golf Course
Almost 10 years into the business (Punta Espada Golf Course opened in
2006), it is already considered as one of the world’s finest and best
golf courses. It was even named as the number 1 best golf course in the
Caribbean and Mexico by the GolfWeek publication. There are eight holes
that you can try strategically located along and over the sea. You can
certainly enjoy the very beautiful view of the Caribbean while playing
on their par 72 course. Punta Espada also hosted The Cap Cana
Championship between 2008-2010, which was televised internationally by
the Golf Channel.
Shadow Creek Golf Course
Built by Steve Wynn and designed by Tom Fazio, the Shadow Creek Golf
Course offers 18 holes in North Las Vegas, Nevada. One reason why many
considered this as an exotic golf course is probably because only
limited people have seen it or went to play on it. The golf course is
only open to all MGM Resorts International guests, in which they still
should play the green fee of $500. The course also uniquely features
waterfalls, lakes, rolling hillsides, rocky outcroppings, 200 kinds of
trees, and even exotic birds.
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., this course is located on the
west coast in the United States. It is actually a link of golf course
and was themed after Treasure Island, the classic novel written by
Robert Louis Stevenson. It has two different terrains which affects how
the holes look and play. You need to pass through the sandy seaside
dunes for the first five holes, which will challenge you to choose the
safest path that you can see. The next 13 holes are as equally
challenging since they are placed in areas that cut through the pines,
bunkers and lakes. With this, there is no question why the Spyglass Hill
Golf Course is considered as one of the hardest courses in the world.
Will you try your luck?
The Brickyard Crossing
The Brickyard Crossing was designed by Pete Dye and offers four holes
in the oval. There are also another 14 holes near the back of the race
track. The golf course has been voted as one of America’s Top 100 Public
Golf Courses by both GolfWeek and Golf Digest. It is only one of the
very few golf courses who had the privilege to host LPGA, PGA, and the
Champions Tour Events. Also, the one hosted the 2009 and 2015 Indiana
State Open Championship.
The Broadmoor Resort
Originally, The Broadmoor Golf Club offered an 18-hole course made
possible by Donald Ross in 1916. For Ross, himself, he considered this
golf course in Colorado Springs his best work among others. In 1918,
Broadmoor East opened and the golf course has considered as the highest
in the US being 6,400 feet elevated. Come 1948, Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
was called to create another additional nine-hole. The new East Course
was then opened in 1952 with the new nine holes from Jones plus another
nine from Ross’ – which is now called as the “Back Nine.” After 12 years
in 1964, Jones was asked to develop nine new holes plus redesigning
nine from the original course – this formed the West Course. The last
course at The Broadmoor is the Mountain Course, which was designed by
Arnold Palmer; however, Nicklaus Design renovated it.
The Coeur D’Alene Resort
Golf Digest described Coeur d’Alene as the America’s most
beautiful resort golf course. You need to ride a mahogany boat just to
reach its well-maintained fairways. Every hole in the course comes with a
great view of the Lake Coeur D’Alene which made the ambiance and the
entire golfing experience more exotic.
The Legend Golf and Safari Resort
Three of the 13 most terrifying, frightening and fear-inducing holes
in golf are found in The Legend Golf, and Safari Resort as said by Golf
Digest. The Extreme 19th is the longest par 3 in the whole
world. You have to take a helicopter for you to reach the top of Hanglip
Mountain where you will take your shot, and it will approximately need
20 seconds for your golf ball to reach the South African course. The
other two holes included are the August number 12 and the 17th.
The Links at Fancourt
The Links featured Gary Player’s most iconic and best work as a golf
course architect. It gives undulating and windswept terrain plus
boasting off a Dune-style landscape. The Links has a distinctive design,
but it did not alter much the course of nature as it is even considered
as a Certified Audubon Cooperation Sanctuary.
The Peninsula Hotel and The Thai Country Club
The Thai Country Club is managed by the Peninsula Hotel and is one of
the most prestigious courses in Bangkok as it has an excellent service.
The golf course has 18-holes par 72 and set at 7151 yards. The design
made by Denis Griffiths varies from the easy day-to-day game to the
hardest challenges used in tournaments and PGA events.
The Port Royal Golf Club
If you want to have a golfing experience that is in combination with
the Civil War history, then you can visit The Port Royal Golf Club. It
is one of the best public golf courses in the world and even named as
the Bermuda’s finest course. The golf club has 18 championship holes
situated across a 6,842 yards that showcased the beautiful picturesque
Bermuda.
Uummannaq Greenland golf course on an ice
Tired playing golf on grass? Why don’t you try it on ice instead?
Greenland offers you the chance to play golf on ice where the greens are
called whites. Just brace yourself though as the temperature can fall
below 50 degrees Celsius, hence, you really need to bundle up yourself
from the cold.
Verdura Golf and Spa Resort
Located in the beautiful Sicily, there is no doubt, why the Verdura
Golf and Spa Resort are included on this list. You will have the view of
the waves crashing on the beach sand. The golf course covered an entire
120 hectares that gives off two 18-holes as well as one 9-hole courses
for you to enjoy.
Yas Links
Located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, it is placed on the
Persian Gulf. Yas Links has more than 100 bunkers that it can boast of.
It is a par 72 golf course stretched over 7,394 yards.
You almost had me thinking you were turned around But everybody knows, almost doesn't count- Brandy
I decided two weeks ago today to try online dating for the first
time. Well, a dating app, actually. And since I haven’t really dated at
all in more than two years…being out there again…putting myself out
there again…has been exhilarating and terrifying and new and different.
Or in other words, everything my life seems to represent these days as I
continue to transition from one version of myself to another. To
finally feel ready for love again? That’s HUGE for me. And it’s taken
every single thing I’ve been through to this point to get me here.
I let someone in for the first time after the heartbreak.
At first as a friend…a good friend…and then something that felt like a
little more. We talked a lot…laughed constantly…and over the course of
almost six months, developed a connection that felt really, really
special. She doesn’t live close to me so we never met face to face, but
the thread of authenticity and humor and honesty that ran through our
‘almost relationship’ made me feel closer to her than some people I see
on a regular basis. I can honestly count on one hand the number of chics
that I’ve felt this kind of connection with in my entire life. It was
good. And it made me happy. And somewhere along the way I started to
open up my heart to the idea of her. It wasn’t love…but it was like.
Strong, deep, sincere LIKE.
And then one day it became evident that she didn’t feel the same.
Perhaps she felt something for me…but not enough of a something to risk
anything. And that hurt. Gosh, it hurt. I couldn’t understand how
someone who had invested almost six months and countless phone calls,
thousands of texts, and millions of laughs could so easily dismiss the
idea that there might just be something REAL between us. Of course, she’s
younger than me…still at an age I remember well as not fully being able
to understand how rare it is in this life to really, naturally CLICK
with someone. And to find someone who makes you laugh not just some of
the time, but most of the time. It takes age and years and lots of life
experience to fully grasp that there won’t just be endless opportunities
to make that kind of connection. And I learned a long time ago that it
does no good to wait around on someone’s feelings to catch up to
yours. So I had no choice but to move on. To release what
almost/maybe/kinda was and accept that it would never be.
And after a few days of thinking it all over…it hit me. She was never
meant to be my great love. Or even a love at all. She was just meant to
get me ready for it.
I wasn’t open to love, or dating, or relationships, or any level of
intimacy, for a really long time. My heart was closed tighter than a
drum. Now I am open, and so is my heart. My life colliding with a chic’s
hundreds of miles away who I never met face to face changed everything
for me. And I’m grateful.
You see…not everyone whose lives intersect with ours intersect for
the reasons we want them to, or THINK we want them to. Sometimes the
seemingly most obvious reason isn’t the reason they’re in our lives at
all. But that doesn’t make their purpose any less special, or important,
or necessary. We’re so quick to dismiss someone who hurts us as a
“mistake,” or a “waste of time,” or a “hard-earned lesson,” but what
if…just what if…they’re actually a blessing? One we may not unwrap today
or even tomorrow, but eventually we’ll look back on as the moment that
changed everything for us?
This chic was my moment. And I’m grateful for her. I don’t know if
I’ll ever talk to her again…but if she somehow finds her way to this
blog…I hope she knows how grateful I am. For the laughs, the
conversations, and yes, even The End.
So now I let go of what wasn’t and look ahead to what will be. In
some ways, my life is beginning all over now. The last chapter of me and
this “almost lover” marked the first chapter of everything else.
I can hardly wait to see what…and who…comes next.
Dear Single Girl,
I don't know you personally, yet, but there are a few things I want
to tell you with the hope that I will get to know you some day.
Actually, there are 5 things I want you to know:
How to get a man’s attention
The guy that you are looking for isn't attracted to charm as much as he is godliness because beauty fades but godliness GROWS (1 Peter 3:3-5).
I know that the culture will tell you that guys are turned away and
intimidated by girls that love Jesus and have strong values and
convictions. Culture is wrong; boys may be turned away by strong
convictions, but men are not. Be the woman God has called you to be, and
a godly man will notice.
Run from “Prince Charming”
Some girls seem to give attention to every smooth talker and cool
dresser that comes their way. Please don’t do that; be patient and wait
on a man who is concerned with pursuing Jesus, not another trophy. Only
give the GROWING, God fearing man a chance to pursue you. Charm is
deceitful, and beauty is vain (Proverbs 31:30).
I am just a guy, not a god
A guy will crumble under the weight of being your god. No other
person can complete you or make you happy. There are lots of great
physical and emotional benefits that come from a relationship, but none
of it is enough to sustain a healthy loving marriage if your faith is
not in Jesus. No guy will complete you, so don't put him on that
pedestal (he will fall).
Don’t wait on me, pursue Jesus
From my male perspective, there is nothing more attractive than a
woman being obedient to Jesus and taking the risk to follow Jesus
wherever He leads. Too many times I notice girls in the church just
sitting and waiting on a man to come and rescue them from a life of
boredom. When it comes time for me to pick a partner, I want somebody
that can be with me on an adventure, not someone that is used to doing
nothing and complaining about the fact that no one is interested in
them. Pursue Jesus and I will pursue you when He gives me the green
light.
Time is not running out
Singleness is a gift, not a curse. You want to be beautiful? Put your hope in God and don't give way to fear; trust his timing (1 John 4:18).
Don't waste your single years by always waiting on what is next and
turning yourself into a man chaser. Let’s follow God right now and trust
Him to take care of the next. God is sovereign and able to direct both
of us to each other when the time is right.
Until Then,
A Single Guy
