Eighteen holes spread over 1,365 km (848 miles) of outback terrain that can take as long as seven days to play - longer even, if you keep on hitting your balls into the scrubland or suffer the indignity of having them stolen by an errant dingo.
The idea for the course came from a group of roadside businessmen, who wanted to slow down motorists as they crossed the mighty plain.
Rather than watch them hurtle down the highway, they preferred them to stop, take in the sights and spend some money.
After a couple of bottles of wine, the germ of an idea was born. "Perhaps we should have a golf course across Australia," said Don Harrington, who was there at the creation.
President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
CBS' Mark Knoller wrote on his Twitter feed that, "Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24.
Her reasoning? The golf course has a "design flaw" which was entirely to blame for the accident. She also claims that she wasn't properly warned about the hazards of the sport.
GRETNA, La. (AP) - Paul Prudhomme was setting up his cooking tent on the practice range at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf event when he felt a sting in his right arm, just above his elbow.
Prudhomme shook his shirt sleeve and a .22-caliber bullet fell to the ground, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
In an announcement highly anticipated by sex fans around the world, Tiger Woods told a small gathering of reporters, family, and lovers Friday that the most dominant fornicator on the planet would soon return to sex.
On the eve of his first public statement in months, Tiger Woods has reportedly leaked a portion of the prepared statement he will read. The timing of his announcement has also reportedly ticked off some of his fellow PGA Tour pros.
As the tour swings through Northern California, it's clearly not the same without Woods, the world's No. 1 player and the game's defining figure. His absence has added another layer to the challenges facing professional golf, already coping with the effects of the nation's slumping economy.
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Jack Nicklaus is going to appear at next month's Masters. He thinks Tiger Woods will, too. Nicklaus said Wednesday that "it would surprise me" if Woods did not return to competitive golf in time for the Masters, a tournament the embattled world No. 1 has
Tiger Woods is closer to competing again. Woods is back home after a week of family counseling in Arizona and is trying to get back into a routine that includes fitness and his first significant practice in 15 weeks, a person with knowledge of his...
