The Cardinals wide receiver tweeted an incredible picture Saturday of him hitting a tee shot on the "extreme 19th hole" at Legend Golf & Safari Resort in South Africa. It is the longest Par 3 in the world with the tee box located 1,312 feet (400 meters) above the hole.

What is the longest par 3 in the world?

The "Extreme 19th" at the Legend Golf & Safari Resort in South Africa is the world's longest par 3. It's a 400-yard hole with a tee on Hanglip Mountain only reachable by helicopter.

What is the longest par 3 on PGA?

The 288-yard, par-3 eighth hole at Oakmont in Oakmont, Pa. Registering in as the longest par 3 in championship golf, this beast at Oakmont requires most players to use a driver.

What is the shortest par 3?

The 7th hole at Pebble Beach is the shortest par 3 in major history. The hole only plays at 106 yards but can strike terror into the eyes of any golfer taking it on.

What is the shortest par 3 on the PGA TOUR?

7 stuck. The beloved par-3 is the shortest on the PGA TOUR at just 106 yards, and played as little as 92 yards during the 2010 U.S. Open. But Pebble Beach co-designer Jack Neville recognized what a special hole No. 7 could be before it even opened.

What is the longest hole-in-one in PGA history?

The longest recorded hole-in-one ever was made by Mike Crean, when he holed out on the par 5 ninth hole at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver in 2002 from a distance of 517 yards (473 metres). Crean was a four handicapper, and no doubt the thin air at altitude assisted him to make his mightily impressive 'condor'.

How much does it cost to play the Extreme 19th hole?

The price tag is pretty reasonable for a foursome. It's 4,950 Rand for a single golfer, which equals roughly $310 with the current exchange rate (roughly 16-1 in January 2016). It costs only 1,950 Rand (or $123) per person in a foursome.

How long can a par 3 Be in golf?

On your average golf course the longest par 3 hole may be 215 yards or so in length. Some more difficult courses may have par 3 holes that stretch as far as 240 yards which is much further than a typical par 3 golf hole which can be as short as 90 yards.

What's the longest hole in one ever made?

Holes-in-one on par 5 (or higher) holes

The longest recorded straight drive hole-in-one is believed to be 517 yards or 473 metres, on the par-5 No. 9 hole at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver in 2002, aided by the thin air due to the high altitude.

What is the best par in golf?

Best par 3s in the world

• 8th hole, Royal Troon (Old Course) ...
• 7th hole, Pebble Beach Golf Links. ...
• 16th hole, Vale do Lobo (Royal Course) ...
• 14th hole, Trump Doonbeg International Golf Links. ...
• 17th hole, Kiawah Island (Ocean Course) ...
• 4th hole, Royal County Down (Championship Links) ...
• 16th hole, Sandy Lane (The Green Monkey Course)

What is the longest par 4?

Chambers Bay: Par 4 14th - 546 yards

The 14th at Chambers Bay is the longest par 4 in US Open history. The hole played downhill with sand lining the left-hand side of the hole, with the fairway sloping from right to left.

What is the shortest hole in golf?

The shortest hole on the PGA Tour, and perhaps the shortest hole in championship golf, is the par-3 seventh hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links, host of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, as well major championships, including the 2019 U.S. Open.

What is the longest par 5 on the PGA Tour?

Gurus' 25 Longest Par 5s

• The Reserve at Moonlight Basin, 777 yard 17th hole (Big Sky, MT)
• Promontory Golf Club (Canyon - Dye), 720 yard 3rd hole (Park City, UT)
• Promontory Golf Club (Painted Valley - Nicklaus), 718 yard 1st hole (Park City, UT)
• Falcon Crest Golf Club (Freedom), 714 yard 5th hole (Kuna, ID)

What is the longest par 5 in the world?

But that, and whatever hole you've got in mind, is small fry compared to the par-5 13th at TPC Colorado, which pros on the Korn Ferry Tour tackled in last week's TPC Colorado Championship. It's 773 yards, and the longest par 5 on any worldwide professional golf tour.

What does the 19th hole mean in golf?

Definition of nineteenth hole

humorous. : the bar at a golf course where players drink after playing a round of 18 holes of golf.

What is the shortest par 4 on the PGA Tour?

10th hole, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Often referred to as the best short par 4 in golf, and for good reason. The shot options on Riviera's 10th hole offer a variety of ways to play the hole.

Has anyone ever aced a par 5?

Has there ever been an ace on a par-5? Although no one in PGA Tour history has ever recorded an ace on a par-5, there have actually been five records of par-5 holes-in-one. And no, none of them were from Happy Gilmore. The first “condor” occurred in 1962 off the club of Larry Bruce.

What is a 1 on par 5 called?

Scoring a condor represents one of the rarest of events in golf. Scoring a condor is the rarest event in golf. This is normally a hole in one at a par five (a two at a par six would also count, but this has never been done).

How many Hole in One does Tiger Woods have?

Woods has 20 holes-in-one, although, perhaps surprisingly, only three of those came on the PGA Tour. Even more strangely, those came in three successive years, way back in the 1990s. The first of Woods' PGA Tour aces came in the 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open in his debut appearance as a professional.

Is there a par 6 in golf?

The United States Golf Association defines a par 6 as any hole longer than 670 yards for men and 570 for women, although we all know that par is a very arbitrary number. Some championship courses are happy to keep holes longer than 700 yards as par 5s from the tips.

How Far Can Tiger Woods drive?

Tiger Woods distance varies from club to club. According to Golf Digest, Tiger hits the driver an average of 285 yards with carry. His long irons (2- to 4-iron) range from 250 to 200 yards. His middle irons (5, 6, 7) range from 208 to 172 yards.

What is snowman in golf?

In golf, a snowman is something you very much want to avoid. That's because "snowman" is a slang term golfers use for a score of eight on any individual hole. Use eight strokes to play a hole and, sorry bud, you just made a "snowman." A golf snowman won't melt anything but your scorecard.

What is the hardest hole in golf?

The toughest holes on the PGA Tour during the 2019-'20 season

• Ninth hole, TPC Harding Park, 515 yards, par 4.
• Sixth hole, PGA National (Champions Course), 479 yards, par 4. ...
• 16th hole, El Camaleón Golf Club, 515 yards, par 4. ...
• Ninth hole, Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore Course), 223 yards, par 3. ...

What is considered the hardest golf hole in the world?

395-yard par 3 in South Africa is the ultimate challenge.