Hhardest golf shot in the world... where prize for hole-in-one is $1 million

DailyMail.uk ^ | 17th April 2009 | staff writer

[yankeedame]

Pictured: The hardest golf shot in the world... where the prize for a hole-in-one is a cool £1million

It's the golfing equivalent of climbing Everest...

From the top of a mountain in South Africa, players must hit a shot 400m over a near forest onto a green 400m below....

... the gauntlet has been thrown down to the world's best golfers: anyone who gets a hole-in-one will win an astonishing $1million (£671,000).

Tee off: Padraig Harrington attempts the hardest golf shot in the
world from the top of a 400m mountain in South Africa

The Extreme 19th...so high that it takes the ball 30 seconds to reach the green.

And you can forget golf carts - players willing to take their chances on the million-dollar prize have to take a helicopter to get there.

Making the shot: The ball takes 30 seconds to
reach the green as it falls 400m through the air

It is both the longest and the highest par-three on the planet.

'I think this hole is awesome,' reigning Open champion Padraig Harrington said....

double Open champion Padraig Harrington and fellow pro Raphael Jacquelin, from France, were drafted in to give it their best shot. Incredibly, they both managed to hit the green - but a hole in one was beyond even their illustrious reach.

See Padraig Harrington and Raphael Jacquelin tee off at the Extreme 19th hole here

[noexcuses]

Wonder what the green fee is.....and if it includes the helicopter.

[ErnBatavia]

I couldn't even ace this hole....

[yankeedame]

Good lord, I couldn’t either...not with that clown face looking at me! Creepy

[wtc911]

There’s one par three hole at Camp Bonifas in the DMZ in Korea. It’s surrounded by minefields.

[ErnBatavia]

not with that clown face looking at me! Creepy

Coulrophobia** bump!....also pinging FReeper "Dead" who's artistic thingies have tons of imbedded clown material.

** Googleize: Coulrophobia