There’s a new par 3 terror on the scene, the “Xtreme 19th” at Legends Golf & Safari Resort in South Africa.

The “Xtreme 19th” hole is a par 3 — a par 3 whose tee is atop a cliff on Hang lip Mountain, more than 1,400 feet above a green carved like the continent of Africa. You’ve got to take a helicopter to get to the tee box, and from there it’s more than 630 yards to the pin. Once you tee off, it takes nearly 30 seconds for the ball to hit the ground.

Should you manage to drill a hole-in-one on the 19th, congratulations — you’ve just won yourself a million bucks, and the right to call yourself the most Xtreme golfer on Earth! You can, of course, add it to your existing round, a la carte. And for tournaments held at the Legends, it will serve as the playoff hole. Playing all 19 holes runs about 2,000 South African rand, or about $220 in American bills, but for that you get the helicopter ride, plus a bunch of souvenir swag and a DVD of your shot.

Aside from this beast of a hole, the other 18 holes were all designed by 18 different top tier golfers like, Padraig Harrington, Colin Montgomerie, K.J. Choi, Retief Goosen, Justin Rose, Trevor Immelman and Vijay Singh.

All that for the low low price of $220 bucks!  Not bad, all things considered…  Of course, there is the matter of getting there 🙂

Here’s a video of the playoff between Padraig Harrington and Raphael Jacquelin.

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Man… I can’t wait to play this course!! (courtesy of Tiger Woods 2010 I’m sure…) 🙂

Unless, of couse, they’re looking for an amazing golf blogger to come out and write a review…. 🙂

-Dave

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