I was looking through the
program for the 1962 PGA Championship at Aronimink GC outside of Philly on Pete Trenham's fabulous
website. There was some very interesting stuff, including a story on some of the world's most remote/unique golf courses.
Yellowknife GC in Canada's Northwest Territory looks very intriguing, especially the 6th green pictured below. Anyone ever been? It was mentioned once on this site, it looks like, in a thread about exclusive clubs because you can play at midnight in the summer.
From the story:
"rough wooden platforms have been built on top of sand dunes and outcroppings to serve as tees"
"From tee to sand green, you trudge--and play--through one continuous sand trap, often ankle deep"
"The members, from experience gained through rounds of suffering, know just when it is safe to swing between insect attacks, but the unfortunate visitor in a vain attempt to save skin rather than golfing face, loses all sense of timing and rhythm in his battle for self protection."
"To add insult to painful injury, the ill-omened ravens circle overhead like vultures--their prey, white dimpled "eggs" which they carry off to the nearby wilderness."
The green at the sixth is in the shape of a "plus" sign.
