Ice Golf - do you think you're cool enough?
Want to try the supreme golf challenge with a course where
Callaway Diablo Edge Irons you have little difficulty staying cool over even the most testing putt? You should think about taking up Ice Golf - the most amazing development that
Callaway X 22 Irons the golf world has seen for many years.Annually thirty five golfers (or lunatics, depending on your viewpoint) gather in Greenland to play on the planet Ice Golf championship. This year's event occurs in late March and early April. The course is marked
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XXIO PRIME Irons proprietor on the small island called Uummannaq, off Greenland's North West coast. He and also a friend designed the first course in 1997 and also the sport shot to popularity beyond this concept.The world championship is played around the ice in years when the conditions result in the ice fields safe and predictable. Players compete over 48 hrs and play thirty six holes of stroke play. You will find there's "warm up" tournament the day
XXIO MP600 Irons before although "cool down" may well be a more applicable phrase to explain the result it's got on the golfers. In March, when the world championships are held, the typical temperature is minus 13.9 degrees Celsius, but temperatures as low as minus 25 can take place. The dry climate as well as the strong sunshine will make it seem slightly less cold than that - however, not by much!The organisers likewise try to keep the golf course open and accessible for a lot of weeks annually for other open icegolf tournaments.