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Sportshour: Golf in the Gobi

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Golf in the Gobi

16/09/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Golf in the Gobi

Golfers creating history playing the world's longest hole spanning the length of Mongolia

How Adam Rolston and caddie Ron Rutland created golfing history by playing the world's longest hole, spanning the length of Mongolia

When we heard that Adam Rolston and his caddie Ron Rutland were planning on raising money for the Laureus Sport for Good charity by playing the longest hole in golf history, one that literally spanned the length of Mongolia, we had to find out more! Well 82 days and about 20,000 shots later, the pair are just a lofted wedge and a putt away from completing their adventure.  We’re on the final stretch with the pair as they exit the Gobi and enter the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar.

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Photo: Adam Rolston and his caddie Ron Rutford playing golf in Mongolia Credit: Thelongesthole.com

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