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A feasibility study was completed in September 2006, and public play began in August 2009. The course officially opened on 22 October 2009. As of 2022, more than 20,000 travellers had officially played it, and bought a scorecard for stamping at the roadhouses en route. Course officials have estimated
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70 (as of December 2023), plus an $ 8 maintenance fee. Players can either provide their own clubs, or hire them at each hole for a fee. To preserve the nature of the Nullarbor, players are required to tee their balls up on the course's fairways and are discouraged from driving vehicles on the
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The course is the host of the Chasing the Sun golf tournament, which was inaugurated in 2009. The tournament has been held every September since its inception, other than in 2020 and 2021, when it was suspended due to the
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The idea for the course came from Alf Caputo and Bob Bongiorno, both active in the Eyre Highway Operators Association, over a bottle of red wine at the
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fairways. On presenting the completed card they can claim a Nullarbor Links Certificate for playing "the World’s Longest Golf course".
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holes. A further complication is that the ambient temperatures can reach over 50 °C (122 °F) during the day.
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The course can be played in either direction. A score card can be purchased in Ceduna or Kalgoorlie for
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The course begins and ends (depending on the direction of crossing) in the goldmining town of
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that nearly as many travellers had played the course without paying any fee.
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as well as the sheep. Other unusual hazards include
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Border Village, South Australia
Eyre Highway
Nullarbor Links
Designed by
Par
golf course
Eyre Highway
Australia
South Australia
Western Australia
Nullarbor Plain
Great Australian Bight
Balladonia
Roadhouse
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Ceduna, South Australia
Manchester, England
roadhouses
tees
artificial grass
sheep station
shearing shed
crows
emus
kangaroos
wedge-tailed eagles
wombat
Ceduna, South Australia
Ceduna, South Australia

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