Card Wreckers

For a place that isn’t exactly overrun with courses, Hong Kong doesn’t lack when it comes to intimidating tee shots and dangerous approaches. Alex Jenkins selects the scariest holes in the city

9th Hole, Ruby Course, Discovery Bay Golf Club

536 yards, Par-5

Picture the scene: you’re having the round of your life as you reach the tee at the ninth on the Ruby Course, which traditionally plays as the final hole in competition play. Needing a par to break your personal best you steady yourself in preparation for a drive that has to contend with out-of-bounds on both sides of the fairway. Find the cut grass and the rest should be simple enough. But try as you might you can’t get those OB stakes out of your mind - indeed they’re there for all to see. Miss the fairway on the right and your ball will descend several hundred feet off the cliff’s edge. Pull it left and you’re contending with the road down to the ferry pier. What will you do?

Fear Factor: 7

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Written by Alex Jenkins

Photography by Alex Jenkins

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