World’s longest golf course?

For golfers, the 909-yard par 7 at the Sano Course at Satsuki Golf Club in Japan, alleged to be the longest hole in the world, has the seventh hole which is a 964-yard par 7, 55 yards longer than reported.

The seventh hole at the Sano Course is comparatively straight in addition to two greens.

However, the 964-yard hole is still not the longest golf hole in history.

Here are the longest golf holes in America, and  the longest public holes in Minnesota:

America’s longest (courtesy ForbesTraveler Magazine)

1. No. 12, Meadow Farms Golf Course, Locust Grove, Virginia (841 yards, par 6)

2. No. 6, Spring Lake Golf Resort, Sebring, Florida (800 yards, par 6)

3. No. 9, The Links Golf Course, Post Falls, Idaho (777 yards, par 6)

Minnesota’s longest public

1. No. 18, Eagle’s Landing Golf Club, Fort Ripley (665 yards, par 5)

2. No. 11, Meadow Greens Golf Course, Austin (660 yards, par 5)

3. No. 1, Wilderness at Fortune Bay, Tower (649 yards, par 5)

Additional: The 6th hole at the Pine Beach East course at Madden’s on Gull Lake is a par 6, 618-yard hole.