Claudia Laurent
Golf writer, Golf Handicapp · 12 October 2026
122 yards to an island green standing in shallow tidal water, reached by a long timber boardwalk across a bed of bleached mangrove roots. Saltwater crocodiles lie in the shallows on every side of it. The shot is a smooth wedge. Making a smooth wedge swing is the hard part.
This hole is not real. Like every hole in the collection it was conjured with AI, a golf daydream rather than a course you can go and play. The thousands of courses in the Golf Handicapp app, however, are very real.
This one is make-believe. The thousands of courses in the app are not.
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Claudia Laurent · Golf writer, Golf Handicapp
Claudia writes about the World Handicap System, golf scoring and getting more from every round for Golf Handicapp. She is a mid-handicap golfer who logs every card, the good ones and the ones she would rather forget.
This image is AI-generated. Published 12 October 2026.
