Claudia Laurent

Golf writer, Golf Handicapp · 13 November 2026

AI-imagined golf hole: a par 3 in Cappadocia played from a ridge of pale volcanic rock across a drop to a green on a shelf above a valley of tall stone chimneys, dozens of hot air balloons in the sky beyond

128 yards over a valley of stone chimneys. The green is built on a shelf of pale volcanic rock above one of the Cappadocia valleys, the cart path curving in along the cliff, and the sky beyond is full of hot air balloons drifting over the whole thing. It is a short iron with a drop in front, and the danger is not the rock, it is the view. A big carry and a sky full of colour both pull your eyes up early, which is how a short iron gets thinned or pulled. Pick a small target on the green, keep your head down through the strike, and take the middle of the green when there is trouble short.

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.

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About the author

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 13 November 2026.

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