Claudia Laurent
Golf writer, Golf Handicapp · 17 August 2026
142 yards, from a rock shelf across a sunken pool to a green sitting on top of a stone wall, its front edge hanging straight out over the water. On the sand bank below, crocodiles lie out in the sun, and scattered around them are the golf balls nobody has ever gone down to collect. It is only a wedge, and that is exactly the problem, because almost everyone comes up short on a forced carry. Most golfers club off their best ever strike rather than their average one, so the shot they think flies 142 yards actually flies it about once in ten attempts. Take one more club than the number says, aim at the middle of the green, and let the flag go. Pin high and twenty feet left is a par putt. Two yards short is a reload.
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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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 17 August 2026.
