Worlds longest golf hole is enormous par 7 measuring 1,097 yards and surrounded by water T

IT is not often that a golfer says they'd be happy walking off a green having made a seven. But on the world's longest golf hole that score is good enough for par - because the monstrous third hole at Gunsan Country Club in South Korea measures a jaw-dropping 1,097 yards [1,004m].

IT is not often that a golfer says they'd be happy walking off a green having made a seven.

But on the world's longest golf hole that score is good enough for par - because the monstrous third hole at Gunsan Country Club in South Korea measures a jaw-dropping 1,097 yards [1,004m].

And just to make it that little bit tougher the entire left side of the freakishy long hole has water running down it.

Pros on the Korn Ferry Tour in America will this week play a 773 yard par 5 - the longest par 5 in professional golf.

The TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes hosts the beast, which is known as 'Longer Still'.

Justin Thomas has the record for the longest drive on the PGA Tour this season at a huge 457 yards.

But even if some of the pros were to crank one out of equal length this week they would be left with a huge 316 yards to the hole.

Good job, then, that players can really open their shoulders and give it a good biff off the tee on the 13th hole at Heron Lakes.

The fairway is wide open but it is the second shot that provides some thought.

Competitors can either try to take on 'Hell Bunker' or be forced to lay up - but even that leaves 200 yards to go.

Heron Lakes is clearly a course that suits long hitters, with the first hole being a 635 yard par 5.

The only relief? The course is in Colorado and played at altitude, meaning the air is thinner and the ball flies further.

Incredibly, though, this 773 yard brute is not the longest the pros get to play.

Last week pros on the Challenge Tour in Europe took on the monster 783 yard 15th at the D+D Real Challenge in Slovakia - the longest hole in professional golf.

But that is still nothing to the 1,097 yard beast in South Korea.

Gunsan CC sits on an abandoned salt field that spans over 1,060 acres and it is the only course in the country where all the holes are surrounded by lakes, according to golfpunk.

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That means that the holes are connected by an amazing 27 bridges.

And not content with one behemoth, it also features a 723 yard par 6.

Take them on if you dare.

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