Latvian club unveils world’s narrowest fairway

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Golfers who like a challenge should head over to Latvia to secure a tee time at a golf club which has built the word’s narrowest fairway.

Typical fairways on the professional tours measure 30 to 32 yards wide on average, but this testing par-4 cuts a narrow path through a forest of pine trees leaving a gap of just five yards.

The 260-yard hole at Rezekne Golf & Country Club was conceived after a drop in local members, so the club took the decision to create a hole that would attract visitors from Latvia’s Baltic neighbours Estonia and Lithuania.

The club’s PGA professional, Joe Kerr, said: “As well as attracting new players, we thought this could be another revenue stream for the club, because there will be so many lost balls we can use them for our range or sell them as seconds in the pro shop.”

So far the reaction has been largely positive, especially with the younger generation who see reaching the green without hitting a tree as a fun challenge. However a local club member, who asked not to be named, was less enthusiastic, saying: “I’ve played this hole twice and already lost 13 balls. It’s a joke.”