On March 27, the first 9-hole course is to open in the Maldives at Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort and Spa.
The majority of the holes are par three and average 123 yards — the entire course is built on 7.5 hectares.
Although this is currently the first golf course in the Maldives, there is a plan for a $500 million floating island with golf course to be completed by 2015, reports the blox Luxuo.
And “according to the plans, golfers would be able to hop on a speedboat to get to the proposed site, which features 27 holes spread across three islands, all connected by underwater tunnels.”