The Nullarbor Links, which will span two time zones and measure more than the entire length of Britain, is expected to be completed next month and will host its inaugural tournament on October 22.

“We’re very excited about it. It’s been a long time coming and a lot of effort,” project chairman Don Harrington told AFP.

“This is the longest golf course in the world. It’s unique terrain, there’s something for everybody.”

The course, conceived five years ago “over a couple of beers,” is meant to attract tourists to the Eyre Highway which traverses the desolate Nullarbor Plain and hugs part of Australia’s southern coastline.

Golfers will stop at one roadhouse, play a hole, then drive on to the next tee—100 kilometers down the road in some cases. The par-71 course will take three or four days to complete with each player awarded a certificate.

Each hole will showcase a local attraction, from whale-watching to ancient fossil beds and a working sheep station, and include sights such as the Big Kangaroo statue at Border Village straddling South and Western Australia.

“There’s a lot of history and you can see all of that on a golf course,” Harrington said.

“Both Australian tourists and golfing enthusiasts around the world have shown support for what we’re doing.”

The course was the brainchild of Bob Bongiorno, who was managing a roadhouse at remote Balladonia when he came up with the idea.

Bongiorno, now living in Kalgoorlie at the course’s western end, said he tried hitting a few balls when he first moved into the Outback but got sick of encountering spiders when trying to retrieve them.

There should be no such hazards on the synthetic greens of the Nullarbor Links, although golfers who hit a stray shot into the desert will face a monster sand trap.

It looks as though Las Vegas Nevada, Mesquite Nevada, St. George Utah and Cedar City Utah would have to put all the cources together to catch up?

USG is a charter member of the National Congress of State Games (NCSG).

The National Congress of State Games (NCSG) is a national membership organization comprised of the individual State Games across the country. The NCSG is a community-based member of the United States Olympic Committee and rights holder of the State Games of America. The State Games of America is the premier national Olympic-style sports festival held every other year. Medal winners from State Games earn the right to compete against other medal winners and match their skills and competitive desire in a national arena. The 2008 State Games of America were held July 24-27, 2008 in Colorado Spring, Colorado.  The State Games of America for 2009 will be held in Colorado Springs, CO (subject to change). http://www.utahsummergames.org/about.html

Will be held in Cedar City, Utah from June 3-21st, 2009.

The duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson did not disappoint.

With the supercharged front nine. Both Phil and Tiger look like they had a show of their own, compared to the current leaders two-some including Perry and Cabrera.

The Masters being the great stage that it is, always motivates amateur golfers more than any other golf tournament of the year.

St. George, Utah and Mesquite, Nevada being the golf mecca that it is, I would imagine there were many amateurs getting their fill of golf highlights.

Mesquite Nevada, hosting the big break, and golf Channel, naming Mesquite, Nevada and St. George, Utah. As one of the great golf vacation destinations in America. I think you’ll see many great amateurs practice, play and become pros from this area in the future.

As Jay Don Blake, the local St. George Pro Star slows his career.

The locals are deathly looking for a new face in the professional ranks to root for.

St. George, Cedar City, Utah, Mesquite and Las Vegas, Nevada looked to be proving grounds for amateur athletes looking to turn pro as well as the retired athlete playing on into the sunset!