CNN traveled to Mission Hills in Hainan Island, China in search of the “word’s craziest crazy golf course.” Brian Curley, ASGCA, provided an on-site look at his unique design.
“It’s crazy golf on an insane scale — a putting green swimming in a giant bowl of noodles and chopsticks, the Great Wall of China for a hazard, a fairway threading through Mayan ruins and a panda-themed hole.
“China is getting into golf in a big way ahead of the sport’s reintroduction to the Olympics in 2016, and even its take on the mini version of the game is larger than life.
“‘Traditionalists will probably hate it,’ says design guru Brian Curley, principal partner in Schmidt-Curley, the company behind the 22 courses that make up the Mission Hills complex in Hainan Island.
“‘But this is real golf, with real clubs on real fairways,’ he told CNN.
The entire article and design images can be found here.