| Ice Golf - only the coolest need
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| | several weeks each year for other open
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| apply!Want to try the ultimate golf
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| | icegolf tournaments.The greens are white
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| challenge on a course where you'll have
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| | and the balls are red. The "whites" are
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| no trouble staying cool over even the
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| | defined by a small wall of snow or by a
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| most testing putt? You should consider
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| | red line on the ice. Players are allowed
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| taking up Ice Golf - the most amazing
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| | to use a scraper to smooth the snow on
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| development that the golf world has seen
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| | the white in front of their putt - the
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| for decades.Every year thirty six golfers
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| | only time in golf that a player can
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| (or lunatics, depending on your
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| | legitimately improve the line of his
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| viewpoint) gather in Greenland to play in
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| | putt. The snow and ice conditions
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| the World Ice Golf championship. This
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| | underfoot vary from hole to hole and
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| year's event takes place in late March
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| | contestants need to wear polar ice
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| and early April. The course is marked out
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| | gloves, artic boots and countless layers
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| on the ice of the frozen fjord and you
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| | of clothing. Anti-glare sunglasses are
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| can expect icebergs or the occasional
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| | also a good idea.One contestant a few
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| polar bear for company! As the organisers
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| | years ago quipped that "the only hole in
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| say: "if you've played on the greens of
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| | one I scored was when one leg disappeared
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| Europe, then you'll find the "whites" of
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| | through a seal's breathing hole in the
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| Greenland rather special."The World Ice
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| | ice." There is also a local rule to deal
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| Golf Championship was the brainchild of
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| | with the unlikely situation of a polar
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| Mr. Arne Neimann, a local resident and
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| | bear interfering with your ball!The
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| hotel proprietor on a small island called
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| | organisers are looking for a new sponsor
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| Uummannaq, off Greenland's North West
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| | this year but in previous years the
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| coast. He and a friend designed the first
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| | Drambuie liqueur company took the lead.
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| course in 1997 and the sport took off
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| | Players and spectators were able to warm
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| from there.The world championship is
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| | themselves by sampling some of the
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| played on the ice in years when the
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| | sponsor's finest product. As always
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| conditions make the ice fields safe and
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| | however, even that feature has a twist to
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| predictable. Players compete over two
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| | it. Rather than ice cubes in the drink,
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| days and play thirty six holes of stroke
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| | the drink was served in "ice cubes" or
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| play. There is a "warm up" tournament the
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| | glasses carved out of ice to be more
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| day before although "cool down" might be
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| | exact. Trophies were presented from
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| a more applicable phrase to describe the
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| | tables carved out of ice and the scorer's
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| effect it has on the golfers. In March,
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| | tent was to be found in an igloo!If you
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| when the world championships are held,
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| | get the chance to visit Greenland for a
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| the average temperature is minus 13.9
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| | game of ice golf then sieze it with both
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| degrees Celsius, but temperatures as low
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| | hands. It'll be the most unique game of
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| as minus 25 can occur. The dry climate
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| | your life.Gary Hill plays most of his
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| and the strong sunshine can make it seem
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| | golf in Scotland and thinks that winter
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| slightly less cold than that - but not by
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| | on the links of East Lothian is more than
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| much!The organisers also try to keep the
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| | cold enough for him.
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| golf course open and accessible for
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