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Bali Golf Hazards
Bali Golf Hazards
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ALUS, HERONS AND VOLCANOES
You see the wide-winged white birds, Japanese herons, cruising for fish over the lagoon or the ninth hole. But the monitor lizards, known as alus, stay cool and out of sight in frangipani mirrored waters. More than a meter in length, full grown, and cousin to the Komodo dragon, the shy alu is one of the more unusual hazards at the Bali Golf and Country Club.
The 18-hole, championship course, just a shank shot away from Amanusa, in southern Bali, was named one of Asia's top five golf courses a few years back by Fortune magazine. Defined by terraced lime-rock walls, by lush vegetarian, tall coconut palms, and an undulating landscape cut by creeks and canyons, the 10-year-old course ripples with surprises from tee to glossy Bermuda greens. Mount Agung shows its sacred face from the Bali Golf and Country Club more often than the alu does, while the Sahara, a 16th hole bunker of spreading sand, is large enough to lose a golf cart in.
Signature Hole
On the par three 12th, the course's signature hole, an underground stream feeds the lagoon. The alang alang roofed temple, just back of the water, is used on special occasions by nearby villagers. The Indian Ocean, all blue, glitter, and bright, foam freshens the tropic air over holes 17 and 18. Finish with the sea at your back and the sound of surf in your ears.
The Merapi Golf Course, hugging the very slopes of mercurial Mount Merapi in central Java, is less than an hour's pleasure drive from Amanjiwa. Once past Muntilan and its markets, the road shimmers with coconut and banana and salak and neat, red tile roofed homes. Come out of a bend to find volcanic Merapi herself, magnificent
cone cutting cloud, peering down at you.
There is a welcome mood about the Merapi Golf Course, from its cool highlands calm to the Clubhouse with its soarina, joglo-style roof. From some holes, the country surrounding the course reveals itself: cattle and their sun shaded keepers wondering by from nearby Canakringan village. But it's Merapi —12 kilometers to the summit from the clubhouse — that makes the manicured Piers Thompson-designed course a marvel to play. Several holes offer stilling views, including #4, with its wide-angle vista to the south face and the western flanks falling toward Muntilan.
Jetsetters Magazine Golf MallThe 17th gets you as close as your want without going walkabout. From there, you can see the rise and the fading of forest along Merapi's southeast slope. On an active day, Merapi smoke colors the clouds that cling to it like supplicants to royalty. Look closely, and you may see the silhouette of Parangtritis, jagged cliffs hiding black sand dunes that give way to the Indian Ocean. Golf never looked so good.
OTHER AMAN GOLF COURSES
Duffer DVDsSwing for the peaks that ring Jackson Hole's two 18-hole courses. Locals say the light mountain air makes the ball travel 10 percent farther.
On Phuket five courses make the southern Thai island a holiday haven for golfers. The most prestigious, the Blue Canyon Country Club is restricted to members. Happily, Amanpuri's corporate membership gives guests privileged access to one of Asia's finest courses.
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By Lise Lacasse, Jetsetters Magazine Correspondent. Read Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.com
About the Author
Lise Lacasse, Jetsetters Magazine Correspondent. Join the Travel Writers Network in the logo at www.jetsettersmagazine.com
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