
One of golf's most exciting and scary prospects is an island green - a do or die shot where the reward for success is a weird mix of elation and relief while the pain of failure is a drop and a titanic struggle for par. Because they weren't even a twinkling in the eye for the golden age golf course architects, the Golf Monthly Top 100 of the UK&I and the Next 100 have few if any such holes. Instead, we take a look at five less well-known but nonetheless thrilling examples.