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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tory Shepherd Photography: Trent Mitchell

On the world’s longest golf course, the fairways are rough and the dog-legs might be dingoes’

Paul Windle, winner of the 2026 Chasing the Sun golf tournament
Paul Windle, the men’s net winner, who also took the Sharpest Dresser award. Photograph: Trent Mitchell/The Guardian

About 15,600km from St Andrews in Scotland and about 17,000km from Mar-a-Lago in Florida sits Eucla, Western Australia, where on a fine sunny day the players from an extraordinary golf tournament pose for a photo.

They’re playing the Nullarbor Links, the world’s longest golf course, which runs for 1,365km (850 miles) across ancient, arid desert in outback Australia. Other than the game itself, it has nothing whatever in common with its famous counterparts – or any other golf course in the world.

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