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North Korean Open: DPRK’s golf tournament for foreigners

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Economy, Kim Jong-Il, North Korea, Offbeat, Propaganda

January 13, 2011

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Can you shoot a 90 or under? Got a thousand Euros lying around and enough air miles to get you to China? The website for the North Korean Open, DPRK’s first golf tournament open to foreigners, tells it all:

Pyongyang Golf complex is North Korea’s only Golf course. It is located on the banks of Taicheng Lake, 27km from Pyongyang City.The 18 hole par 72 course covers 120 hectares with 45 hectares of green and is 7km long. The Course Can Service Up To 100 Competitors At A Time And Includes A Service Area Covering 2700 Square Metres, Including Shops, Restaurants, Conference Rooms And Sauna. There Are Also Angling Or Boating Facilities To Use During Breaks From Golfing. It Is Claimed That When Kim Jong Il Opened The Course In 1991, He Shot A World Record 38 Under Par On His First Ever Round Of Golf (Including 11 Hole In Ones!)

UK based Lupine Travel is in charge of the arrangements, and the cost covers all accommodations, meals and the train from China into the Stalinist country.

UPDATE: @nknewsorg points out that this is NOT the first golf tournament open to foreigners as originally reported by The Chosun Ilbo. The “Pyongyang Golf Company” has been offering this for some time now.

Source: North Korean Open

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1 comment

  1. tobid

    January 18, 2011 at (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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