Former Hong Kong rugby player Adam Rolston and caddie-friend Ron Rutland have finished the longest hole in golf after 80 days and 20,093 shots across Mongolia. Rolston rolled in a tricky eight-foot putt on the 18th green of the Mt Bogd Golf Club in Ulaanbaatar, to bring to an end the strangest hole in golfing history.…
“The Mongolian are some of the hardest in the world! They opened their doors to us at every opportunity, offering us everything they had. Ron and I will treasure that!"
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Written by Adam Rolston
Photography by Andrew King
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