![]() ![]() We walked, while a female caddie drove a remote-control golf cart, a new technology I discovered at several high-end clubs in this golf-mad nation. Only one ball hit woefully crooked (not by me!) was lost. ![]() ![]() As my foursome watched the sun set across the Seoul skyline, the night lights kicked on, illuminating everything on the North and South nines at the 36-hole Taekwang Country Club. I remember my daughter playing in a bunker like it was a sand box.Ī round after dark in South Korea in 2016 was a bit more exotic. Very few golf shots were played, but everybody had a great time. When my two children were very young, we spent a vacation at Orange Lake Resort in Kissimmee, Fla., home to multiple courses, including Legends Walk, a unique par-3, 1,581-yard walking course lit for night play. Two of my most memorable rounds have been under the lights. I've always had an affinity for playing night golf. Remember when the Monday night golf matches involving Tiger, Phil, Sergio, Annika and others at the Battle at Bighorn (2000-2002) and the Battle at the Bridges (2003-05) were must-see TV in southern California? This sort of gimmick was a regular thing during golf's glory days under Tiger Woods. The tournament returned in 2020 with Minjee Lee winning. Two rounds of the 54-hole event were played under LED lights that have been an integral part of the course's layout since a Nick Faldo redesign in 2006. In 2019, the Ladies European Tour (LET) gave night golf a go at the newly christened Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic on the Faldo course at Emirates GC. Tournament officials installed state-of-the-art floodlighting around the ninth and 18th greens of the Majlis Course at the Emirates Golf Club to ensure that all 132 players finished their round before darkness became an issue. The European Tour, which has made a habit of trying new things, experimented with night golf under the lights at the 2018 Dubai Desert Classic. Playing golf after dark has always been a novelty, but the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai is becoming a night golf hub, of sorts, for professional tournaments. The only way to play 'real' golf at night is to do it under the lights. ![]()
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