Isn't this just beautiful?

Just look at this picture!


This is a shot of the beautiful signature Par-5 on the famous Ria Bintan golf course in, of course, Bintan! While the picture is breathtaking, the experience of actually being there is way, way, way beyond. The course is that beautiful.

This hole, incidentally, has been rated the most beautiful par 5 in Asia! And I most certainly agree with the rating. It is a very demanding hole with the requirement to keep to the left or center of fairway off the tee, a blind shot to where you think the forest is and then a sharp downhill shot to a small green surrounded by water (where I promptly hit my ball!).

As a collegue of mine described it: "Beautiful course, ugly game"! That pretty much sums up how I played that day.

But the course was absolutely beautiful!