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DP World Tour "Extreme Hole-in-one Challenge" held in UAE (Video)

29 January, 2025

New Zealand's Ryan Fox conceded golf from a great height is not for him after the DP World Tour's latest promotion in the UAE.

Fox and Tour rivals Padraig Harrington and Thorbjørn Olesen took part in the "Extreme Hole-in-one Challenge", aiming for an island green from a 110-meter drop in elevation.

Held on the 22nd floor of a hotel on Al Marjan Island near Dubai, the trio teed off in turns at their floating target 260m away.

"You wouldn't want to be scared of heights up here, would you?" Fox said, before his first shot, which found the green.

The New Zealand No.1's form slipped from that point - with decorated Irishman Harrington and Dane Olesen advancing to a play-off.

Harrington won the event - labeled the world's highest of its kind, from which one million dirhams ($480,000) was donated to charity.

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