Typically when a sinkhole opens up on a golf course, it’s a nightmare for everyone involved. The course is usually forced to close, but this one in Missouri has taken on a life of its own. Last May, a massive 40-foot deep sinkhole opened up near the clubhouse at Top of the Rock Golf Course. It made for some fantastic photos with fairways seemingly dripping into the huge ditch. After a bit of a scare, the course began dealing with the safety hazard, not by filling it and fixing it, but by digging it up more.
With the course still open, crews have been digging it up for months with the hopes of finding a cave system or some sort of treasure. It’s now 100-feet deep and can hold more than 2.3 billion golf balls. Not even the worst golfers in the world could fill that with errant tee shots. READ MORE
I live 20 miles from this place. This is not a sinkhole! This is the direct result of directional boring in a cave that caused the roof of the cave to gall in