Golfers tee off amidst rubble and graffiti

Published August 1, 2012
German urban golf player Eva protects from the rain before playing a shot on the site of a closed brewery in Berlin on July 16, 2012. Urbangolf aka turbogolf or street-golf has found an obvious home in Berlin, where a lot of closed factories and devasted buildings attract players. -Photo by AFP
German urban golf player Eva protects from the rain before playing a shot on the site of a closed brewery in Berlin on July 16, 2012. Urbangolf aka turbogolf or street-golf has found an obvious home in Berlin, where a lot of closed factories and devasted buildings attract players. -Photo by AFP

The graffiti-strewn walls of a disused brewery are a far cry from the manicured greens of the Open Championship but this is where Berlin's "crossgolfers" play their own underground version of the game.

The sport of "cross golf", otherwise known as "urban golf", "street golf" or even "anarcho golf", where players whack balls at improvised targets, has found a natural home among Berlin's wide open urban spaces and abandoned buildings.  -Photos by AFP

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