toughest course you've played

[ZimBag]

mine was merion from the tips best 90 ive ever shot. my dad was fortunate enough to play pine valley he was a 5 at the time he shot 88 and said he felt like he shot even par it was so hard.

[abc]

Augusta National. It's long and the greens are tough to putt. You've got to hit your approach to certain spots on the greens in order to have a chance to make a putt.

[ZimBag]

[quote name='ahl3bomber ' timestamp='1275614411' post='2485109']
Not my favorite course, actually i really hate the course, but Alpine CC in NJ is an F****N B****H...not long at all maybe 6800, but i am convinced Tillinghast was drunk when he created the course, because it is impossible to make putts on that golf course...every green is unfairly sloping and being above the hole, you'll be happy with a two putt....now i know courses such as Kiawah and Pine Valley are incredibly hard, but atleast they are fair and beautiful courses...this course is unfair, boring, you'd have to pay me to play it
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he was when he created the 18th hole he couldnt figure out where to put it and after a long night and a bit of hard liquor it was created.

[Matriga]

Sunningdale - England

[mosesgolf]

The Ranch in San Jose Calif area. 150 slope from the tips and touted as the toughest course in No. Calif. Target golf at its finest. People lose golf balls here like you wouldn't believe. I know a member who has probably picked up over 1000 golf balls over the last few years on the course looking for his own ball.

Sky and Shadow Course at Lost Canyons in Simi Valley. Pete Dye is a $##%!!!!#%%!!!!@@!!!.

[Swisstrader98]

[quote name='ZimBag' timestamp='1316697252' post='3582109']
[quote name='ahl3bomber ' timestamp='1275614411' post='2485109']
Not my favorite course, actually i really hate the course, but Alpine CC in NJ is an F****N B****H...not long at all maybe 6800, but i am convinced Tillinghast was drunk when he created the course, because it is impossible to make putts on that golf course...every green is unfairly sloping and being above the hole, you'll be happy with a two putt....now i know courses such as Kiawah and Pine Valley are incredibly hard, but atleast they are fair and beautiful courses...this course is unfair, boring, you'd have to pay me to play it
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he was when he created the 18th hole he couldnt figure out where to put it and after a long night and a bit of hard liquor it was created.
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I've played Alpine a number of times and you're correct, it's a b*tch of the highest order. I've also learned not to play members there for any real money because they have a huge advantage on those tricked up greens. The course itself is beautiful as is the new clubhouse, but holes like number 10 par 3 play straight up a small mountain that looks like something that you would ski off of not play golf on.

I've never had so many decent shots hit the green and then spin back into the fairway some 10-20 yards. There's hard and then there's rediculous and unfair.

[jdhallissey]

I love the Ranch golf club! I like even better is the amount of people who play pro-vs out there every hole you find a few lol. Normally brand new. I can honestly say tho I have only lost one ball out there. WAHOO

[In2Bate]

+1 for Victoria National in southern Indiana.

[hultis]

Carnoustie, Scotland. No margin for errors, bunkers all over the place and narrow fairways. Arrived at the course with a black sand wedge which had lost half of its colour when I was done playing. Great experience, though.

/Christian

[brendankimmey]

Qauil Valley in Vero Beach Florida at the Boys 57th Junior Championship from 7,240. Greens were lighting about 13s in the summer time. Rough was ridicolous. http://www.quailvalleygolfclub.com/ 75.8 course rating with 140 slope

[Matriga]

Qauil Valley in Vero Beach Florida at the Boys 57th Junior Championship from 7,240. Greens were lighting about 13s in the summer time. Rough was ridicolous. http://www.quailvalleygolfclub.com/ 75.8 course rating with 140 slope

 

Is it even possible to avoid the bunkers? :p

 

 

 

[Xpicc19]

Myopia hunt club. hosted four of the first 14 u.s opens and has some of the hardest ranked holes in the u.s!

[Sean Cavanaugh]

Lost Canyons Golf Course in Simi Valley, CA. The Sky course is close to 7300 from the blacks with a rating of 76 and a slope of 155. Even more is the wind that can reach 40 mph, since the course is between the Santa Susana mountains. It's either hit the target or go in the hazard. Definitely my favorite course with the best views one of the toughest courses in California.

[JLock819]

If the winds even remotely blowing ill go with the Ocean Course at Kiawah. Cant wait to watch the PGA next year.

[Fourpar18]

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I'll throw in a vote for PGA West Stadium. Toughest I have played.
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I would agree.....even in the fairway you had a uneven lie.

[qwertyu]

Ko'olau in Hawaii. It was voted as the toughest course in America. 7300 yards. 0 roll. playing in the middle of a rain forest. A must play.

[qwertyu]

Also PGA West Stadium. Extremely hard for the 10 handicap. Not as difficult for the plus golfer.

[Hattori Hanzo]

[quote name='squash3b' timestamp='1245585053' post='1769730']
Oakmont is the hardest setup I have ever played, but when I played it was soft from rain the night before and the wind was calm.

Kiawah Island Ocean course was the hardest based 20-25 mph north to south prevailing wind which makes the last 5 holes extremely difficult as they are dead into the wind.
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Hah! These are the same exact toughest courses that I was going to post!

I've played Oakmont enough to figure out a few of its tricks (not like that even helps), but Kiawah is just an absolute bear! The one time I played there, the wind was HOWLING! It felt like it was playing 8,000 yards!

[eyeguy]

[quote name='Swisstrader' timestamp='1315865493' post='3559639']
Hands down, Bandon Dunes. Take your current handicap and add 10-12 strokes...EASILY!!
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Bandon Dunes was tough, especially with a howling wind, but I thought Old MacDonald was the toughest of the 4 course rotation. Greens so fast and massive that you're lucky to 2 putt each hole.

[poppyhillsguy]

Spyglass Hill. It seems every green is elevated. (Tough to walk as well.)

[coreyl]

camp creek ate my lunch...

[World'sGreatestHacker]

oak tree national in edmond, ok. 7412 yds. rating of 79.2. slope of 155. and its always windy too.

[jlt2313]

Oakmont is by far the hardest putting course I've ever played. One of the shorter courses i remember as being a sort of difficult was Tobacco Road outside of Pinehurst.

[dgould91]

tot hill farm...by far...its impossible

[wesyoshi]

Not as crazy as some of you guys but my local course is pretty hard. The Rawls Course. It plays 7323 and 75.3/139. Rolling hills with native grass instead of rough after the first cut. Miss the fairway and you're looking at bogey at best. Has a killer 621 par 5 17th with a bunker complex at around 450~ forcing you to carry it with your second shot or lay up and hit a 200~ yard shot into the green for GIR. It kills good scores in the making.

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[Big Ben]

Firestone South from the tips 3wks before the tourney, LONG and brutal rough EVERYWHERE. Another would be Princeville, with the trade winds and crazy elevation changes in and out of the rain forest tough as nails to keep the ball in play...BB

[jay65]

Old Prestwick, first time out, it'll drive ya batty!

[MKSmith]

Torrey pines south from the tips in Open conditions...I had a golf nervous breakdown, couldn't even shank a ball by the end of the round...

[jsgnado]

It's a toss-up for me between PGA West TPC Stadium Torrey South. I've played Torrey South in the wind and rain, and It is simply not fun haha

[Jefe21]

Ventana Canyon Mountain Course. 73.2 rating 145 slope from the tips

 

107 yd par 3, 60 foot drop in between the tee box and the cup:

 

 

Gotta carry your drive 200+ to reach the fairway here: