What Are The Hardest Golf Courses In the World? | Reviews of The Toughest Golf Courses on Earth

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[backnineblues]

On Sept. 20, 1974, I made the only hole-in-one of my life on #17 at Bethpage Black. I remember it like it was yesterday!

[kevinfromwi]

My hardest was Whistling Strait’s right in the middle of a handful of incredible courses in the middle of Pete Dye’s beautiful works in Wisconsin. The Bull - A Nicklaus course, Black wolf Run, the Irish course etc….

[jamestoner]

Bethpage black is brutal, the Royal County Down is a masterpiece.

[johnevans]

The Pete Dye Course at French Lick, Indiana is worthy of mention too. I seem to recall that the 2019 Senior LPGA tournament there had a cut-line after two days of about +15. Gorgeous course but you're always about to fall off the mountains it's built upon.

[lvrope]

Never played any of these. The most spectacular course I have played is quintero golf club in Arizona. It's tough and beautiful.

[yaboilayne]

Haha the first coarse in Hawaii I tried and it was hard! Thanks for the vid

[clintonstumpf]

Great Vid, where is Pine Valley. Only played Whistling Straits and it is a beast.

[nickmullins]

Hardest course I've played is the Greg Norman designed Brookwater Country club west of Brisbane Australia. I haven't travelled far but this course is undulating though natural bushland. I found it difficult because of its tight fairways and slick greens. Also, on the day I played, you didn't need to venture far off the fairways to find knee high rough and impossible lies. The course is home to WTA world number 1 Ash Barty, the current women's club champion.

[CG-orre]

great list, would have had Oakmont somewhere and Carnoustie is harder than 9th

[Bradjay]

Royal “Country” Down? And ‘Tom Doaack?’ Love these computer generated voices

I’ve played two courses on this list: Whistling straits (multiple times) and the ocean course at Kiawah. The ocean course is significantly overrated in its difficulty. Like most Dye designs, they’re visually intimidating but once you get past that and hit your lines, you can play fairly well. There are plenty of other courses more difficult than the ocean course.
Whistling straits is difficult-truly. There’s a lot of visual intimidation but also the lines are ‘uncomfortable’ at times. And if the wind blows, it’s a beast. But there’s a more difficult course in the same resort at Whistling Straits—it’s the River course at Blackwolf run. Any of the pros at the complex will tell you off the record that the River course is a couple shots harder than Whistling straits. And it’s 15 minutes away. And…..they’ve actually softened it a bit over the years and it’s still just a nutcracker.

[LakeStevensPete]

It’s not Royal Country Down as mentioned on the video… Royal County Down. It’s the most difficult course I’ve ever played… but amazingly nice, if you like to get beaten up for 18-holes.

[betsybennis]

I want to play the one in Hawaii. 🤩 wow!

[rickdunham]

The hardest golf course in the world is the one that I’m playing today. LOL
Played Trump International in Palm Beach and it was beautiful and deadly.

[michaelking]

Never heard of Royal Country be a new one.!!!!

[jrsgolf]

I'm lucky enough to call Bethpage State park my backyard basically, and the Black Course is fucking hard :)

[jamestepera]

The Cliffs at Possum Kingdom in Texas is the toughest I've played. Never played any of these....I've seen the Ocean course at Kiawah in SC and gosh it looked terrifying.

[rosscowan]

Played the championship course at Carnoustie and I shot an 84 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[MarkSmith-tpzc]

The only thing Carnasty can do to stop low scores is have knee high rough in high winds. The pros length ruins it otherwise.

[firstlt]

You forgot Pine Valley, just outside of Philadelphia