Any golf course can be hard, and every one looks beautiful in its own way. Some games may be hard for players because there are a lot of dangers, and in others, they need to get very low scores to do well.
Still, there’s no doubt that playing on the most difficult golf grounds is the best thing for real golf fans. You will never forget walking a full course like this, no matter what your score is (below par or over 100).
How hard are the golf courses in the world? Let’s get started.
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Top 5 golf holes in the world that are very hard to play
It’s not easy to answer because not every golf course is hard for the same reasons. However, everyone agrees that the following tracks are some of the hardest in the world:
1. The championship course at Carnoustie Golf Links
The official X (formerly Twitter) account for this course in Scotland calls it “Golf’s Greatest Test.” Really, the name is a good one for how well-known it is among people around the world.
The course is 7402 yards long and has a par of 72 right now. Tommy Fleetwood set the record for 18 holes with a score of 63 in 2017, but that is a very high score. The grade for the course is 77.4, and one of the best examples of this is the fact that Sergio Garcia cried at the end of the 1999 Open Championship because Carnoustie was so hard.
The Senior Open Championship, the Women’s British Open, and The Open Championship have all been held on the Championship Course eight times. Other high-level events have also been held there.
The course has a very long past. People say that golf has been played there since the 1600s, even though the club didn’t start until 1842. Burnside and Buddons are two other golf courses at the property. There is also a free-to-play five-hole golf course called The Nestie.
2. The Augusta National Golf Club
People think that the golf club where The Masters is held is the most exclusive in the world. This isn’t just because of how hard the course is, but this fact has been very important in making The Masters the most important game on the world professional circuit.
The course is 7,510 yards long and has a par of 72. It has a score of 78, and Nick Price (1986) and Greg Norman (1996) hold the record with scores of 63. The Masters has been held every year at Augusta National since 1934. It is also where the Augusta National Women’s Amateur is held every year since 2019.
3. The Royal County Down Golf Club
Another one with a lot of history is the one in Northern Ireland. It opened in 1889 and has been the site of the Irish Open and the Senior British Open, among other events. It has two courses, but the Championship Links is the most famous.
It was made by a group of four people, including Old Tom Morris and Harry Vardon. The course is 7,186 yards long and has a par of 71. The grade for the course is 75.
4. The Winged Foot Golf Club
The PGA Championship has been held here once, the US Open six times, and the US Women’s Open twice. The course in New York has been closed since 1923. The West Course is the club’s title course. It is 7,426 yards long, has a rating of 76.4, and is a par 72 course.
In 1974 (Hale Irwin, +7) and 2006 (Geoff Ogilvy, +5), a player named Hale Irwin won the US Open at Winged Foot with one of the best scores ever.
5 The Muirfield
Muirfield, which is now the home of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, started in 1891. The first time it was used for The Open Championship was in 1892, and the most recent time was in 2013. It’s 7245 yards long and has a par of 71. It gets a score of 73.
