Toughest 18 holes on tour by number

[cpljohnst]

Some number crunching from the guys at the PGA Tour produced this list of what would make the toughest course on tour. They looked at all the opening holes and found the toughest, then the toughest 2nd hole, and so on.

Link to the article: http://www.pgatour.com/news/2014/10/02/toughest-holes-by-hole-number.html

And the list:

Hole no.	Course (Tournament)	Par	Ydg.	Stroke avg.	Overall rank
1	Augusta National (Masters)	4	445	4.304	42nd
2	Valhalla (PGA Championship)	4	500	4.362	19th
3	TPC Four Seasons (AT&T Byron Nelson)	4	528	4.350	23rd
4	Augusta National (Masters)	3	240	3.409	9th
5	Cherry Hills (BMW)	4	526	4.483	1st
6	PGA National (Honda)	4	479	4.442	6th
7	Trump National Doral (WGC-Cadillac)	4	471	4.417	7th
8	Pinehurst No. 2 (U.S. Open)	4	486	4.336	32nd
9	Pebble Beach (AT&T Pebble Beach)	4	466	4.376	14th
10	Pebble Beach (AT&T Pebble Beach)	4	446	4.463	4th
11	Congressional (QL National)	4	489	4.482	2nd
12	Pebble Beach (AT&T Pebble Beach)	3	202	3.394	11th
13	Trump National Doral (WGC-Cadillac)	3	238	3.277	55th
14	Harbour Town (RBC Heritage)	3	192	3.393	12th
15	TPC Four Seasons (AT&T Byron Nelson)	4	504	4.288	50th
16	Pinehurst No. 2 (U.S. Open)	4	528	4.341	28th
17	Quail Hollow (Wells Fargo)	3	221	3.342	27th
18	Quail Hollow (Wells Fargo)	4	493	4.452	5th
Total	67	7,454	73.911

 

[Canes]

Cool list bud! We just played Champion #6 but as a par 5 and that was narrow with water all down the left side to the green.

I'm surprised Doral Blue #18 didn't make the list. That's a tough finishing hole.

 

[tgtt]

Par 67? Cool list but should've at least made it a par 70...

 

[ArmyGolf]

The 2nd at Valhalla as a par 4 is ridiculous haha. Such a tough hole.

 

[Jank]

Number 6 was awful as a par 5. Couldn't imagine it as a par 4 with a 15-20 mph wind in your face!

 

[flog2424]

Good list here..... Could only imagine how tough it would play.

 

[P.J.]

A par 67 at 7400 yards. Wow. And we'd see a bunch of +7s. Yeesh

 

[Erky]

Wow. A 526 yard par 4.