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What are the hardest few courses you have ever played?

BagBoy
TPC Myrtle stands out to me the first day I played it. Played from the back tees and the wind was whipping in every direction.
 
Wildcat4life said:
@mtbloco will have to answer this but we started off in very cold conditions but no wind. Beautiful course though
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@Daddio yes front nine 42. As @Wildcat4life mentioned we had zero wind on the front but cold! Then the win kicked up and I returned to my more normal (at the time) crap golf game.
 
Pine Valley
Royal County Down
Oakmont
 
They're all hard the way I've been playing. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Starr Pass was a tough one. Chambers Bay was tough for me, but part of that was that I was probably in the worse shape of my life trying to walk it....was not pretty. My recollection of how I played some rounds is suppressed and I more think about the company I was with, so it's hard to choose.
 
Parrot said:
I thought MO was mostly fair but hard. It looked more player-friendly when I saw it in October. I'll give it another go soon but it's still going to be very difficult for me, even with a little course knowledge. Depth perception there is rough for me.
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It plays tougher in the fall than the spring/summer.. when all that native grass grows thick in the fall it’s impossible to find balls. Also it’s a lot harder in windy conditions which you so more in the early spring and fall… it can be a fair course or it can be brutal to get around..
 
The Cash (NCR South) from the tips a long time ago when woods were wood and balls were balata.
 
The Arthur Hills Course at Palmetto Dunes up in Hilton Head handed me a big plate of humble pie once. And I was full halfway through that dish. Played mid summer as well and the greens were lightning fast and barely have a flat spot on them. I am a very good putter but they gave me all I wanted and more. First time I shot over 100 in like 5 years. Brutal.

We played the Jones course there the next day and it made it feel like an executive short course in comparison.

I am a much better player now as that was quite a few years ago so I’m keen to take another wack at it and see how I fare. 😎
 
Arnold Palmer in Palm Springs at the LA Quinta resort.
 
Hazeltine National - Never played rough so unforgiving in my life!!!!
The Ocean Course - Can't wait to play it as a golfer next time instead of a tourist.
Black Bear Casino Course - Would never play it again. Stupidly narrow fairways, when you missed, it was a lost ball
 
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Copperhead in over 100* heat.
 
Dorsal Blue Monster
TPC Sawgrass
 
Greystone in Sauk Center Minnesota during light rain with 40+ MPH winds. It's links style with fescue that was long. Pins were being blown out of the cups.

Playing it the next year in near perfect, no wind conditions with the fescue freshly trimmed and I shot close to my PB.
 
By far the hardest was Woodhall Spa. Slope of 152 coupled with a strong wind and heavy rain. I managed to hook my tee shot on one of the par 3s bad enough that I had to take a provisional. I holed the second ball for par!
 
For me:

Starr Pass
Torreon Cabin Course
We Ko Pa Cholla Course
Ventana Canyon Mountain Course kicked my ass a bit, also

Still trying to drag @oumagic to play Las Sendas with me.......:cool:
 
For a time I use to seek out the toughest courses to play. I have played many. About a dozen with 150 slopes or so. Of all of that myriad of courses I believe Pine Valley on an everyday basis at not ridiculous length plays the toughest.
 
the hardest I've played is https://www.bodegaharbourgolf.com/
I was still only a couple years into my golf journey but my oh my, it was a treat... and a beating. I played it twice and it never got easier. The really unnerving were the houses with massive (expensive) windows lining the course.
 
DataDude said:
TPC Myrtle Beach
Berkeley Hills in Atlanta
TPC Las Vegas

These we’re tough. I think the hardest slope I’ve ever played was Wolf Creek but I shot a 93 there which was my best handicap adjusted round of 2021. I just let it rip out there and had a blast.
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We played TPC MB after what seemed 8 inches of rain in 2 days. It was so long! Cool holes tho.
 
Muchmore18 said:
TPC Myrtle Beach
Cog Hill Dubs

Can’t think of anything else that was super hard. I’ve scored high at courses but more because of poor play than the course being hard
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I think Dubs kicked us all in the teeth! That just shows how freaking tour players are.
 
Daddio said:
Two public access courses I've struggled on most are Branson Hills and Greywalls. I've played them enough to know the worst misses but they still always kick my butt. Hickory Hills has been the toughest local private course for me. Payne Stewart learned to play there.
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Branson Hills is such a cool course. I was dealing with Tennis and Golfers elbow when we were in Branson so I just rode around with my crew.
 
MattyD-MPLS said:
I think Dubs kicked us all in the teeth! That just shows how freaking tour players are.
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I think if I wouldn’t have started off with a triple that day, I would have had some confidence to do something there. Never got on the right track after that
 
The Judge kicked my ass.
 
Muchmore18 said:
I think if I wouldn’t have started off with a triple that day, I would have had some confidence to do something there. Never got on the right track after that
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I think I skull Fd one over the green out of the front bunker and had a triple too! 😂
 
jbb2388 said:
Haven't done much golf travel...all local to me

Great River Golf Club
TPC River Highlands
Yale
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Man I keep seeing the yale course on so many things. I want to play it sometime.
 
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