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top of the list, by far-- Oakmont

up very high--
- Bethpage Black (about 12 years ago before they invested a ton of $$ in it)
- Pinehurst #2
- Pine Meadows the day after open qualifying
- Shinnecock
- Hazeltine
- Bandon Dunes
- Tobacco Road
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3-Wood: Sumo2 15 degree
Hybrids 19 and 21 degree
Irons tour x-20 (5-PW)Wedges vokey 52.08,56.14, 60.04Putter circa 62 #1: Pro V1Where I usually play: Rush Creek

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I would have to say the course I play most because of the length. 8.1k from the tips. I don't play from them. the course itself is easy in theory mostly straight but there are a lot of different hills from tee to green. so you don't always have a flat lie. the course moves mostly counter clock wise so if you are a right hander then there are mostly pull lies.

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Hi all, first post on this site. My top 5 difficult courses I have played are as follows:

1. Pebble Beach (Monterey, CA)
2. Redstone Golf Club (Houston, TX, Site of the Shell Houston Open)
3. Spyglass Hill (Monterey, CA)
4. Kapalua - Plantation Course (Maui, Hawaii)
5. Entrada at Snow Canyon (St. George, Utah)

I learned my lesson about difficult courses, no more. I want to be able to shoot at least 90 when I play. I played the Tennessean near Paris, Tennessee, and it was awful. I quit keeping score, horrible. Green side bunkers 6 feet below the green, sloped fairways on both sides, and putting greens that you putt past the hole and let it come back, so you can get close. I have not played it since then. Now that I have a better game going, I might give it another try, but then again, maybe not. I will play a difficult course if it has great scenery, and a few fair holes. I stay away from long courses.

the short game equalizes everything
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Pebble Beach with a 35 mph wind

If you did that recently, I was on Spanish Bay the same day and did real well for the 8 holes I could stay out there.

What is the offical ruling if the wind blows your ball off of the green and 40 yards downhill?

Probably Huntingdon Valley - C9 Course. Philadelphia Cricket Club Militia Hill Course is a close second, though.

-Rich

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