15 Hardest Holes in Golf

[DoGolf Brian]

Bleacher Report recently published a list of the 15 Hardest Holes in Golf.

1) Anyone had the pleasure (or misfortune!) of playing any of these?

2) Which holes are missing from the list?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/906471-15-hardest-holes-in-golf

[mvmac]

Good topic.  I've gotten to play 4 of the holes on the list, not to brag or anything lol.  I'd rank them like this

1. 16th Cypress- made an easy triple after being -2 after 15

2. 8th Pebble- green looks super tiny from the fairway

3. 9th Pebble

4. 18th Doral- not as hard as you might think

Only other holes I can think of are 18th at TPC Sawgrass and the Bear Trap at the Honda Classic, just from seeing them on TV

[Deryck Griffith]

17th at St Andrews

- I've had the privelage to play this course and the tee shot on this hole tests the confidence you have in your ballstriking to the maximum.

18th at Cornoustie

- I've also been lucky enough to play this hole and the tee shot is everything.  Miss left and your OB.  Miss right and depending how long you are, you are either in bunkers or fescue.  Hit it short off of the tee and you have a long second over the burn....not an easy hole!

[johnclayton1982]

They should rename the article the 15 hardest tee shots in golf.  Almost all the discussion is how hard it is off the tee.  I would imagine there is a hole out there somewhere that would make it due to a difficult green.

[zipazoid]

18 at Doral isn't that hard. Intimidating, but not hard. Same with 17 at Sawgrass. If all that water was replaced with grass it would be ridiculously easy. But the green is very large, so it's just a matter of hitting it with a short iron. C'mon...it's a stock 8 or 9 iron.

Re 18 at Doral. Drive down the right side, hit two wedges & be happy with a putt at par.

[The Recreational Golfer]

17th at St. Andrews in 1968. 3-wood over the barrier, 3-iron onto the green, 20-footer.

I'm looking at a photo I have of myself standing on the green after my bird, and there's the Road Hole bunker no more than about six steps away from the pin. I had no knowledge of its existence or danger at the time. Maybe that was a good thing.

BTW, the photo of Oakmont shows the third hole, not the first. And when you see that hole in real life, it is a LOT bigger than it looks in this photo. Those bunkers on the right are huge.