moneycutt Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Oak Tree National in Edmond Oklahoma for me. My first time ever playing a tournament quality course and I was not ready. Hit the green in the wrong place and it rolled off the green 20 yards. Landed in a few sandtraps with lips taller than me which forced me to hit out sideways. Loved it though. Would love to have another chance at it now that my game is better 5 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big money Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 A few years back I played the new and improved Kemper Lakes CC.We played the very back tees at a lengthened 7750 yards.Lets just say it was extremely long day.And the last time I ever played the back tees anywhere.A few holes I wasn't even long enough to get in the fairway . Which resulted in a pitch into the fairway from the US open style rough Quote Keep it in the short stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hula Rock Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Isn't royal New Kent closed at the moment? I read something not long ago that a deal had been reached with a prospective new owner, but they indicate that the course won't re-open until next year sometime. I've enjoyed that course every time I played it, it would be nice to see it in good shape again. https://clubandresortbusiness.com/2018/06/sale-royal-new-kent-gc-reported/ That sucks, didn't know it shut down. Is Stonehouse closed too? Quote Driver: M3 Tensei CK Pro Blue3-Metal:: GBB EPIC, FujiKura Pro Green 5-Metal: F-7, FujiKura Pro Irons: MP-18 SC, KBS Tour 120 Wedges: RTX-3 52 - 56 - 60Putter: EVN-Roll ER-5 Ball : Tour B XS Range Finder: Busnnell Tour-X, Garmin S20 Follow me: @Hula_Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP043 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 That sucks, didn't know it shut down. Is Stonehouse closed too? I believe Stonehouse is closed as well, based on the article I linked. Quote Irons Titleist AP2 714, KBS Tour S, 3 flat Rogue SubZero, GD YS-Six X 52, 56, and 60 wedges B60 G5i putter Right handed Reston, Virginia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PING Apologist #9 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 An update to my "hardest" course since the recent experience out in Oregon... Easily for me it is the Jack Nicklaus Signature Course at Pronghorn Resort near Bend. I'm still reeling from the thrashing we both took out there last Sunday... Shoulda ponied-up and hired on the caddies... 1 Quote In my DLX Cart Bag: Driver: G410 SFT, set to 9.5*, Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 60, stiff (MGS Official 2019 Tester) 3W: G-Series SF TEC, set to 16*, Aldila Tour Blue ATX, 65g, stiff 5W: G400 SFT, set to 19*, Aldila Tour Blue ATX, 65g, stiff 7W: G410 SFT, set to 22*. Alta CB 65 Red, stiff Irons: GMax, Green Dot, 5-PW, Project X Graphite Blue 6.0, 80-90g , stiff Wedges: Glide 2.0 Stealth, 50* SS, 54* ES & 60*/8 Forged MGS Special from the Wedge Wizard, Green Dot, Alta CB graphite, 84g, stiff Putter: Vault 2.0 B60 Copper, 33", black dot w/GP SNSR grip (PING Sigma 2 Fetch under "see-trials") Ball: MTB BLACK (MGS Official 2018 Tester for the MTB RED) Shoes: Classics Tour w/Black Widow Softspikes Disabled Marine Veteran. Semper Fi! #No apologies, just Play Your Best #Powertotheplayers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micklars Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 I played Ko'olau a few times in the mid-90s when I was stationed there on a submarine (USS Buffalo SSN-715)! Played twice from the tips! I think at that time they siad from back there there were at least 9 forced carries of over 200 yards! I broke 90 (as a 4 handicap) the time I played with the son of the club pro/director of golf! The Kaneohe Klipper is another nice course on Oahu for military folks, along with Leilahua (sp?). I played most at Hickam AFB and the Navy/Marine course. Hickam was not as crowded and very close to the Sub Base! Active duty E5/6 at Twilight was under $5.00! Quote Titleist AP2 718 - AMT White S300 Shafts, Standard Length and Lie Rocketballz RBZ Stage 2 - 10.5 degrees, Stiff 60g Fujikura Rocketfuel Shaft Right Handed Eau Claire, Wisconsin Handicap - 7.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micklars Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 I should add that my vote for the toughest course was for Ko'olau! Back in the mid-90s, you could put in a bet (I think it was $5) and you'd win a golf bag if you made par on 18, and a staff bag if you made a birdie! That was a tough hole (2 carries of over 200 yards from the Black tees (drive to first fairway, and from fairway to green....back and forth over a wide ravine). This is the course that you can see from the Pali Lookout (directly below). Quote Titleist AP2 718 - AMT White S300 Shafts, Standard Length and Lie Rocketballz RBZ Stage 2 - 10.5 degrees, Stiff 60g Fujikura Rocketfuel Shaft Right Handed Eau Claire, Wisconsin Handicap - 7.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bens197 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 It’s still Jupiter Hills (Hills Course) from the tips for me. Play it in the afternoon with winter winds and it’s a blast 77.1 / 150 slope & rating. 3 Quote Titleist TSI3 LAGolf DJ 65 5 TaylorMade SIM2 3 wood Fujilkura Ventus Blue 7-X Mizuno HMB MP20 3i Nippon Modus 3 120S Mizuno Pro 223 4-P Nippon Modus 3 115X Vokey SM8 50, SM9 54 & 60 Nippon Modus 3 120s L.A.B. MEZZ.1 LAGolf P135 Srixon Z-Star XV Divide Western, NY - Go Bills! 5.1 Index Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micklars Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Here's the scorecard for Ko'olau now. I'm pretty sure it's not the same as it was back in the mid 90s. Back then they advertised that it was built to be the toughest course in the world and that the slope rating on the card was the maximum allowed 155 (at that time, not sure if that's still true), but it was actually higher, but I don't remember the number. I think it's changed owners several times since then and I think they tamed it a little bit, but ti still looks like a beast! Thanks, Mick Quote Titleist AP2 718 - AMT White S300 Shafts, Standard Length and Lie Rocketballz RBZ Stage 2 - 10.5 degrees, Stiff 60g Fujikura Rocketfuel Shaft Right Handed Eau Claire, Wisconsin Handicap - 7.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscipleofPenick Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 The toughest course is now closed forever, shocker. It was Thunder Hill in Madison, Ohio. Don't remember slope or anything, I know it was 7500 yards from the tips. It was a fish hatchery turned into a golf course, over 100 lakes on the property. Numerous holes with 250+ carries off the tee, nearly every green had a lake in front or next to it. Some lakes were hidden too. At one point it was on one of the golf magazines 100 toughest list. The dumbest course I ever played is called Signature of Solon, in the Cleveland suburbs. The course is private and only 6500 from the blues, but there are only 5 holes I could hit driver on. The course is designed around protected wetlands, so at least it's not a penalty, but still lots of lost balls. The kicker is because it's protected areas they can't cut back any growth so tons of blind shots and forced carries. Prepare to wear out your 200 yard club if you play here, you'll hit it 70% off your full shots. Take Dead Aim 1 Quote Take Dead Aim Driver: PXG 0211 10.5* Fairway: Titleist 917 F3 15* Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro Boxer Gold 18* Irons: Titleist 714CB 4-PW Wedges: Vokey SM5 & SM6 50/54/58 Putter: SeeMore X2 Costa del Mar Ball: Srixon Z-Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscipleofPenick Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 That's a little over an hour from my house. Seems like a good location to have a meet-up with Columbus and Northern Ohio guys? Satellite view looks very intriguing. It looks like some of the fairways neck down to barely more than 3 mowers wide. I assume that's not the target, but it would still be intimidating to look at.Black diamond will chew you up, but I love mountain golf in central ohio.Take Dead Aim 1 Quote Take Dead Aim Driver: PXG 0211 10.5* Fairway: Titleist 917 F3 15* Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro Boxer Gold 18* Irons: Titleist 714CB 4-PW Wedges: Vokey SM5 & SM6 50/54/58 Putter: SeeMore X2 Costa del Mar Ball: Srixon Z-Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackey Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 TPC Sawgrass from the blues. Great caddie reading all my putts. I should have birdied one and two but I was so nervous I smoked them passed the hole. Settled down and asked the caddie to help me with the reads and where to miss then things smoothed out. I played some of my best golf ever, hitting all but one green in regulation and three putted three times. I have never putted harder greens. It was also in perfect condition. We played 17 from the tips on our caddies recommendations, scariest 143 yard 9 iron ever, meant to play the middle of the green and flew it to the back right corner I was so amped up. Worth every cent I paid to play. 3 Quote Driver: Titleist TSR 3 10* Accra Tour Z TZ6 55 M3 pure Fairways: Callaway Rouge 15* Accra FX 2.0-100F M3 pure Hybrid: Callaway Maverick 4&5 Hybrids Accra FX 2.0-100H60 M3 pure Irons: PXG Gen 3 0311 P 6-P Fujikura Pro 75 pure Wedges: Cleveland CBX 2 50*, Taylormade MG 3 Tiger grind 56 bent to 54* & Renegar RxF 58* Chipper: Cleveland Smart Sole C 46* Great for just off the greens in the rough Putter: Positive Putter's custom P2 (think Edel putter meets Heavy Putter) Ball: Pro V1, Left Dot if I can get them Testing the Srixon Z-Star divide ball All clubs have Winn Dri-Tac Wraps oversized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briton Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Locally we do not have any courses i would say are too terribly hard in mid-northeast ohio. When i have traveled it was Harbor Town Golf Links. I haven't played Harbor Town in a few years but from what I remember it was narrow and long. I do not have a problem with distance but accuracy can lack sometimes. Edited April 6, 2020 by Briton 1 Quote -NX9 HD slope -Newport 2.5 -Sm8 (50,56,60) =4-PW TC-201 -2 iron HMB MP 20 -Driver --Mavrik Sub Zero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I have walked off Pinehurst #2 the few times I’ve played it like it was the most fun experience on a golf course only to realize, I took 90+ shots. But dang if it isn’t always a fun 90+ shots. Primland and The River Course at VT always feel like cruel and unusual punishment!!!!!Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ced Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Tobacco Road is a beast. Ugly, yet beautiful to the eyes. Always within the top fifty toughest courses in the US. 2 Quote Titleist 917D3 Driver Ping 3 wood Nickent 3Hybrid PXG Gen 3 Irons 3-PW Ping Sigma 2 Blade Putter ProV1x golf balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wondergiulio Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Bethlage Black hands down. played right after the PGa championship last year and conditions were so hard with tiny fairways and rough so thick! played again twice and still have to break 90 from the middle tees lol 2 Quote G400 9.0 Alta CB 55g stiff G400 3W Alta CB 65g stiff Fairway Pro 5W Ust Mamiya V2 black stiff 839X 4h Kbs TGI80 639cb 5-PW Kbs TGI80 Forged Wedge 50.7 Kbs TGI80 MD4 56.8, 60.12 PXG Bat Attack MTB-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federalist88 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 This is tough because course conditions and weather matter so much to this topic, and it almost makes it a bit too subjective. But, I'll play along and add a few: Hardest course (Perfect conditions): Victoria National or Butler National (Windy): Portmarnock (Ireland) or Whistling Straights Quote Cobra King F9 - Fuji Ventus Blue 6X Taylormade M3 - 15*: Graphite Design Tour AD TP 6X Cobra F9 Speedback: Graphite Design Tour AD-IZ 6X TM P760's 4-PW - Modus 120X 50* Vokey X100 53* and 58* Vokey SM8 X100 L.A.B. Putters 2.1 Directed Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahoeshowtime Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Mt. Woodson in Ramona, California. Not a very long course, but about as narrow as they come and the greens aren't much easier. Lots of elevation change and forced carries off the tee on roughly 50% of the course. One of my favorite courses to play when I visit Southern California. First photo is the 3rd hole, 182 yard par 3 where anything but on the green is likely gone. Second photo is the 2nd hole, only a 304 yard par 4, but keeping your tee shot in bounds here is the challenge. It's a pretty long forced carry over tree tops to a very narrow fairway. Quote Driver - Mizuno JPX EZ 3/5 Wood - Mizuno JPX EZ Irons - Cobra Forged One Length Wedges - Titleist Vokey SM6 (50, 54, 58) Putter - Ping Vault Arna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBandit Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 BethPage Black, Its Brutal if you are not in the fairway. 1 Quote Driver: TaylorMade Stealth HD - 9.0 with NIPPO N.S. Regio Formula MB+ 65 Stiff 3 -Wood: Sub70 949x 3 Wood 15 with Hrdz RDX Black Stiff 5-Wood: SUB70 949x 5 Wood with Hrdz RDX Black stiff 4-Hybrid: TourEdge Exotic C721 with KBS 80 Stiff Irons: Mizuno Pro 225 - 6-PW , w/Nippon Modus 105 stiff Wedges: Taylormade MG3 - 50 ,56, 60 Putter: Odyssey Stroke Lab 7s, 34in Balls: TaylorMade Tour Response, TaylorMade TPx & Snell MTB-X- GPS: LX5 Watch TESTED: SUB70 949X 5 Wood TESTED: NIPPO N.S. Regio Formula MB+ 65 Stiff. TESTED: SkyCaddie LX5 GPS Watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patpott Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 On 4/5/2020 at 9:41 PM, Tsmithjr9 said: The toughest course is now closed forever, shocker. It was Thunder Hill in Madison, Ohio. Don't remember slope or anything, I know it was 7500 yards from the tips. It was a fish hatchery turned into a golf course, over 100 lakes on the property. Numerous holes with 250+ carries off the tee, nearly every green had a lake in front or next to it. Some lakes were hidden too. At one point it was on one of the golf magazines 100 toughest list. The dumbest course I ever played is called Signature of Solon, in the Cleveland suburbs. The course is private and only 6500 from the blues, but there are only 5 holes I could hit driver on. The course is designed around protected wetlands, so at least it's not a penalty, but still lots of lost balls. The kicker is because it's protected areas they can't cut back any growth so tons of blind shots and forced carries. Prepare to wear out your 200 yard club if you play here, you'll hit it 70% off your full shots. Take Dead Aim I remember playing Thunder Hill quite a bit back in the 80's and it was a treat and a nightmare. You knew you had to be on top of your game or you were going to be in the mid -80's at best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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