The PGA Tour’s 2024 regular season spanned eight months, 39 tournaments and 738 golf holes. Now the official stats are in, and the list of the easiest holes on Tour is topped by one of the most scenic, a par 5 that played almost a full stroke under par. In fact, the 27 easiest holes…
The top 18 most difficult holes on the PGA Tour in 2024 were par 4s. No real surprise there. The 19th was a par 3, and then you have to scroll all the way to No. 90 before you get to the first par 5 on the official list. The hardest par 3 and the…
During the PGA Tour’s 2024 season, 24 holes exceeded 600 yards in competition, with one nearly reaching 700 yards without the aid of high altitude. Castle Pines, the site of the BMW Championship, boasts three such holes, a result not surprising given its 6,400-foot elevation. Other courses with multiple holes over 600 yards include Grand…
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. When John Fought redesigned one of the two courses at the Indian Wells Golf Resort in 2007, he essentially built a new golf course on top of an existing one. But Fought still had one major problem. “One thing I had to do was keep 17 and 18 because of the (Renaissance…
Tiger Woods faced the prospect of completing 23 holes in one day as he looked to keep his hopes of a record-equalling sixth Masters title alive on Friday. Woods was among the 27 players who were unable to finish their first rounds on Thursday at Augusta National after bad weather meant the start of play…
What makes a hole challenging, hard or downright impossible is often down to the skill of the player or tricky layouts, but these holes take everything out to the maximum. Usually, these holes have a physical feature that adds an extra challenge, whether that is natural or entirely man-made. 6 The 6th at Royal Melbourne…
Shane Lowry hit his ball in the hole from 256 yards during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open. This is the magic tour professionals can conjure at any moment, and Lowry’s hole-out came in the shape of an albatross on the par-5 6th on the South Course at Torrey Pines. The Irishman struck…
