The Most Forgiving Holes of the 2024 Golf Season

Easiest holes on during the 2024 season


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 — and 48 of the top 49 — were par 5s, with No. 28, the seventh hole at Vidanta Vallarta for the Mexico Open at Vidanta, checking in as the easiest par 4. The easiest par 3, you ask? That would be the 168-yard seventh hole at La Quinta Country Club. It ranks as the 133rd easiest hole in 2024.

Back to the top 10. The list includes courses in Hawaii and the southern California desert as well as San Diego and Los Angeles. You can see the PGA Tour’s complete list of hole rankings here.

Scottie Scheffler tees off on the fifth hole during the second round of the 2024 Sentry at the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Kapalua, Hawaii.

Par: 5. Average score: 4.106 Yardage: 526 Playing 0.894 strokes under par, this par 5 was close to full stroke under par for the PGA Tour pros who loved to attack the Plantation Course for the season-opening Sentry.

Taylor Montgomery chips onto the ninth green during the third round of the 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club.

Par: 5. Average score: 4.113 Yardage: 506 This hole surrendered 56 eagles and 303 birdies during the 2024 Sony Open in Hawaii. That’s 18 more than the second-most eagled hole and 20 more than the second-most birdied hole.

Kevin Streelman hits a tee shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the 2024 American Express at Nicklaus Tournament Course in La Quinta, California.

Par: 5. Average score: 4.200 Yardage: 528

K.H. Lee plays a shot on the 17th hole during the first round of the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines North.

Par: 5. Average score: 4.205 Yardage: 520

Vincent Norman tees off on the 11th hole at La Quinta Country Club during The American Express.

Par: 5. Average score: 4.219 Yardage: 543

Padraig Harrington looks on from the 10th green prior to the 2024 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at PGA National Resort And Spa.

Par: 5. Average score: 4.219 Yardage: 543

Tiger Woods tees off the first hole during the first round of the 2024 Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.

Par: 5. Average score: 4.233 Yardage: 503

Wesley Bryan plays his shot from the fourth tee during the third round of the 2024 Corales Puntacana Championship at Puntacana Resort & Club Corales Golf Course in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Par: 5. Average score: 4.248 Yardage: 565

Vincent Norrman plays a shot on the 15th green during the final round of the 2023 Barbasol Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club.

Par: 5. Average score: 4.284 Yardage: 516

A view of the 18th hole for the 2024 Sentry at the Plantation Course at Kapalua Golf Club in Hawaii.

Par: 5. Average score: 4.284 Yardage: 677 This is the only hole in the top 10 easiest that measured longer than 600 yards.