Most Difficult Ratings

Golf handicap gurus know that par has nothing to do with their index and almost everything to do with rating of a course. When you stretch it out to the tips there are some mean courses out there that will test every aspect of your game. Below are the 25 most difficult courses, according to rating, the Gurus have teed it up on.

25 Highest Ratings

1. French Lick Resort (Pete Dye) (French Lick, IN), 80.0 rating
2. Oak Tree National (Edmond, OK), 79.3 rating
3. Rich Harvest Farms (Sugar Grove, IL), 79.1 rating
4. Torrey Pines Golf Course (South) (San Diego, CA), 78.8 rating
5. Promontory Golf Club (Painted Valley - Nicklaus course) (Park City, UT), 78.7 rating
6. Royal Isabela (Isabela, PR), 78.6 rating
7. Robert Trent Jones Trail - Capitol Hill (Judge) (Prattville, AL), 78.5 rating
8. Medinah Country Club No.3 (Medinah, IL), 78.3 rating
9. Butler National Golf Club (Oak Brook, IL), 78.1 rating
10. Coco Beach (Championship) (Rio Grande, PR), 77.9 rating

11. Erin Hills Golf Course (Hartford, WI), 77.9 rating
12. Jimmie Austin Golf Club (Norman, OK), 77.9 rating
13. Waterville Golf Links (Waterville, IE), 77.9 rating
14. Cog Hill Country Club (Dubsdread) (Lemont, IL), 77.8 rating
15. Crooked Stick Golf Club (Carmel, IN), 77.8 rating
16. Desert Mountain (Renegade) (Desert Mountain, AZ), 77.8 rating
17. Clear Creek Golf Club (Carson City, NV), 77.6 rating
18. Valhalla Golf Club (Louisville, KY), 77.6 rating
19. Oakmont Country Club (Oakmont, PA), 77.5 rating
20. TPC Craig Ranch (McKinney, TX), 77.5 rating

21. Castle Pines Golf Club (Castle Rock, CO), 77.4 rating
22. The Kinloch Club (Kinloch, New Zealand), 77.4 rating
23. Moonah Links Resort (Open) (Fingal, Australia), 77.4 rating
24. Trump International Golf Links Scotland (Aberdeen, SCT), 77.4 rating
25. Honors Course (Ooltewah, TN), 77.3 rating
26. Oak Hill Country Club (East) (Rochester, NY), 77.3 rating
27. Kiawah Island (Ocean) (Kiawah Island, SC), 77.3 rating
28. Sebonack Golf Club (Southampton, NY), 77.3 rating