PGA Selects the 18 Toughest, Not Best, Holes in U.S.

The PGA Wednesday announced what it considers to be the 18 toughest golf holes in the country, a collection that would make up a course 7,945 yards long.

Among the holes included in the list were such well-known tests as the second at Riviera Country Club, the sixth at PGA West in LaQuinta, the eighth at Pebble Beach, the 10th at Augusta National and the 18th at Doral Country Club.

A panel of 55 people associated with the game, including U.S. Open champion Raymond Floyd and defending PGA champion Hubert Green, made the final selections.

The choices correspond to the actual positions of the holes on their respective golf course.

The “toughest course,” starts with a front nine of the first hole at Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.; the second at Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles; the third at Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth; the fourth at Seminole Golf Club, North Palm Beach, Fla.; the fifth at Pine Valley Golf Club, Clementon, N.J.; the sixth at PGA West, LaQuinta, Calif.; the seventh at Butler National Golf Club, Oak Brook, Ill.; the eighth at Pebble Beach, Calif., and the ninth at TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra, Fla.

The back nine is made up of the 10th at Augusta National, Augusta, Ga.; the 11th at Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond, Okla.; the 12th at Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla.; the 13th at Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Ill.; the 14th at Cherry Hills Country Club, Englewood, Colo.; the 15th at Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, S.C.; the 16th at Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach, Calif.; the 17th at LaQuinta Hotel Dunes Course, LaQuinta Calif., and the 18th at Doral, Miami.