The Nine Hardest Courses on the PGA Tour

These are the nine most difficult courses on the PGA Tour during the 2020-21 season.

It's no surprise when the world's best players go way low, like Cam Smith did when he won the 2022 Tournament of Champions with a record 34 under par.

But there are times when courses do get the better of PGA Tour players, relatively speaking. Here are a few that did that during the 2020-21 season, according to statistics from the official PGA Tour media guide, which ranks them based on average score relative to par.

The Nine Hardest Courses on the PGA Tour

9. Waialae Country Club  — .513 strokes over par

Waialae Country Club is the home of the Sony Open.

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8. Pebble Beach Golf Links — .516 strokes over par

Pebble Beach Golf Links.

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7. Torrey Pines GC (South) — .534 strokes over par

The Farmers Insurance Open is played at Torrey Pines.

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6. TPC Harding Park — .755 strokes over par

Collin Morikawa won his first career major in the 2020 PGA Championship at Harding Park.

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5. Spyglass Hill — .877 strokes over par

Spyglass Hill is one of the host courses for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

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4. Olympia Fields (North) — 1.815 strokes over par

The 2020 BMW Championship was at Olympia Fields.

Olympia Fields Country Club

3. PGA National (Champion) — 1.904 strokes over par

2. Muirfield Village — 2.007 strokes over par

Brooks Koepka tracks down an errant shot during the 2020 Memorial at Muirfield.

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1. Bay Hill Club and Lodge — 2.106 strokes over par

Tiger Woods celebrates a birdie on the 18th hole at Bay Hill in 2011.

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Here are the hardest courses in table form:

Rank	Course	Tournament	Average Score	Average over/under par	Par
1	Bay Hill Club & Lodge	Arnold Palmer Invitational	74.106	2.106	72
2	Muirfield Village GC	The Memorial	74.007	2.007	72
3	PGA National (Champion)	The Honda Classic	71.903	1.904	70
4	Olympia Fields CC (North)	BMW Championship	71.815	1.815	70
5	Spyglass Hill GC	AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	70.755	0.755	70
6	TPC Harding Park	PGA Championship	70.755	0.755	70
7	Torrey Pines GC (South)	Farmers Insurance Open	72.533	0.534	72
8	Pebble Beach Golf Links	AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	72.516	0.516	72
9	Waialae CC	Sony Open	70.513	0.513	70

The other courses that averaged over par in the 2020-21 season were No. 10 Riviera Country Club (.255) and the Golf Club of Houston (.011).

The easiest was La Quinta Country Club. The average round there was -2.824 strokes under par.