Easiest/Hardest Course

[Water]

Opinions?

Augusta is insanely difficult, and I've hit more trees in one playthrough than the rest of the courses combined.

The worst has to be the one built on the side of a mountain in Nevada

[lawjax]

I'd vote Bandon Dunes as the easiest scoring course in the game for any Power optimization 6+. You can consistently eagle the par 4s on that course thanks to ball roll out. After Bandon, Pebble Beach would have my vote as the general easiest course to play.

In terms of difficulty, none of the courses are too bad after playing each of them for a several sets. Wolf Creek Club has some of the trickiest holes of them all though - the hilltop par 3 and the mountainside par 4, notably. Both of those can play to par more often than not. Kiawah Ocean Course also has one memorably awkward par 4 that can be difficult to reach.

[THARN]

I dont know... when the shot seems to go haywire even if you hit it well makes most courses tough.. especially the ones with car hood greens.. seems every putt is sidehill down hill and breaks a ton..havent made the cut from kiawah on for 4 tournaments.. before that when my golfer wasnt even leveled up i won a couple...odd...the courses surely do get tougher. and im not sure the wind is quite accurate-the ball doesnt move that'' much with 10mph--seems like sometimes im using a ping pong ball

[Water]

Originally posted by THARN:

I dont know... when the shot seems to go haywire even if you hit it well makes most courses tough.. especially the ones with car hood greens.. seems every putt is sidehill down hill and breaks a ton..havent made the cut from kiawah on for 4 tournaments.. before that when my golfer wasnt even leveled up i won a couple...odd...the courses surely do get tougher. and im not sure the wind is quite accurate-the ball doesnt move that'' much with 10mph--seems like sometimes im using a ping pong ball

Glad you mentioned the greens. In the practice mode it seems very simple to land on the green. When you're playing a tournament, the ball bounces off the green like you just hit a sheet of ice. Some of the puts are absolutely brutal. The ones that curve like a circle when you're 5 feet away is maddening.

[Water]

My new favorites are Alberta and Scottsdale.

All the approach shots were sticking to the green in Scottsdale and the short range putting was more or less dead straight.

[yogisgoat]

For me, Teeth of the Dog is hands down the easiest course, especially for daily challenges. A couple par-fives that you can reach in two, a par-three where it's easy to drop a twelve foot putt, another par-three where it's trivial to intentionally set up a difficult to miss sand save.
Hardest, I'd have to say, is Augusta because putting there can be a nightmare. I'd never seen so many side-hill greens.

[Mondyrocks]

Originally posted by lawjax:

I'd vote Bandon Dunes as the easiest scoring course in the game for any Power optimization 6+. You can consistently eagle the par 4s on that course thanks to ball roll out. After Bandon, Pebble Beach would have my vote as the general easiest course to play.

In terms of difficulty, none of the courses are too bad after playing each of them for a several sets. Wolf Creek Club has some of the trickiest holes of them all though - the hilltop par 3 and the mountainside par 4, notably. Both of those can play to par more often than not. Kiawah Ocean Course also has one memorably awkward par 4 that can be difficult to reach.

I agree about Bandon Dunes, having said that it's a really lovely looking course.
Pebble beach and Augusta are the best versions I've ever seen......in fact all the courses are the best looking, by a mile but that doesn't necessarily make a good game.
Luckily, the game play is fantastic as well (imho)....

[Water]

US Open in LA makes the list of being one of the worst. Par 3s where you start with a driver or wood, no thanks. Not course specific perhaps but 3/4 days had max wind 15mph+ which made for a horrible experience.

[Water]

I shot a -29 on Royal Liverpool. The wind was howling but for some reason Royal Liverpool's roughs and heavy roughs are incredibly easy to escape.

That's the best score I've ever had in this game. Beat my old record in Oregon by about 15 strokes or so.

[THARN]

update -yes bandon dunes and then i would say banff springs.. easy greens and short par 5s. Some of the over the green approach shots are probably my fault as i took a mid trajectory (like my real game) on my swing instead of high trajectory-those long shots into the green never stop.