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Toughest Courses on Tour

Toughest Golf Courses on the PGA Tour Royal Birkdale


1. Royal Birkdale Golf Club

TOURNAMENT2008 British Open
STROKE AVERAGE74.869
PAR70
YARDAGE7,173
ARCHITECTSFred Hawtree and J.H. Taylor
OBSTACLE COURSESustained winds of 20 miles per hour on all four days, not to mention the gale-force gusts, blew many players out of contention: There were 38 scores in the 80s. The difficult conditions made winner Padraig Harrington’s 32 on his final nine all the more impressive.


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