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Torrey Pines Golf Course
YARDAGE 7,643 PAR 71 EVENT 2008 U.S. Open LOCATION La Jolla, Calif. LONG VIEW The USGA never set up the course to play at its full length. Instead, it moved around tee boxes to vary the distances...
Oakland Hills Country Club
YARDAGE 7,395 PAR 70 EVENT 2008 PGA Championship LOCATION Bloomfield Hills, Mich. LONG VIEW At 6,927 yards, Oakland Hills was a monster for the 1951 U.S. Open, and it remained that way for the 2008 PGA, where...
Carnoustie Golf Links
YARDAGE 7,421 PAR 71 EVENT 2007 British Open LOCATION Carnoustie, Scotland LONG VIEW Considered the most difficult course on the British Open rota, Carnoustie was actually tougher in 1999, when it measured 7,361 yards. That year, narrow...
Bethpage Black
YARDAGE 7,426 PAR 70 EVENT 2009 U.S. Open LOCATION Farmingdale, N.Y. LONG VIEW For the first time in U.S. Open history, Bethpage had a par 4 (525-yard 7th) that was longer than a par 5 (517-yard 4th)....
Medinah Country Club
YARDAGE 7,561 PAR 72 EVENT 2006 PGA Championship LOCATION Medinah, Ill. LONG VIEW One of the toughest, longest courses in the country, No. 3 surprisingly was originally intended to be the club’s primary layout for women members....
Baltusrol Golf Club
YARDAGE 7,392 PAR 70 EVENT 2005 PGA Championship LOCATION Springfield, N.J. LONG VIEW Baltusrol Lower’s most famous hole is its longest, the 17th, which measured 650 yards for the 2005 PGA. Due to the cross bunkers that...
Columbine Country Club
YARDAGE 7,436 PAR 72 EVENT 1967 PGA Championship LOCATION Littleton, Colo. LONG VIEW For nearly four decades, the mile-high layout outside Denver was the longest major championship course. At the time, it was 3.4 percent longer than...
10 Longest Major Courses Index
1. Hazeltine National Golf Club: 7,674 yards
2. Torrey Pines Golf Course: 7,643 yards
3. Medinah Country Club (No. 3): 7,561 yards
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Whistling Straits
YARDAGE 7,514 PAR 72 EVENT 2004 PGA Championship LOCATION Kohler, Wis. LONG VIEW On Sunday, the PGA set up the course even longer than 7,514 yards. So it came as little surprise that Vijay Singh’s 76 was...
Augusta National Golf Club
YARDAGE 7,445 PAR 72 EVENT 2006–08 Masters LOCATION Augusta, Ga. LONG VIEW After a five-year period, from 2002 to 2006, in which the yardage increased by nearly 500 yards, Augusta National actually reduced the length of the...
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