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Hardest hole you have played

BigAl724

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Not necessarily your favorite hole, although the ones on my list are some of my favorite holes. What is the hardest hole out there from a technicality standpoint? Some of my nominees are:

Moraine #6 - 934 feet from the gold tee, 675 feet from the blue tee. Par 5 that plays through patches of trees and plays like a tunnel shot to the right of the these patches. You have to keep your disc very straight for a very long distance to score well here.

Idlewild #11 - 441 feet par 4 with a mando through the infamous y-tree. Then you have to play through dozens of tiny trees and a creek that zig zags back and forth and is o.b. THEN, your disc must land on the turf green or you are penalized another point. About 4 different places where you can be penalized an extra point if you don't execute properly.

Linbrook #7 - 885 feet par 4. Have to hit a pretty extreme hyzer just right as the fairway winds downhill in order to have a chance at a decent up shot. A lot of trees to contend with to the pin.

Deer Lakes #9 - 846 feet from the blue tee, 774 feet from the white tee. Plays pretty open for the first few hundred feet, then you have to hit a tight window to enter the woods. From there, plays slightly downhill and through a lot of trees with a nasty drop behind the pin.

Peregrine Point #3 - I think I read that they recently changed this hole? Hopefully not, because this is one of my favorite holes I've ever played. Only 250 feet and a par 3, but it plays next to an incredibly deep drop off. That risk-factor alone makes this a super scary hole. Your throw will go over this deep valley, but SHOULD hyzer back on land. However, there is a large o.b. area that is tough to avoid. Plays through many trees to the get to the basket.
 
idlewild no6 short uphill hyzer off the tee to a jail tree landing area. If your skilled(lucky) enough to reach the open landing area you have a 200ft tunnel shot to another landing area where it doglegs right about 100ft to the basket ugh 588ft double dog leg with tunnel shots
 
That was another one from Idlewild I was thinking about. That courses has about 5 insane holes.
 
I struggle with uphills, and with woods that demand particular (not even necessarily super-precise) lines.

So... though I've shot a three on Idelwild #11 (one of the most amazing holes in disc golf) a couple of times now, I never shot better than a 6 on the 588' hole #6. It plays uphill through a left turning lane, to a landing zone, where you have to essentially S- curve (left then right) through a second full drive lane to reach the tight green. I've been involved in a five there twice in doubles (never came close to 'par' alone).

Don't get me started on the difficulty of the 510' hole #5. Most everyone I've seen is happy with a five on that one too (but I've seen a doubles partner take a three on it once). All good, tough, stuff. Yet everyone talks about the thousand footer at Idlewild. That may be the 5th or 6th toughest hole on the course.

But other courses... hmmm. It's really hard to deuce hole #18 at Charlie Vettiner, #5 or #18 at Elon Park - Angry Beaver, #11 at Handyman Ace Hardware, or #5 at Mt.Airy! ;)
 
yea no 15 is all about wind conditions on a calm spring morning b4 the weeds are all grown up it is actually a fun hole
 
Selah Ranch Lakeside Hole 7. The infamous island hole. The hardest, but also the most beautiful hole I've ever played.
 
There are two of them around here where I see blowups most often:

Renaissance Gold # 13 - Long enough to invite encourage you to throw too fast of a disc in moderate fairways. The darn trees on this hole just suck in discs. Fairway slowly tightens up all the way to pin.

Nevin # 5 - Requires 5 well executed shots for me to get par. Tightish line for teeshot to hit landing zone. Thread the needle second shot. Make the corner on third shot. Downhill upshot to tricky green. Make putt.
 
Orlando Turkey lake T-2 "The Long and Winding Road"
from the gold tee the thing is super long. Must be around a 800' par 5.
There are a lot of palm trees that can be a disc eater so you cannot just put it up high, too much ground cabbage for a roller. It is no gimme
 
right now my hardest hole is at Idlewild. hole 18. It is straight shot through the trees uphill 651 feet with a 20 foot wide fairway the whole entire time. http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=507#

That or i would go hole 5 idlewild. downhill with creek ob. then uphill 300 feet and then through a narrow gap to then back hand hyzer to a small opening where the basket is. distance 510 feet.
 
I can't remember which hole it is at PawPaw, but there is one that is up hill with a crap ton of trees.
 
Long 10 @ Stumpy Creek. Steep uphill to LZ, then double dogleg from there, with scattered trees throughout the pretty narrow fairway. Even with decent tee shot, I've never had a 'good' look at a second shot.

+1 for 5-Nevin.

15-Hornet's Nest. This one's maybe more of a personal nemesis. It just doesn't suit my eye well. Par 3, 320, slight up- to downhill. The ridge you go over mid-fairway is a gap about 10'. Hitting that gap alone is tough for me, but the slight uphill to the gap can make the rest of the shot squirrelly. After the gap there's some room to the right to work a shot, but if you don't get the movement back left to the basket, there's OB. Missing the gap, or leaving the fairway anywhere, especially left, makes par really tough. I've birdied it once, had to make about a 35 footer through the V in 'that tree' short of the green. Made plenty of 5s.
 
anther hole that is getting to be the hardest hole i have ever played is hole 5 at Osage grove. It is 368 feet with a tunnel shot 2 ways. both holes are 5 feet wide with a ceiling of 10 feet. or you can go to hole 11 at Osage 545 feet with a nasty hyzer off the pad to a direct right turn through a ton of trees with minimal fairway of 5 feet or less. fun hole though.
 
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