
I have a problem because outside of several courses I've called "home" at various times, most of the rest I've only played once or twice. Almost any links course in the UK if the rough is up and the wind is more than 15-20mph I'll lose several balls and shoot a million. But some of those same courses if I catch them in a dry summer and there's little wind, I can play to my handicap without having to play particularly well.
So if I listed the tough courses I've played from hardest to easiest, the top of the list would be the ones where the wind was blowing the hardest then descending order down to the ones I caught under pushover conditions.
In USA I'd have to say it's a tough call between the Ocean Course at Kiawah and Spyglass Hill. For my game I honestly think Spy is slightly tougher. I play the forward tees and from 6,000-ish yards the Ocean Course is generally manageable unless the wind is really up. But even playing up at a comfortable yardage Spyglass Hill was a challenge. For better players than me, playing the back tees I suspect OC is tougher than Spy.
So if I listed the tough courses I've played from hardest to easiest, the top of the list would be the ones where the wind was blowing the hardest then descending order down to the ones I caught under pushover conditions.
In USA I'd have to say it's a tough call between the Ocean Course at Kiawah and Spyglass Hill. For my game I honestly think Spy is slightly tougher. I play the forward tees and from 6,000-ish yards the Ocean Course is generally manageable unless the wind is really up. But even playing up at a comfortable yardage Spyglass Hill was a challenge. For better players than me, playing the back tees I suspect OC is tougher than Spy.