10 greatest golf holes for PGA Tour 2025 season, ranked

With the 2025 PGA Tour season kicking off at The Sentry in Maui this week, it’s time to take a look at the ten greatest holes PGA Tour execs will play. This record contains holes at Oakmont Nation Membership and Royal Portrush, which can host the U.S. Open and The Open, respectively.

With out additional ado, right here is our record:

10. 18th Gap — Muirfield Village

Par 4 — 484 Yards

Top-of-the-line closing holes in all of golf, the 18th at Muirfield Village hardly ever yields any birdies, making par a stable rating. Discovering the golf green is crucial, with water down the left aspect and deep bunkers on the precise. Then, the inexperienced sits perched above the golf green, with a pure amphitheater surrounding the placing floor. However better of all, a handshake with the Golden Bear awaits after ending your spherical at The Memorial.

Scottie Scheffler, PGA Tour, The Memorial — Scottie Scheffler hits his strategy through the last spherical of the 2024 Memorial Event.

9. third Gap — Oakmont Nation Membership

Par 4 — 467 Yards

When the title “Oakmont Nation Membership” involves thoughts, what’s the first thought that involves your head? For me — together with many different golfers — the “Church Pews” bunker is what I consider first.

This bunker, which sits between the third and 4th fairways, is 100 yards lengthy and almost 40 yards broad. It options 12 separate grassy knolls, which supplies the lure its well-known title.

On this third gap, the Church Pews are to the left of the golf green, whereas 5 extra traps are embedded right into a hill to the precise of the brief grass, placing a premium on driving accuracy. The inexperienced sits on a knoll, as a false entrance will repel any shot brief. Extra bother lies past the inexperienced, as a set space sits beneath the floor. The inexperienced begins to slope away from you in its again third, leaving many flushed pictures lengthy.

It’s a superb golf gap and some of the underrated on the planet.

Oakmont, U.S. Open — The well-known “Church Pew” bunkers line the third gap at Oakmont.

8. sixteenth Gap — Royal Portrush (Dunluce)

Par 3 — 246 Yards

This beast of a par-3 will play as one of many hardest all yr, however additionally it is one of many most interesting. It allowed solely 24 birdies through the 2019 Open Championship, a testomony to how troublesome this gap can play, particularly in difficult circumstances. No marvel it was the third hardest gap that week.

As for the surroundings, an enormous ravine sits between the tee field and the inexperienced, extending down the opening’s proper aspect. Unimaginable vistas of the complete course might be seen from right here, too, making this among the finest par-3s in all of golf.

Royal Portrush, The Open — The sixteenth gap at Royal Portrush is called “Calamity Nook.”

7. sixteenth Gap — TPC Scottsdale (Stadium)

Par 3 — 163 Yards

The outlet itself is nothing particular, however the environment surrounding it actually is. The WM Phoenix Open has change into fairly the celebration whereas being the most-visited occasion yr in and yr out.

Why?

It’s the stadium that surrounds the sixteenth gap. Followers get there on the daybreak, hoping to safe a seat to cheer on — or heckle — the gamers as they make their approach by. The sixteenth has produced loads of unimaginable moments as properly, with none extra particular than what occurred in 2019, when Gary Woodland and Amy Bockerstette went viral with Bockerstette’s “I Bought This” putt.

PGA Tour, WM Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale — Nothing compares to the sixteenth at TPC Scottsdale through the WM Phoenix Open.

6. 18th Gap — Riviera Nation Membership

Par 4 — 475 Yards

Just like the 18th gap at Muirfield Village, the closing gap at Riviera Nation Membership is among the greatest in golf.

The uphill tee shot is blind, making the participant uncomfortable off the tee. However discovering the golf green is crucial for this difficult finisher. The inexperienced then options a rare pure amphitheater, an ideal place to look at golf, because the well-known clubhouse sits above.

Riviera can be the favourite course of many prime PGA Tour execs, so quite a few gamers would agree that the 18th must be included on this record. However even when that weren’t the case, we might be silly to not embrace this unimaginable gap.

Hideki Matsuyama, PGA Tour, Genesis Invitational — Hideki Matsuyama hits his second shot on the 18th through the last spherical of the 2024 Genesis Invitational.

5. Remaining 3 Holes — TPC Sawgrass (Stadium)

sixteenth Gap — Par 5 — 523 Yards

seventeenth Gap — Par 3 — 137 Yards

18th Gap — Par 4 — 462 Yards

The island inexperienced on the seventeenth is maybe probably the most well-known golf gap on the planet. Nevertheless, as evidenced by final yr’s Gamers Championship end, the seventeenth is barely a chunk of the ultimate puzzle.

The sixteenth offers loads of leisure and is a superb, brief par-5 with water surrounding the inexperienced.

The 18th is a terrific ending gap and barely produces birdies. It’s a stern problem that usually leaves many gamers swearing at architect Pete Dye as they conclude their spherical.

So, as nice because the seventeenth gap is, I couldn’t assist but in addition embrace the sixteenth and 18th holes, which in the end makes TPC Sawgrass and The Gamers so particular yr in and yr out.

PGA Tour, TPC Sawgrass, The Players — The 18th at TPC Sawgrass by no means disappoints.

4. seventh Gap — Pebble Seaside

Par 3 — 106 Yards

What’s the greatest par-3 on the planet? The brief seventh at Pebble Seaside actually has a case to be made for that distinction. This little gap, which sits on the tip of the peninsula and extends into Stillwater Cove, is likely to be probably the most stunning spot in golf. The Pacific Ocean lies throughout, with solely a flip-wedge wanted between you and the opening. Simpler stated than performed, nonetheless, because the wind can wreak havoc on a spherical slightly shortly right here.

Pebble Beach, PGA Tour — Top-of-the-line par 3s in all of golf.

3. 18th Gap — Oakmont

Par 4 — 505 Yards

This monstrous par-4 is a real problem that doesn’t usually permit sub-par scores. But, Dustin Johnson did simply that on the 2016 U.S. Open, as he capped off his first main victory in grand style by birdieing this gap.

You must discover the golf green right here, or else a bogey or worse shortly comes into play. That’s not a simple accomplishment, both, as bunkers sit on both aspect of the brief grass. The inexperienced is slightly difficult, too, however so is each inexperienced at Oakmont, which is understood to have among the quickest placing surfaces on the planet.

U.S. Open, Oakmont — Maybe probably the most iconic ending gap among the many U.S. Open rota.

2. Amen Nook — Augusta Nationwide

eleventh Gap — Par 4 — 520 Yards

twelfth Gap — Par 3 — 155 Yards

thirteenth Gap — Par 5 — 545 Yards

Do I have to say something about probably the most revered place at Augusta Nationwide, not to mention the complete sport? I couldn’t decide one among these three holes over the opposite, so I had no alternative however to incorporate all of them. Every of those holes is magnificent for a lot of causes, however all of them share a typical similarity: they reside in some of the stunning locations on the planet.

The Masters, Amen Corner — One of the best three-hole stretch in all of golf.

1. fifth Gap — Royal Portrush (Dunluce)

Par 4 — 374 Yards

After the picturesque ninth gap at Royal County Down, I’d argue that the fifth gap on the Dunluce Course at Royal Portrush is the best par-4 on the planet. This downhill, dogleg proper not solely presents unimaginable aesthetics of the North Atlantic, but it surely additionally presents loads of alternative.

It’s not a difficult gap per se, because it yielded 111 birdies throughout The 2019 Open Championship. The fifth was simply one among three holes to play below par throughout all 4 rounds that week too. But, it does present loads of leisure. This undulating inexperienced sits proper earlier than a steep drop-off that descends onto White Rocks Seaside, which performed as Out-of-Bounds six years in the past. It’s an actual growth or bust.

However the pure magnificence surrounding this unimaginable gap makes it so iconic. Oh, and the view of the Dunluce Fort, of which the course is known as, solely provides to the luster and reminds you that, sure, you’re on the Emerald Isle, which is synonymous with a slice of heaven.

Honorable Mentions:

18th Gap — Pebble Seaside

18th Gap — Augusta Nationwide

sixteenth Gap — Augusta Nationwide

tenth Gap — Riviera

18th Gap — Kapalua (Plantation)

sixteenth Gap — Waialae Nation Membership

seventeenth Gap — TPC Scottsdale

18th Gap — Bay Hill

eighth Gap — East Lake

twelfth Gap — Muirfield Village

Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying Via. Observe him on X @jack_milko.