Toughest par 3s, 2007

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Jun. 4, 2008

Of the toughest par-3 holes on the PGA TOUR in 2007, just two courses had three holes ranked among the top 30 -- Augusta National, home of the Masters, and TPC Southwind, home to this week's Stanford St. Jude Championship. Here's how the toughest par 3s ranked last year in terms of stroke average.

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Toughest par 3s in 2007

Rk.	Course	Tournament	Hole	Yards	Avg. Score
1	Oakmont	U.S. Open	8	288	3.455
2	Augusta National	Masters	4	240	3.417
3	Augusta National	Masters	12	155	3.401
4	TPC Sawgrass	THE PLAYERS	17	137	3.386
5	TPC Southwind	Stanford St. Jude	14	239	3.380
6	TPC Summerlin	Fry.com Open	8	239	3.371
7	Quail Hollow	Wachovia	17	217	3.368
8	Doral	WGC-CA Championship	13	245	3.344
9	Oakmont	U.S. Open	16	231	3.323
10	Southern Hills	PGA Championship	8	245	3.319
T11	Torrey Pines (South)	Buick Invitational	11	221	3.312
T11	Carnoustie	British Open	16	250	3.312
13	TPC Sawgrass	THE PLAYERS	8	237	3.307
14	Pebble Beach	AT&T Pebble Beach	5	188	3.305
15	Augusta	Masters	16	170	3.304
T16	PGA West (Palmer)	Bob Hope Chrysler	5	233	3.302
T16	Oakmont	U.S. Open	6	194	3.302
18	Congressional	AT&T National	2	232	3.287
19	Spyglass	AT&T Pebble Beach	5	197	3.285
20	Torrey Pines (South)	Buick Invitational	16	227	3.276
21	TPC Southwind	Stanford St. Jude	11	157	3.273
22	Harbour Town	Verizon Heritage	14	192	3.268
23	Riviera	Nissan Open	4	236	3.256
24	Bay Hill	Arnold Palmer Invitational	2	218	3.250
25	Bermuda Dunes	Bob Hope Chrysler	4	228	3.244
26	PGA National Champion	Honda Classic	17	190	3.238
27	TPC Louisiana	Zurich Classic	17	215	3.234
28	Quail Hollow	Wachovia	6	250	3.233
T-29	Waialae	Sony Open	4	204	3.231
T-29	TPC Southwind	Stanford St. Jude	4	196	3.231