Toughest Finishing Holes

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Apr. 30, 2008

When it comes to finishing holes, the 16th, 17th and 18th holes at Quail Hollow may be the hardest the pros on the PGA TOUR face year in and year out. In fact, from 2004-06, no three finishing holes were as tough, from an aggregate scoring basis, than Quail Hollow's (Augusta National ranked second and East Lake ranked third).

Here are the most difficult three finishing holes -- based on aggregate relative to par (RTP) scoring averages -- on TOUR in each of the last four years.

2007

Rk.	Event	Course	Aggregate RTP score
1	British Open	Carnoustie	1.093
2	Wachovia Championship	Quail Hollow	1.050
3	U.S. Open	Oakmont	0.991

2006
Rk.	Event	Course	Aggregate RTP score
1	U.S. Open	Winged Foot	1.108
2	Wachovia Championship	Quail Hollow	0.960
3	Shell Houston Open	Redstone (Tournament)	0.631

2005
Rk.	Event	Course	Aggregate RTP score
1	Wachovia Championship	Quail Hollow	1.127
2	U.S. Open	Pinehurst No. 2	0.834
3	Shell Houston Open	Redstone (Fall Creek)	0.677

2004
Rk.	Event	Course	Aggregate RTP score
1	THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola	East Lake	0.907
2	Wachovia Championship	Quail Hollow	0.830
3	Shell Houston Open	Redstone (Fall Creek)	0.693