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Live Among 3 of Golf Digests ‘America’s 100 Greatest Golf Holes’.

Live Among 3 of Golf Digests ‘America’s 100 Greatest Golf Holes’.

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Original Article By Derek Duncan

Golf Digests ‘America’s 100 Greatest Golf Holes’

It should be no surprise that our 2024 ranking of America’s 100 Greatest Golf Holes, the first of its kind since 1999, is heavily populated with representatives from the America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses ranking.  These holes are why those courses are considered great.  To formulate this ranking, Golf Digest compiled a list of more than 1,200 candidate holes, then asked our course-ranking panelists to judge each on a scale of 1 to 10, in four categories: Aesthetics (the visual and emotionalpower the hole evokes), Challenge (the degree of skill required to play it well), Uniqueness (how original it is compared to other holes) and Overall (sometimes a hole is better—or worse—than the sum of its parts).

The results introduce 22 holes that didn’t exist in 1999, and 37 others that have been resurrected through renovation or reappraisal.  Many of the old war horses return, but more so this list represents where we are today at the intersection of revisionist history and the boundless possibility of architecture in breathtaking settings.  To compare the 2024 ranking to 1999, see the March 1999 issue at archive.golfdigest.com.

(85) SAND HOLLOW RESORT / 12TH HOLE
443 YARDS, PAR 4

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Brian Oar – Fairways Photography

Sand Hollow’s 12th speeds along the same red rock ledge as the 13th and 15th, but the catcher’s mitt shaping around the green makes it more forgiving, though players who want the best angle into it still need to challenge the precipice.
(83) SAND HOLLOW RESORT / 13TH HOLE
320 YARDS, PAR 4
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Brian G. Oar – Fairways Photography

Bunkers squeeze the landing area in front of the green on this short par 4, and drives that miss left will find recoveries impossible from the valley floor 100 feet below (see No. 59), meaning the smart tactic is to lay up, wedge on, make par and just enjoy the view.
 
(59) SAND HOLLOW RESORT / 15TH HOLE
230 YARDS, PAR 3
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Brian G. Oar – Fairways Photography

The setting of this par 3 in southwest Utah, with views stretching 20 miles north, is one of the most memorable in the United States with the green propped on a red rock terrace that falls over 100 feet to a valley floor on the left.
*Approximate—no official yardage listed

15th Hole at Sand Hollow Resort Golf Course

 

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