The hardest golf courses in Florida
The hardest 18-hole golf courses in Florida, ranked by USGA slope rating from each course's longest men's tees, with course rating as the tiebreaker. 306 courses have complete, verified tee data.
The Players Stadium
TPC at Sawgrass
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USASlope rating 155, 76.8 course rating, Players tees, 7,215 yds
PublicPete Dye
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.2Layout
- 2.4Value
- 3.6Scenery
- 3.9Facilities
Played this course with very low expectations as I generally don’t favor target golf courses compared to courses that give you multiple ways to play a hole. Boy was I wrong. Several holes in I realized the genius of Pete Dye on this layout.
Written by
@txmidam94
- Must play
- Challenging
- Pristine
The Championship
Trump International Golf Club
West Palm Beach, FL, USASlope rating 155, 76.8 course rating, Black tees, 7,326 yds
PrivateJim Fazio
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.2Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Pristine
TPC at Treviso Bay
Naples, FL, USASlope rating 155, 76.2 course rating, PGA Tour tees, 7,367 yds
PrivateArthur Hills & Hal Sutton
- 3.0Conditions
- 1.0Layout
- 2.0Scenery
- 1.3Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
The Concession Golf Club
Bradenton, FL, USASlope rating 153, 76.7 course rating, Black tees, 7,474 yds
PrivateJack Nicklaus & Jacklin Design Group
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 4.3Scenery
- 5.0Facilities
Extremely well kept, very challenging, somewhat unreasonable ask around the greens with many chips being very hard to simply put on the green. Overall, it’s one of those great courses that’s super fun to see, but doesn’t reel you back in like some others
Written by
@Slamminsam
- Pristine
- Challenging
- Fast greens
Orchid Island Golf and Beach Club
Vero Beach, FL, USASlope rating 153, 75.6 course rating, Black tees, 7,126 yds
PrivateArnold Palmer & Ed Seay
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.1Facilities
- Driving range
- Must play
- Pristine
Old Marsh Golf Club
Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA
Slope rating 152, 74.6 course rating, Tour tees, 7,039 yds
Madison Green Country Club
West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Slope rating 152, 73.9 course rating, Black tees, 7,000 yds
Old Corkscrew Golf Club
Estero, FL, USA
Slope rating 151, 76.6 course rating, Black tees, 7,393 yds
Trump National Golf Club
Jupiter, FL, USA
Slope rating 150, 74.5 course rating, Championship tees, 7,531 yds
(Pine) Grey Oaks Golf & Country Club
Naples, FL, USA
Slope rating 149, 75.3 course rating, Tee I, 7,131 yds
Plantation at Ponte Vedra
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA
Slope rating 149, 75.2 course rating, Black tees, 7,141 yds
Naples National Golf Club
Naples, FL, USA
Slope rating 149, 75.0 course rating, Championship tees, 7,045 yds
Hawks Nest Golf Club
Vero Beach, FL, USA
Slope rating 149, 74.6 course rating, Tournament tees, 7,046 yds
(Tradition (Nicklaus)) Reunion Resort
Kissimmee, FL, USA
Slope rating 148, 75.7 course rating, Gold tees, 7,244 yds
(The Champions) PGA National Resort
Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA
Slope rating 148, 75.2 course rating, Black tees, 7,045 yds
(Burnt Pine) Sandestin Resort
Sandestin, FL, USA
Slope rating 148, 74.8 course rating, #1 tees, 7,001 yds
Mayacoo Lakes Country Club
West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Slope rating 148, 74.5 course rating, Gold tees, 6,906 yds
(Village) Jupiter Hills Club
Tequesta, FL, USA
Slope rating 147, 73.9 course rating, Gold tees, 6,735 yds
Old Palm Golf Club
Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA
Slope rating 146, 76.1 course rating, Black tees, 7,420 yds
McArthur Golf Club
Hobe Sound, FL, USA
Slope rating 146, 75.5 course rating, Black tees, 7,251 yds
The Bears Club
Jupiter, FL, USA
Slope rating 146, 75.2 course rating, Championship tees, 7,153 yds
(Breakers Rees Jones) Breakers West Golf Course
West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Slope rating 146, 74.8 course rating, Black tees, 7,104 yds
Crandon Park Golf Course
Key Biscayne, FL, USA
Slope rating 145, 76.2 course rating, Championship tees, 7,301 yds
(The Conservatory) Hammock Beach Resort
Palm Coast, FL, USA
Slope rating 145, 76.0 course rating, Gold tees, 7,300 yds
The Loxahatchee Club
Jupiter, FL, USA
Slope rating 145, 75.2 course rating, Black tees, 7,147 yds
How we rank
This ranking uses published scorecard data from each course’s longest men’s tees, the same tee set for every course. Only 18-hole courses with a yardage for every hole, a total that matches the hole-by-hole sum, and a par between 54 and 80 are included, and the tees must carry a single slope rating (55–155) and course rating. Courses whose scorecard duplicates another course’s are left out until the data is fixed. Courses are ordered by slope rating, then course rating, then Course Vaults score. Only open courses with a published Course Vaults score (at least 5 explicit ratings) are eligible, and a page is published only when at least 5 courses qualify. State pages include courses across Florida. Rankings refresh about hourly.
FAQ
The Players Stadium at TPC at Sawgrass is #1 on Course Vaults in Florida at Slope 155 (76.8 course rating · Players tees · 7,215 yds). 306 courses qualify for this list.
This ranking uses published scorecard data from each course’s longest men’s tees, the same tee set for every course. Only 18-hole courses with a yardage for every hole, a total that matches the hole-by-hole sum, and a par between 54 and 80 are included, and the tees must carry a single slope rating (55–155) and course rating. Courses whose scorecard duplicates another course’s are left out until the data is fixed. Courses are ordered by slope rating, then course rating, then Course Vaults score. Only open courses with a published Course Vaults score (at least 5 explicit ratings) are eligible, and a page is published only when at least 5 courses qualify. State pages include courses across Florida. Rankings refresh about hourly.
Slope rating is the USGA measure of how much harder a course plays for a bogey golfer than for a scratch golfer, from 55 to 155 (113 is average). Course rating is the expected score for a scratch golfer from the same tees.
This page was last generated Nov 12, 2026, 3:33 AM EST. Scores and eligibility are recomputed about every hour.
