The hardest golf courses in North Dakota
The hardest 18-hole golf courses in North Dakota, ranked by USGA slope rating from each course's longest men's tees, with course rating as the tiebreaker. 6 courses have complete, verified tee data.
Hawktree Golf Club
Bismarck, ND, USASlope rating 139, 74.9 course rating, Falcon tees, 7,085 yds
PublicJim Engh
- 3.8Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.8Facilities
Great routing Tough Par3’s Elevation changes Forced carries Black Dand Great Food and Beverage Awesome Best Holes 3- Holes 8, 13 plus a beautiful downhill 125 yard number 3 4- Hole 16 downhill 305 to a peninsula green 5- Hole 5 tight uphill 554 yarder Hole 7 Wild downhill…
Written by
@rboltgolf
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play
Bully Pulpit Golf Course
Medora, ND, USASlope rating 133, 75.4 course rating, Black tees, 7,166 yds
PublicDr. Michael Hurdzan
- 3.5Conditions
- 3.8Layout
- 3.8Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 3.8Facilities
Front nine may disappoint but if you look a little harder you can find some good holes. Once you get past the 12th hole you’re on Fury Road until the end. Probably the craziest closing stretch of golf I’ve ever played.
Written by
@Kirkeide1
- Must play
- Strategic
- Mountain
Regulation
Fargo Country Club
Fargo, ND, USASlope rating 132, 74.9 course rating, Blue tees, 6,992 yds
PrivateWillie Watson
- 4.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
Oxbow Country Club
Oxbow, ND, USASlope rating 131, 71.5 course rating, Black tees, 6,833 yds
PrivateRobert Trent Jones, Jr.
- 3.5Conditions
- 5.0Layout
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.7Facilities
Fun Track Best Holes in ND 7 Par 3 to a Peninsula Green 16 Par 5 uphill 13-15 dogleg right around the lake and dogleg left around the lake
Written by
@rboltgolf
- Driving range
- Restaurant
- Bar
The Links of North Dakota
Ray, ND, USASlope rating 128, 75.1 course rating, Black tees, 7,092 yds
PublicStephen Kay
- 4.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
- Challenging
- Links
- Must play
Kings Walk Golf Club
Grand Forks, ND, USA
Slope rating 127, 74.6 course rating, Gold tees, 7,110 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 North Dakota. Rankings refresh about hourly.
FAQ
Hawktree Golf Club is #1 on Course Vaults in North Dakota at Slope 139 (74.9 course rating · Falcon tees · 7,085 yds). 6 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 North Dakota. 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, 3:53 AM EST. Scores and eligibility are recomputed about every hour.
