Around the world there are something like 40,000 golf courses of varying difficulty. Some are perfectly balanced with a few more gentle holes weaved into the magic, while others are unrelentingly tough from start to finish.
What creates the challenge can be length, the contours of the land, the wind, water close to or on the line of play, intrusive trees or narrow fairways, punishing bunkers, undulating greens, psychology… and very often a combination of all these.
