The golf courses in the Puget Sound region have an average slope rating of 125.24. The hardest golf courses in the Puget Sound region include more than 42 courses with slope ratings greater than 130.

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If you have ever examined a scorecard or posted a score for handicap purposes, you have probably seen the terms Course Rating™ and Slope Rating®. While most golfers know they pertain to course ...

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As part of GOLF’s rigorous ratings process for our newly released Top 100 Courses in the U.S. and Top 100 Courses You Can Play rankings, our fleet of 100-plus expert panelists identified the best golf ...

Gabriel Hjertstedt competes in the third round of the B.C. Open held on the Atunyote course at Turning Stone Resort in Vernon, New York, on July 22, 2006.Photo by: Chris Condon/PGA TOUR This is the ...

Monday morning quarterbacking exists in every facet of sports, even golf course rankings. Though in the case of rankings, it’s more like decades-later quarterbacking. Golf-course enthusiasts often ...

Golfweek’s Best 2025 list of top resort golf courses in the United States includes 20 picks from California, including the top choice in the nation. The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel ...