All the dust has settled from the 2023 pro disc golf season, and we finally have time to sit by the fireplace with a nice, relaxing stack of stats.
Now we invite you to nestle in your own leather armchair, stoke the coals, and find out which holes were the most difficult and easiest for MPO competitors in 2023 at the world's premier disc golf events. We have these stats because every elite professional disc golf tour on the planet was tracked with UDisc Live last season.
Hardest & Easiest Holes in Disc Golf: MPO 2023
General Info
- Why separate U.S. holes from European and Canadian holes?
- Tips for a great experience with this post
Europe & Canada
- #1 Hardest Hole in Disc Golf: European & Canadian MPO
- Top 5 Hardest Holes in Disc Golf: European & Canadian MPO
- Top 5 Easiest Holes in Disc Golf: European & Canadian MPO
U.S.A.
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U.S. Results Are Separate From Canada & Europe – Here's Why
Though European and Canadian disc golf are on the rise, the strongest fields are almost always in the United States due to payout, audience size, and other factors. Since we ranked holes based on average score relative to par and field strength greatly affects that, it made sense to separate events held outside the U.S. from those held in it.
Tips Before You Read
We wanted to make sure you could thoroughly investigate any hole featured below. Here are some ways we did that in the tables below:
- On first mention, all hole numbers link to a flyover of that hole on YouTube (except #1 hardest holes, which have embedded flyover videos).
- On first mention, all tournament names link to results on UDisc Live, so you can see for yourself how players performed.
- On first mention, all course names link to their UDisc Courses pages, so you can see photos, ratings, reviews, and more.
If you see any hole numbers, tournament names, or courses not linked, it's because we've talked about them in an earlier section and you can find a link there.
HARDEST & EASIEST HOLES IN EUROPEAN & CANADIAN DISC GOLF: MPO
Hardest Hole in Disc Golf: Europe & Canada | MPO | 2023
The hardest hole in Canada or Europe for MPO was a 775-foot/236-meter par 4 at Rose Valley Disc Golf Course on Prince Edward Island. It was hole 16 for the Discmania Open, a Disc Golf Pro Tour Silver event.
It played 1.35 strokes over par and no one in the field birdied it during any round (121 attempts).
The hole plays from an elevated tee pad, but potential distance is severely limited by a low ceiling near the tee and the landing zone being an upslope that stops discs' flights. The landing zone also has scattered trees that can make players throw their second shots at uncomfortable angles. When you toss in how everything after the tee shot is uphill and the fairway and green are surrounded by hazard lines, it's not hard to see why this was one of the hardest holes relative to par for MPO from 2023:
Top 5 Hardest Holes in Disc Golf: Europe & Canada | MPO | 2023
| Rank |
Tournament | Course | Hole Number | Avg. Relative to Par | Par | Length | Birdie Total/Times Played |
| 1 | Discmania Open | Rose Valley Disc Golf | 16 | +1.35 | 4 | 775 feet/236 meters | 0/121 |
| 2 | Discmania Open | Rose Valley Disc Golf | 14 | +1.25 | 4 | 844 feet/257 meters | 1/121 |
| 3 | Krokhol Open | Krokhol Disc Golf Course | 8 | +1.19 | 4 | 791 feet/241 meters | 6/356 |
| 4 | Tyyni Open | Sibbe Disc Golf | 5 | +1.16 | 5 | 1,020 feet/311 meters | 4/336 |
| 5 | Tampere | Tampereen Frisbeegolfkeskus | 1 | +1.14 | 4 | 791 feet/241 meters | 13/309 |
We have three new faces in this top five from tournaments new to UDisc Live in 2023 (Krokhol in Norway and Canada's Discmania Open) and two familiar Finnish ones. Both hole 5 at Sibbe from Tyyni and the starting hole at Tampere made 2022's list of five hardest holes for MPO outside the United States.
The theme here is easy to spot when you look at the flyovers linked to each hole umber in the table above: Par 4s and 5s that offer plenty of OB, hazards, and other trouble that make it easy for players to rack up strokes as they make their way down lengthy fairways.
Top 5 Easiest Holes in Disc Golf: Europe & Canada | MPO | 2023
| Rank |
Tournament | Course | Hole Number | Avg. Relative to Par | Par | Length | Birdie & Eagle Rate |
| 1 | Canadian Championships | Birch Point Park | 13 | -0.71 | 3 | 213 feet/65 meters | 71.1% |
| 2 | Canadian Championships | Birch Point Park | 15 | -0.64 | 4 | 400 feet/122 meters | 62.2% |
| 3 | Tyyni Open | Sibbe Disc Golf | 1 | -0.63 | 3 | 236 feet/72 meters | 69.1% |
| 4 | European Open | The Beast - Nokia DiscGolfPark | 8 | -0.59 | 3 | 236 feet/72 meters | 64.7% |
| 5 | Discmania Open | Rose Valley Disc Golf | 18 | -0.54 | 3 | 205 feet/63 meters | 59.5% |
As this table shows, if you give MPO fields at top events holes that demand nothing more for a birdie than being accurate at under 250 feet/76 meters, the majority of players will easily meet that demand. That even goes for the par 4 as competitors could theoretically throw two precise 200-foot/61-meter throws and just tap in their third for birdie.
HARDEST & EASIEST HOLES IN U.S. DISC GOLF: FPO
Hardest Hole in Disc Golf: U.S. | MPO | 2022
It's the fifth year straight that hole 12 on the Northwood - Black course used for the Ledgestone Open in Illinois has hurt MPO scorecards worse than any other hole in the ol' U.S. of A. If you haven't heard about or seen this hole in flyovers yet, buckle your seat belt. This 1,050-foot/320-meter roller coaster winds tightly through woods, has players throw down a hill, back up a hill, and deal with a skinny fairway to the basket lined on one side with unforgiving rough and on the other with out-of-bounds.
This hole doled out a bogey or worse 208 times in 2023 while only allowing 70 pars. It coughed up just three birdies over two rounds. Great work Nick Robertson for getting one of those, and bucket hats off to Ricky Wysocki for earning the other two, stunningly birdieing this monster in back-to-back rounds.
Top 5 Hardest Holes in Disc Golf: U.S. | MPO | 2023
| Rank |
Tournament | Course | Hole Number | Avg. Relative to Par | Par | Length | Birdie Total/Times Played |
| 1 | Ledgestone Open | Northwood Park - Black | 12 | +1.41 | 5 | 1,050 feet/320 meters | 3/291 |
| 2 | Blue Ridge Championships | North Cove Disc Golf: The Gorge | 18 | +1.37 | 4 | 818 feet/249 meters | 10/433 |
| 3 | Lake Marshall Open | Lake Marshall - Lions | 6 | +1.13 | 5 | 915 feet/279 meters | 30/223 |
| 4 | Ledgestone Open | Northwood Park - Black | 14 | +0.84 | 5 | 893 feet/272 meters | 24/280 |
| 5 | New World Championship | New World - Red | 8 | +0.81 | 4 | 844 feet/257 meters | 9/269 |
The hazards of Northwood Black 12 are well known to most pro disc golf fans, but 2023's #2 hardest hole, North Cove: The Gorge's hole 18, was a new sight on the pro circuit this year.
The main reason scores on it were so abysmal was its minuscule island green – a marked section of an already small peninsula surrounded by a mountain stream on two sides. It's pretty picturesque but also pretty terrifying when you look at it with a player's eyes. You can take a look at it by clicking or tapping the hole number in the table above.
Top 5 Easiest Holes in Disc Golf: U.S. | MPO | 2023
| Rank |
Tournament | Course | Hole Number | Avg. Relative to Par | Par | Length | Birdie & Eagle Rate |
| 1 | Idlewild | Idlewild | 8 | -0.77 | 5 | 576 feet/176 meters | 69.6% |
| 2 | Worlds | Fox Run Meadows | 6 | -0.74 | 3 | 265 feet/81 meters | 79.9% |
| 3 | Ledgestone Open | Eureka Temp | 7 | -0.72 | 3 | 275 feet/84 meters | 71.9% |
| 4 | Open at Austin | Harvey Penick | 16 | -0.71 | 4 | 515 feet/157 meters | 72.4% |
| 5 | Jonesboro Open | Disc Side of Heaven Championship | 15 | -0.70 | 3 | 270 feet/82 meters | 73.4% |
Despite some twists and turns down a wooded fairway, the 576 feet/176 meters of Idlewild's hole 8 didn't cause much trouble as a par 5. It was the easiest hole relative to par in all of U.S. pro disc golf in 2023 and was eagled by MPO nearly 15% of the time. The short par 4 from the Open at Austin's new layout at the Harvey Penick Golf Course wasn't a big bother for the big dogs, either. It was birdied 65% of the time and eagled 7%.
Three of the other holes here are short "must get" par 3s that nearly three quarters of the field did, indeed, get. Ledgestone's hole 7 at Eureka Temp was aced twice (notably once during the final round) and Jonesboro's hole 15 saw one hole-in-one in 2023.
Thanks to Everyone!
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