Hole No. 11
Ballybunion (Old)
Ballybunion, Ireland
11th hole; par 4, 451 yards

This one holds its own with any hole on the planet, despite the absence of any formal bunkers. The back tee is wedged between dunes to the left and the beach to the right, and hovers 60 feet above the sea. It's more than 200 yards to reach the fairway, which itself is twice interrupted by broken ground on its downhill journey to the green. With the Atlantic Ocean on the right for the entire length of the hole, pushed shots are punished harshly, but the matted dunes to the left can be equally unforgiving. All that's left to do is locate an alarmingly small, kidney-shaped green positioned beyond two tall dunes.