Tot Hill Farm GC
Asheboro, NC
Mike Stranz
$40-$50
6,543 YARDS / PAR 72
#7 Toughest Course in America, Golf Digest 2007: "This is where the late Mike Strantz perfected Extreme Golf and proved that golf courses don't need to be long to be murderous. Smashed from solid rock, holes plunge down mountainsides, jump creeks and climb canyon walls. Rock outcroppings congregate along the top edges of many bunkers. Boulders squeeze approach shots and frame greens as well as tees. Stones line Betty McGee's Creek, which intrudes on 13 holes. Hand-stacked rock walls even wind along several fairways. At Tot Hill Farm, a round without a ricochet is a major accomplishment."
T&L Golf Review, 10/06: Working with rocky, steeply sloped land 45 minutes west of another Mike Stranz gem Tobacco Road in Sanford, the architect fashioned a gorgeous layout of dramatic angles and planes. But as with several of his courses, Tot Hill Farm's owners have softened the design in the name of playability, eliminating some of the adventure in the process.