The hardest golf courses in Pennsylvania, by slope rating

Name: The hardest golf courses in Pennsylvania by slope rating
Creator: maps.golf

We ranked 49 Pennsylvania courses with a maps.golf guide using the numbers on their own scorecards. Nemacolin – Mystic Rock is the hardest: a slope of 149 from the Championship tees (course rating 77.0).

Updated November 5, 2026

#	Course	Location	Slope	Rating	Tees
1	Nemacolin – Mystic Rock	Farmington, PA	149	77.0	Championship
2	Wyncote Golf Course	Oxford, PA	140	74.3	Black
3	Mountain Valley Golf Course – Valley Course	Barnesville, PA	139	72.7	Gold
4	Iron Valley Golf Club	Lebanon, PA	138	74.9	Black
5	Birdsfoot	Freeport, PA	137	74.4	Gold
6	Broad Run Golfer's Club	West Chester, PA	136	72.8	Black
7	Pine Acres Country Club	Bradford, PA	136	72.6	Blue
8	Bridges Golf Club	Abbottstown, PA	136	72.4	Blue
9	Ebensburg Country Club	Ebensburg, PA	136	72.4	Blue
10	Jeffersonville Golf Club	Jeffersonville, PA	136	71.0	Back
11	Quail Valley Golf Course	Littlestown, PA	135	74.2	Maroon
12	Downingtown Country Club	Downingtown, PA	134	72.1	Black
13	Bavarian Hills	St Marys, PA	134	70.4	Blue
14	Cedarbrook Golf Course – Gold Course	Rostraver Township, PA	133	73.7	Black
15	Bella Vista Golf Course	Gilbertsville, PA	133	70.0	Blue
16	Green Pond Country Club	Bethlehem, PA	132	70.9	Blue
17	Tam O'Shanter Golf Course	Hermitage, PA	132	70.2	Green
18	Toftrees Golf Course	State College, PA	131	74.2	Black
19	Cedarbrook Golf Course – Red Course	Rostraver Township, PA	131	70.4	Black
20	Sinking Valley Country Club	Altoona, PA	130	74.7	Blue
21	Mountain Valley Golf Course – Mountain Course	Barnesville, PA	130	72.7	Gold
22	Glen Brook Golf Club	Stroudsburg, PA	130	71.4	Champion
23	Mountain View Country Club	Boalsburg, PA	128	70.9	Blue
24	Southmoore Golf Course	Bath, PA	128	70.4	Blue
25	Royal Manchester Golf Links	Mount Wolf, PA	127	73.7	Blue
26	Cool Creek Golf Course	Wrightsville, PA	127	72.0	Blue
27	3 Lakes Golf Course	Pittsburgh, PA	127	71.5	Black
28	Overlook Golf Course	Lancaster, PA	127	70.5	Black
29	The Club at Twin Lakes	Allentown, PA	127	69.7	Blue
30	Blue Shamrock Golf Club	Palmerton, PA	126	71.7	Blue
31	Macoby Run Golf Course	Green Lane, PA	126	70.9	Blue
32	Northampton Valley Country Club	Richboro, PA	126	70.6	Blue
33	Honeybrook Golf Course	Honey Brook, PA	124	70.9	Blue
34	Pittsburgh National Golf Course	Gibsonia, PA	124	69.4	White
35	Blueberry Hill Golf Course	Other	123	71.8	Blue
36	Strawberry Ridge	Harmony, PA	121	68.8	Blue
37	Paxon Hollow Golf Club	Media, PA	121	67.7	Blue
38	Skippack Golf Course	Skippack, PA	120	69.0	Blue
39	Victory Hills Golf Course	Elizabeth, PA	119	70.1	Blue
40	King Valley Golf Course	Imler, PA	119	69.6	Blue
41	Armitage Golf Club	Mechanicsburg, PA	117	67.3	Blue
42	Shepherd Hills Golf Club	Allentown, PA	116	70.2	Blue
43	Willow Hollow Golf Course	Leesport, PA	116	65.8	Back
44	Royal Oaks Golf Club	Lebanon, PA	115	69.6	Silver
45	Four Season's Golf Course	Landisville, PA	115	69.2	Blue
46	Butter Valley Golf Course	Bally, PA	115	67.7	Orange
47	Deer Valley Golf Course	Hummelstown, PA	114	69.4	White
48	Black Hawk Golf Course	Beaver Falls, PA	114	68.3	White
49	Rolling Green Golf Course	Eighty Four, PA	111	68.0	Blue

How we ranked them

Slope rating measures how much harder a course plays for a bogey golfer than for a scratch golfer; 113 is average and 155 is the maximum. Each course is ranked by the highest men's slope on its own scorecard, from whichever tees carry it. Ties go to the higher course rating.

The list covers courses with a free maps.golf guide whose scorecard we’ve published, and it updates on its own as new guides go live. Numbers are as printed on each course’s card; courses re-rate and re-tee, so check the course’s own scorecard before you play. Running one of these courses and see a wrong number? Tell us.

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