Toughest courses in the country

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Kiawah Island Golf Resort - Ocean Course

The difficult Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort is a Ryder Cup and PGA Championship venue. Courtesy of Kiawah Island

Blackwolf Run, part of Destination Kohler, is a scenic and challenging parkland design by Pete Dye. Matt Ginella/Golf Advisor

There isn't much room to miss on the 18th hole of the Straits Course at Whistling Straits, which is a fitting finishing hole for a major championship. Courtesy of Getty Images

Bunkers ring the 10th green at Spyglass Hill Golf Course. Jason Scott Deegan/GolfAdvisor

TPC Sawgrass - Players Stadium golf course - No. 11

There are no breather holes on the PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. The par-5 11th, while a birdie opportunity, is full of trouble. Courtesy of TPC Network

Golf is a tough game, particularly when a course is built and set up to challenge the best in the world. My list of the top 10 toughest courses you can play coast-to-coast has a good dose of Pete Dye and PGA Tour venues. It also has a well known brute in Hawaii and, of course, the famed Black Course at Bethpage State Park, host of The Barclays during the FedEx Cup Playoffs, not to mention past U.S. Opens and a future PGA Championship.

Tell me the toughest courses you've ever played on Twitter @MattGinellaGC using hashtag #ToughestCourseEver, and see below for some of your responses so far.

Ginella's 10 toughest courses you can play in the U.S.

10. Bayonet Golf Course at Bayonet Blackhorse

Seaside, Calif.

9. Straits Course at Whistling Straits

Sheboygan, Wis.

8. River Course at Blackwolf Run

Kohler, Wis.

7. Black Course at Bethpage Black

Farmingdale, N.Y.

6. Spyglass Hill at Pebble Beach Resorts

Pebble Beach, Calif.

5. Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

4. Blue Monster at Trump National Doral Miami

Doral, Fla.

3. Stadium Course at PGA West

La Quinta, Calif.

2. Ko'Olau Golf Club

Kaneohe, Hawaii

1. Ocean Course at Kiawah Island

Kiawah Island, S.C.

Some of your best #ToughestCourseEver responses so far:

#ToughestCourseEver Hard course easy answer. Ko'olau golf club!
Bring lots of balls! pic.twitter.com/KYKTA7OV2l
— Ed Bowe (@Bowegolf) August 24, 2016

Oak Hill is "the hardest, fairest golf course the players have ever played" - Tiger Woods #ToughestCourseEver pic.twitter.com/Q9NuL1rfo4
— Kelsey McDougall (@kelseymcdoug) August 24, 2016

@GCMorningDrive The Dye Course at French Lick by far! 8000 from tips including this 303 par 3! #ToughestCourseEver pic.twitter.com/dhelecaBu2
— Andrew Stephens (@AStephensGolf) August 24, 2016

Verdura Golf and Sea Sicily, Italy. Absolutely brutal course with the wind. #ToughestCourseEver pic.twitter.com/0VL5t3QpAy
— Jay Jenkins (@jayjenx) August 24, 2016