Which Holes Were The Hardest At The 2025 Masters? Here’s The Full Breakdown

If you thought the 18th hole looked a little tricky during the playoff on Masters Sunday, you were right. It ranked as the second-hardest hole of the week with a scoring average over par. Augusta National is far from an easy golf course and, in 2025, it played every bit the part. Here’s how each hole played statistically, ranked from toughest to easiest based on scoring average.

Masters 2025: What the hole stats really showed

We looked at how the course played this year and made some comparisons to last year to find some of the most interesting facts.

The 5th hole (Magnolia) is the hardest

For the second year in a row, the par-4 fifth hole was the hardest hole at Augusta. The scoring average was 4.324. Only 18 birdies were made there all week but there were 10 doubles or worse.

A strong finish is not guaranteed

The 18th hole ranked second in overall difficulty. There were 75 bogeys and seven doubles or worse and it played to an average of 4.243. It makes Rory’s birdie on the first playoff hole much more impressive.

Rory wasn’t the only one who let the 13th get to him

“Azalea”, the 13th hole at Augusta, is always among the more exciting scoring holes. The scoring average was 4.828, up from 4.76 in 2024. There were six eagles and nearly 100 birdies but some big numbers.

If you want birdies, look to holes 2 and 8

Golfers searching for a birdie need to look for holes two and eight. They combined for 240 birdies and 12 eagles, making them the two holes where players averaged well under par.