All par-6 holes in the United States are played from the tips. Meadow Farms in Locust Grove, Virginia, hole 12 is 841 yards. The Links at Kahite Golf Course in Vonore, Tennessee, is 808 yards to hole 9. The Links Golf Course in Post Falls, Idaho is 777 yards to hole 9. The Island Club in Harrison, New York, is 755 yards to hole 10. The longest hole in the world is a 347-yard par 3 at Royal Birkdale. It's one of three par 3's on the course. The others are 250 yards and 476 yards. All three were rated as difficult or impossible by most experts who have played them. The longest hole on most courses is lengthwise. It's usually about 300 yards from front to back. Some courses are longer than that; others are not. If you count out the length of any opening holes, then no course is longer than about 550 yards from front to back. There are two types of holes in golf: those that require skill and those that require strength. A good example of a hole that requires skill is a short par 4. You can't just hit it straight up in the air like a ballerina; instead, you need some type of swing. Holes like this are found on almost every course in the country.