Are par 3 courses a great way to introduce beginners to golf, or do they contribute to the misconception that golf is an easy sport?

[Swango1980]

If a beginner plays a Par 3 course, and thinks golf is easy as a result, fair play to them. They must have tonnes of natural ability, and if they do they'll probably start playing standard courses anyway.

Par 3 courses are great for beginners. In fact, pitch and putt is great for absolute beginners. There was a good par 3 course near me when I was still in N Ireland, at between the age of 19-23ish, when at uni, myself and a mate would go there and play once or twice a month. Occasionally a few of our other mates who don't play golf. I've known some to have a 10 foot putt and knock it 40 foot past and off the green (greens were not quick), because they've no sense of pace. One of our mates, a rugby player, would hit driver on a 130 yard hole and struggle to get there.

Put beginners on a standard course, and they may be put off golf for life. Put them on par 3 courses, they might just remain keen long enough for them to improve, to a point where playing a standard course would be less daunting.

 

[Voyager EMH]

You may be right. Mods are keeping an eye on her posts. She purports to be from California but every visit to the forum is via an IP address in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh..

Is it the same person as golferannasmith ?

 

[Deleted member 25575]

You can tell by the length of the title and how the posts are worded that she isn’t a real person AI is good but not yet good enough to pass off as a real person.
Just don’t engage

 

[Klimski]

My go to course to play course is a nice Par 3 course, 9 holes. My very best score there is +2, and I'm an 18 hcp. My best score ever on a regular course is +1 over 9 holes. So, I don't think Par 3 courses are neccesarily easy, but they are great for everyone! Just to nerd out: relatively speaking, tour players have the highest scoring average on par 3's (compared to par 4's and 5's).

 

[Hobbit]

Is it the same person as golferannasmith ?

Probably. Almost Identical IP address, from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Started at Morden Park pitch and putt with my dads MacGregor bladed 7 and 9 iron and putter rather than the crappy clubs they gave out in the wooden shed

 

[brendy]

AAAAANd the award for not reading previous posts yet again goes to......

 

[Lord Tyrion]

You can tell by the length of the title and how the posts are worded that she isn’t a real person AI is good but not yet good enough to pass off as a real person.
Just don’t engage

Do you know what the bots / AI etc get out of this? There is no link to another site, no click through. I don't see what they gain?

Unless something is happening behind the scenes and stealing all of our information

 

[Hobbit]

Do you know what the bots / AI etc get out of this? There is no link to another site, no click through. I don't see what they gain?

Unless something is happening behind the scenes and stealing all of our information

I wasn’t aware, till today, that another long standing member of the forum had had a DM for the previous Lucknow visitor. If we knew what the message was we might have an idea what they want.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Started at Morden Park pitch and putt with my dads MacGregor bladed 7 and 9 iron and putter rather than the crappy clubs they gave out in the wooden shed

In fairness to Homer, Morden 18 hole P&P morphed into a 9 hole Par 3
I should know as I changed it
Closed now I think.

Out of interest Homer did you pay to play or did you just jump on like most folk did.

 

[HeftyHacker]

Do you know what the bots / AI etc get out of this? There is no link to another site, no click through. I don't see what they gain?

Unless something is happening behind the scenes and stealing all of our information

I imagine it starts off with a couple of superficially legitimate posts to make themselves seem credible... before what you've suggested happens.

I miss the days of them being direct and to the point and just straight up asking for pictures of my appendage to later blackmail me with.

 

[Deleted member 25575]

Do you know what the bots / AI etc get out of this? There is no link to another site, no click through. I don't see what they gain?

Unless something is happening behind the scenes and stealing all of our information

No idea, it may be someone with a passing interest in golf figuring out what Ai can do and how much interaction they get from it.
Seems mighty odd

 

[Deleted member 25575]

I imagine it starts off with a couple of superficially legitimate posts to make themselves seem credible... before what you've suggested happens.

I miss the days of them being direct and to the point and just straight up asking for pictures of my appendage to later blackmail me with.

Hi Hefty, I’m a 21 year old Thai girl; why don’t you urm send me a DM with a picture of y..know… no blackmail will happen as a result of this.
Best Mike… I mean Mindy

 

[HomerJSimpson]

In fairness to Homer, Morden 18 hole P&P morphed into a 9 hole Par 3
I should know as I changed it
Closed now I think.

Out of interest Homer did you pay to play or did you just jump on like most folk did.

Paid.....most of the time. In my defence the wooden shed wasn't always open anyway.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

AAAAANd the award for not reading previous posts yet again goes to......

And posts like that are why I and others rarely post anymore. Would have expected better from a mod. Didn't realise threads have to follow a strict linear pattern

 

[Golfnut1957]

I'm quite disappointed at the turn this thread has taken. I was just about to thrill you all with my story of industrial giants, synthetic ammonia, mesothelioma and a par 3 golf course.

I won't bother now.

 

[sunshine]

I'm quite disappointed at the turn this thread has taken. I was just about to thrill you all with my story of industrial giants, synthetic ammonia, mesothelioma and a par 3 golf course.

I won't bother now.

I'm on the edge of my seat. Are you going to tell us about the ammonia now? Or was it just another clickbait post to get me excited?

 

[GreiginFife]

Probably. Almost Identical IP address, from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Is this a place, or are you just describing my golf today?...

 

[clubchamp98]

I wasn’t aware, till today, that another long standing member of the forum had had a DM for the previous Lucknow visitor. If we knew what the message was we might have an idea what they want.

They want you to take them to your leader!

 

[clubchamp98]

Hi Hefty, I’m a 21 year old Thai girl; why don’t you urm send me a DM with a picture of y..know… no blackmail will happen as a result of this.
Best Mike… I mean Mindy

Not enough spelling mistakes spotted it a mile away