Tashyboy
Please don’t ask to see my tatts 👍
“ The Cove” at Seahouses 124 yds. Once voted one of the hardest 18 holes in the world. a gorgeous hole over the North Sea all the way from tee to green. Sea houses has some gorgeous par 3’s
How short?
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richart
Major Champion
128 yard 12th. Lovely hole, one of Harry Colts best.
Unusually it shares the tee with our 15th which is the longest par three on the course. Just make sure you don’t mix the holes up at the H4H day.
Unusually it shares the tee with our 15th which is the longest par three on the course. Just make sure you don’t mix the holes up at the H4H day.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
At the new club the 6th hole is around 109 I think, but is still a bit of a git since the green is on such a slope it's practically sideways, and naturally because of the length it's si 18 (or 17, can't quite remember).
At my other club, shortest is around 125 and the green just slightly above the tee so you can't always see where you've ended up until you walk up there. And if you did get a hole in one you wouldn't see it go in. ?
At my other club, shortest is around 125 and the green just slightly above the tee so you can't always see where you've ended up until you walk up there. And if you did get a hole in one you wouldn't see it go in. ?
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Reading some of the replies, I can't believe some of you don't have a hole under 150 yards! I would hate to play somewhere like that, that's no fun. You need to have a couple of short ones in there!
just rem there was a really short hole at Fairways/Loch ness Golf club (now closed) was less tha 100 over a gorge.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Our 2nd shortest is 141 but the general rule of thumb is that you play the same club as you do on the shortest hole as it's about 20 yards downhill.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
One of my favourites is the 5th at Painswick, 114 off the back, 102 off the yellow. But it’s not all about length.?
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
The 5th on the Hotchkin is 148 yards off the tips. Bunkers everywhere and a 2 tiered green which is oblique to you. Hardest pin is at the front because that level is only about 20% of the green. It’s a little bugger!
sweaty sock
Hacker
138 ish, total piece of cake. 9 iron, 2 putts no further questions...
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
This sounds very much like one of the re-design options we have for the par 3 we are likely to shorten - to 148yds by coincidence. We like our tiered greens at Farnham ? The design is to have a 'new' green angled ‘close front left‘ to ‘far back right’ with front half of green easily accessible for easy pin, back half tucked behind a bunker and slightly raised for difficult pin positions.
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Orikoru
Tour Winner
That's a long old course. At least it rewards you with the shortest hole coming at the 17th! I could never join a course of that length. Ours is about 5650 off the whites and that's more my cup of tea.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
I didn't think I would join a course like that
But everytime I play I fall more in love with it
Something about the holes where a misplaced shot can be the difference between a par and a triple
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
The first time I played that hole, I thought it a bit odd that it was a par 3 with no bunkers. How wrong can you be, but off the tee where we were, you just couldn't see them.
My ball found one easy enough though.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
It's not just the overall length, I just find shorter courses give you more variety. My club has it's long holes, but we also have 260-yarder where you lay up before a ditch, a 312-yarder with trouble all down the right hand side - you don't have any short par 4s at all there which feels like a shame really. I don't know your course obviously but from the card alone it looks like a slog (especially in winter!).
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
It's not as bad as it looks, really rewarding, plus the wind can help / hinder you
They say there is no true trust as links and this is the nearest to a links course round here , 9 mins door to door.
Would like a couple short par 4s but the next 9 being built may have them
Even still in summer the ball rolls for miles
That last par 5 I've gone through the back in 2 just from the wind and I'm not a long hitter by any means
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
Three putts followed by a holed out wedge for a bogie.
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
This is it from the air
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At home course, shortish par 3 off whites is 151 yards.
One course I used to play at regularly Hainault Upper course, hole 15 par 3 is 106 yards. Missed the green fairly regularly and some of the bare lies made it hard to get up and down
One course I used to play at regularly Hainault Upper course, hole 15 par 3 is 106 yards. Missed the green fairly regularly and some of the bare lies made it hard to get up and down
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
When summer comes, the course is dry & sun is shining, and restrictions are all but a thing of the past, i might just chance my luck and beg a game ...
