I might have been wrong

[Captainron]

Played Moortown yesterday. Weather was great and the course was in great shape for the time of year. Recently I was on about par 3's and their stroke indexes. I also stated that par 5's were the easiest holes on many courses Yesterday I made a fool of myself.

I went round in 9 over which wasn't great considering I made 14 pars and hit 13 greens in regulation, including all the par 3's. I managed to miss 6 birdie putts from inside 20 feet. I had 3 doubles and a triple. Amazingly. the triple and one of the doubles came on par 5's. The other two doubles were on par 4's.

So for my round I was.

Level on Par 3's
4 over on par 4's
5 over on Par 5's

What a plank!

 

[Brookesy]

If you look at the pro's stats quite a few of them average over par on par 3's but there par 5 average is always around 4.5ish.

 

[DavidO]

It's a funny old game!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If you look at the pro's stats quite a few of them average over par on par 3's but there par 5 average is always around 4.5ish.

Thats because they can normally hit most of them in two and so regularly make birdie and the odd eagle. A lot of these par 3's are over 200 yards these days and usually tricked up with difficult green to land and hold on with run off areas, thic greenside rough or deep bunkers.

 

[wull]

i think usually when it goes wrong you can rack up some high scores on the par 5's but generally i think they are easier for most and produce the best chance of birdies for us all.

 

[jasondransfieldgolf]

i think usually when it goes wrong you can rack up some high scores on the par 5's but generally i think they are easier for most and produce the best chance of birdies for us all.

I totally agree with that. On a par 5 there are so many ways to get into position to make birdie whereas a par 3 for most means you have to hit close with your first shot no recovery if you hit it in the bunker or in the trees.

 

[CMAC]

agreed, you have 1 shot on a par 3, technically you have 3 shots on a par 5 to be in position for a birdie.