longest ever par 3

[confuciussaid]

longest ever par 3 - click on photo

 

[ADB]

Seen this one before - Padraig Harrington made par!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

What about for the average club golfers like us. I know the 12th at Wimbledon Common is 245 yards off the white (maximum length I believe) but are there any longer in play and if so what is the limit for a par 3.

 

[Smiffy]

There is no set distance....consider the 286 Yd Par 3 8th at Oakmont for the US Open in 07 it really up to the course designer although they do usually tend to keep them under 240.

The 16th at Carnoustie is a toughie. I understand that during the Open there one year, Jack Nicklaus hit a Driver and 7 iron into the wind to get home.....

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Smiffy

I realise that in the pro game there are (virtually) no limits these days but I thought that for club golf there was a limit of 245 yards for par 3's and 475 yards for par 4's. I know those figures do go back a long way but thought it was to do with how SSS/CSS and the par of the course was calculated

 

[freddielong]

I don't think there are any limits as such there is a guideline but I think its 250yrds for par 3s

 

[Hendy]

Biggest par 3 on my course is 210 yards..

 

[Smiffy]

Biggest par 3 on my course is 210 yards..

Ours is 213yds from the back tees (16th SI 11), usually playing into the wind. Good knock with a 4 hyrbid usually gets me there (it's downhill but with a bloody big crossbunker about 30 yards short)...

 

[HomerJSimpson]

This is bugging me now. I'm sure there was/is a recommended limit (club golf obviously) where a par 4 became a par for members and a 3 into a 4. I'm sure it was 245 although 250 as freddielong suggest, is a better arbitrary figure for 3's and 475 for the end of par 4's/ There must be someone who knows how these things are cobbled together for calculating CSS/SSS and stuff. Maybe I'm wrong (again) and there isn't a limit at all although asking some of the seniors to hit 250+ par 3's would seem unworkable.

 

[tincup]

Well longest par 3 at my course is 243 from the whites and longest par 4 is 480 from the whites

 

[Atticus_Finch]

The 16th at Carnoustie is 249 from the Hogan tees, protected by 5 bunkers.
When there's an easterly wind, which is most of the time, it's driver time.
In '75, Nicklaus was the only player in the Open to get it past the pin (with his driver).
Watson has never parred it(and he's won the Open here) and I remember Paul Casey saying that he's never been on the green in regulation.

It's not the longest though. Didn't Oakmont have a 290yd par 3?

 

[freddielong]

I am sure the one at Oakmount played over 300yrds on the 2nd or 3rd day and on tour they play par 4's over 500yrds all the time. Which is why I am sure there is no rule that states a hole this lengh must be this par, but I am sure there are guideline lenghs of, 250 par 3, 475 par 4, 475+ par 5 or something similar.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I accept in the pro game the distances can be much longer but I'm sure there is something to restrict the length for club golfers. For example when does a ladies par 4 become a par 5 as it would unreasonable to expect most lady members to hit something 500 yards away in two

 

[net72]

Luton Hoo has a par 3 that is 246 from yellows and 261 from whites. It's 271 from the blues.