Green Bay Hacker
Journeyman Pro
S and A starts with a 180ish par 3 which has a lot of bunkers protecting it. Maesdu also starts with a gentle par 3, about 140 yards and only a couple of bunkers.
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Karl102
Journeyman Pro
Royal Lytham is a brute off the tips, Davyhulme’s used to be a tough start. Think they have changed it though....
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
Short at 195? It’s a tough start that one
Green Bay Hacker
Journeyman Pro
Played though a couple of trees.
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Meyrick Park at 243 is quite tough.
Others I remember are,
Mullion
Lytham
West Cornwall.
It seems to be more of a thing on Links courses.
Others I remember are,
Mullion
Lytham
West Cornwall.
It seems to be more of a thing on Links courses.
HankMarvin
Tour Rookie
Falkirk Tryst short par 3 to start, yep 202 yards (White tees) is a short par 3 for sure, maybe you played from the red tees.
Bridge Of Allan has a 223 yard par 3 up hill with a stone dyke wall in front of the green and it'seems been voted as the hardest part 3 start in Scotland
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Norrin Radd
Tour Winner
if any of you had ever played Peacehaven then you would all be agreeing that the opening hole is the toughest test of a par three that you have ever teed it up on .
200yds of carry ,if you dont make the green you roll back down into a very deep ravine and you would need a wedge to get the elevation required just to get it back up to the green. it is very steep.the only forgiving thing on the hole is that the green is pretty flat.
200yds of carry ,if you dont make the green you roll back down into a very deep ravine and you would need a wedge to get the elevation required just to get it back up to the green. it is very steep.the only forgiving thing on the hole is that the green is pretty flat.
Green Man
Assistant Pro
Bamburgh Castle starts with two par 3s. Great course
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Aye right enough. That was a tricky start at Daveyhulme. No easy up and down if you miss the green anywhere.
Alnmouth Village. Approx 200yds to an upturned, raised saucer green. Anything other than dead straight gets a wicked bounce taking you away from the green. I played it for a number of years and never liked it.
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Meyrick Park in Bournemouth, 245 yards off the back tee to a green cut into the side of a hill across a valley. Carry all the way, anything short rolls back down the hill.
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shortgame
Tour Rookie
Meyrick Park in Bournemouth, 245 yards off the back tee to a green cut into the side of a hill across a valley. Carry all the way, anything short rolls back down the hill.
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Wow! 😲😨
ColchesterFC
Journeyman Pro
I think that there is a lot to be said for having a Par 3 as the opening hole. I've played a couple of courses where this is the case and it seems to make the course flow much better. With a Par 4/5 opening hole the group behind can tee off as soon as you are out of range and therefore the gap between groups isn't always maintained. With a Par 3 opening hole there is no way that the group behind can tee off until the green has been cleared and by the time they have played the 1st the group ahead should be playing or already have played their 2nd shots on the 2nd hole.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Meyrick Park in Bournemouth, 245 yards off the back tee to a green cut into the side of a hill across a valley. Carry all the way, anything short rolls back down the hill.
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That is crazy long. how far is the actual carry to the front? it can't play all of that can it of it dips way down and back up again.
williamalex1
Money List Winner
The old Glen Devon course [ long gone ] at Gleneagles started with a very short par 3 no fairway, just over water to the green.
Swingalot
Challenge Tour Pro
The Addington starts with a short par 3. Worse hole on the course imo, but I guess it gets you going and builds the experience up for the holes to come.
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Yeah it is carry all the way, I just measured from the middle of the back tee to the front of the green on google earth, came out at 206m (just under 230 yards). Most people play it as a par 4.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Looks a great hole. aim at the big tree with a high cut. looks like the green is a bit of a bowl. Does the ball roll down off the bank surrounding it?
RangeRat
Newbie
2 I remember playing are Ashburnham in South Wales, and Walton Heath Old which is pretty long iirc
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It did when I made the one and only birdie that I've had on that hole
The next par 3 is the 4th and that is even tougher, 246 yards off the old tee but think it has been slightly shortened now to about 225. Merv79 has aced it!!
