Absolutely, I do like the course apart from the stupidly long par 3 5th.The Army is a good track - enjoy playing it.
We have a par 3 like that. 212 yards off the whites runs north east to south west so usually into the prevailing wind and to top it off the green is only 15 yards wide for the first half of it with bunkers at each side which according to google maps measure tool are 18 yards apart. The back portion of the green is a more generous 23 yards wide but you have to carry it 218 yards to get there and somehow get it to stop. I've hit the green twice in my last 15 rounds looking at Shot Scope, average score is 3.8 in those rounds. I'm happy to get a 4 on it and just move on.Absolutely, I do like the course apart from the stupidly long par 3 5th.
I continually get told by the long term members that it is statistically the hardest par 3 in Hampshire - not surprising really when most mortals are hitting driver or 3 wood to it, with a green that slopes away from you. I've played it probably 8 times & I haven't got a tee shot on the green yet
Absolutely, when the par 3's are like that, I'm snatching your hand off if you offer me a 4. I don't like par 3's that are long for the sake of it, particularly when there's no variety - the shortest one we have, it's a good 6 iron at the moment, whereas the other two are a 3/4 wood (on the hole I mentioned before) and a good 5 iron/7 wood. Not sure why some clubs seem to have little to no interest in a little testing 120/130 yard par 3 (apart from they want the course total yardage to be long).
I hate courses that don't have a short and mid length par 3. You need to have some variety, some respite. If I'm looking for somewhere to play a golf day, I tend to rule out any course where the par 3s are all 160+. Just not as much fun.
There are working mens clubs and social clubs that require this as well. Doesn’t seem to be killing them off.
The Army is a good track - enjoy playing it.
Why we are looking to build a new tee to convert our 166yd 13th into a 135ydr. Will give us four par 3s that we could set up as 135, 160, 185 and 210.
I love that. A bit of variety. Will they all play in a different direction? That’s when you have the most versatile set up options
We have 5 par 3's and on a typical Saturday off the whites if the pins are all in the middle you are looking at 165, 212, 185, 195 and 155 yards. All of them have fairly narrow greens, 4 of them have bunkers at each side and the other (185 yard one) has hedges right and long, pond short left and bunker short right. Can really make or break your card on them.
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Been a member of 3 members clubs over the last 15 years never had this before. Guess just different way of doing things round these parts.
Assuming the prevailing wind, in playing order, the 160 has a RtoL cross wind; the 185 is against the wind; the 135 is downwind, and the 210 is back against the wind. Plus our bunkering has been changed to give heavy and deep bunkering round the 160 and the 135, with both the 185 and 210 having a single front right greenside bunker.
Give a couple of years and these same clubs will be advertising big discounts for new members, just like they were 10 years ago.
Doing a lot of (much needed) work on the courses at the moment I believe,
Yep, the Longcross course has seen plenty of drainage work (most of the back 9) and hole changes (9 and 16 completely new greens). The Bernhard Hunt, needs some drainage on the middle holes of the front 9, but they are throwing a few quid at both courses.
