Depreston
Club Champion
Put every one of them in the bin!
normally ridiculously long as well.absolute abomination! yet to play a good one yet
normally ridiculously long as well.absolute abomination! yet to play a good one yet
Uphill par 3s
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Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Yeah they are - tough holes
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evemccc
Well-known member
bigyin55
Member
The first at one of my local courses is an uphill 190 yard par 3 from the yellows. Right is OB. I despise it.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Think it’s the 4th at Swinley as well
Bazz
Q-School Graduate
Give me a 140-150 yard downhiller any day.
Depreston
Club Champion
By some distance the most bonkers uphill par 3 I have ever played is the 14th at Bamburgh Castle.
Only 140-odd yards, but you can just about see the top of the pin from down below, and the green is tiny. Add to that the fact that all you have between tee and green is trouble and it’s a proper test.
Only 140-odd yards, but you can just about see the top of the pin from down below, and the green is tiny. Add to that the fact that all you have between tee and green is trouble and it’s a proper test.
D-S
Well-known member
11th at Gloucester Golf Club 180 yards steeply uphill, called the Ski Slope as it runs parallel to an artificial ski slope which shows the severity of the gradient. Just checked it online and the Pro Tip suggests leaving it short to give you an uphill chip.
Truly bonkers.
Truly bonkers.
D-S
Well-known member
Having said this this is probably the weirdest uphill par 3 I’ve played.
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4LEX
Well-known member
Sunningdale Old 4th and Sunningdale New 2nd are class.
Mel Smooth
Hacker
As Rory said … ‘play better’
A par 3 should be a challenge, not an easy opportunity to make a par.
A par 3 should be a challenge, not an easy opportunity to make a par.
4LEX
Well-known member
That's a cracker but a real bogey hole for me.
I think the Berkshire Red 16th is also slightly uphill and is a beast especially in summer when anything short or with backspin rolls back off. The 18th on the same course is also a bogey hole for me.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Agreed. Very tough to pick the right club. I normally go up two clubs, but then if it's a long hole already you feel like if you hit it slightly thin/low, it's just going to crash into the hill halfway up.
Happy to agree. I'd be content never to play another one. Sadly, that won't be the case 
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
The 10th at Woodlands Manor was something like 130 yds straight uphill to a blind green. I forget what it was called, but something appropriate.
The other side of that was 18, you came down the same hill, but the green was over the adjacent lane.
The other side of that was 18, you came down the same hill, but the green was over the adjacent lane.
Depreston
Club Champion
I have my only hole in one on an uphill par 3
I’m pretty decent at them tbh Still can happily say they’re normally utter pap to play
Mandofred
Well-known member
Rory also said his favorite par 3's are around 150 yards. I never did get the push for 200yd+ par 3's years ago. You can make a 130yd hole into a real butt clencher if designed right.
Swango1980
Well-known member
Uphill holes of any description should be put in the bin.
All 18 holes should be downhill. Have some sort of cable car to bring you up to 1st tee, and then play the course down a big hill back towards club house
All 18 holes should be downhill. Have some sort of cable car to bring you up to 1st tee, and then play the course down a big hill back towards club house
Depreston
Club Champion
Sounds fun that I’d happily play it
