What are you best at? Par 3's, 4's, 5's or no preference.
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3PuttCharlie
Assistant Pro
I play par 5's better than par 3's
But I really enjoy the challenge of playing long par 4's...and do ok on them, maybe because I concentrate more
On the course I play a lot I can birdie or treble bogey any hole at any time....I just never know what's gonna happen
But I really enjoy the challenge of playing long par 4's...and do ok on them, maybe because I concentrate more
On the course I play a lot I can birdie or treble bogey any hole at any time....I just never know what's gonna happen
BTatHome
Tour Winner
HDID stats overall
Par 3's - 3.71
Par 4's - 4.78
Par 5's - 5.47
Past year ....
Par 3's - 3.6
Par 4's - 4.6
Par 5's - 5.3
Par 3's - 3.71
Par 4's - 4.78
Par 5's - 5.47
Past year ....
Par 3's - 3.6
Par 4's - 4.6
Par 5's - 5.3
Odvan
Journeyman Pro
Well, immediately chose Par 4’s and then visited Golfshake to see my last five rounds I entered and I was right;
Avg 4.08 Par 3
Avg 4.96 Par 4
Avg 6.36 Par 5
Par 5 improvement is where it's at!
Returns an unofficial handicap for me of 18
Avg 4.08 Par 3
Avg 4.96 Par 4
Avg 6.36 Par 5
Par 5 improvement is where it's at!
Returns an unofficial handicap for me of 18
palindromicbob
Tour Winner
4's for me. My mindset to missing the GIR on a 4 tends to be less destructive compared to missing a green on a par 3.
5's it's the inability to keep my swing slow and easy, instead I try to lash the ball and that leads to trouble.
5's it's the inability to keep my swing slow and easy, instead I try to lash the ball and that leads to trouble.
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
I guessed at 5's and SS2 backs it up, although I don't have a massive sample because I only started recording them again a few weeks ago.
6 out of 11 birdies so far on the par 5's, even though we only have 3 of them and 2 are just over 540yds.
That sounds better than showing hole averages
3.37
4.43
5.26
6 out of 11 birdies so far on the par 5's, even though we only have 3 of them and 2 are just over 540yds.
That sounds better than showing hole averages
3.37
4.43
5.26
Andy808
Tour Winner
I put par 4's and I'm right but only by 0.1 under par 3's!
Thought the gap would have been bigger but hey ho at least I know I'm consistently bad.
Thought the gap would have been bigger but hey ho at least I know I'm consistently bad.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Par 5's for me. There are 2 on my course that I birdie consistently. The other one is a right pig! The par 3's come in second and par 4's hurt me the most.
Yosser
Assistant Pro
Par 3's , we have five of them.
4th (191 W/ 177 Y)
7th (141 W /127 Y)
10th (179 W / 167 Y)
12th (163 W /152 Y)
17th (211 W / 200 Y)
They all have water hazards and/or bunkers in play but I have managed to birdie all of them apart from the 10th which has a particularly difficult green. The reason is that I think I am far better off the tee with an iron and I only need a wood (5w) for the 17th. The par 5's give me more opportunity to mess things up as its a driver from the tee then the second will be a fairway/hybrid or long iron and sometimes I probably try to hit it too hard. Last Saturday I blobbed all of the par 5's (4off) and scored on all bar one of the par 3's (17th), and that is a typical round for me. At least i know where I'm going wrong!
4th (191 W/ 177 Y)
7th (141 W /127 Y)
10th (179 W / 167 Y)
12th (163 W /152 Y)
17th (211 W / 200 Y)
They all have water hazards and/or bunkers in play but I have managed to birdie all of them apart from the 10th which has a particularly difficult green. The reason is that I think I am far better off the tee with an iron and I only need a wood (5w) for the 17th. The par 5's give me more opportunity to mess things up as its a driver from the tee then the second will be a fairway/hybrid or long iron and sometimes I probably try to hit it too hard. Last Saturday I blobbed all of the par 5's (4off) and scored on all bar one of the par 3's (17th), and that is a typical round for me. At least i know where I'm going wrong!
pheel88
Club Champion
Is the whole course only 4,000yds long?Those par 4's over 300 can be tough
The course is 5530 yards. They are crazy short holes, the 4th (235 yards) I picked my driver out and spanked it particularly straight for me and it overshot the green and ended up hanging in mid air in the netting behind the hole.
It only has one par 5 which is 537 and then only one other hole about 400 yards. Like I said there aren't many obstacles either (I still manage to find them) so not much of a challenge.
There is a par 3 I hit with a 6/7 iron but the other two don't get above a pitch.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
That is an uber short course. Is standard scratch (SS) about 63? surely it's a par 68 course to start with?
D
Deleted member 1147
Guest
Definitely par 5's.
My averages are:
Par 3 - 3.5
Par 4 - 4.4
Par 5 - 4.9
Our par 3's are tough ones @ 180, 160, 200, 160, 210
You'll generally find that the better players prefer par 5's (more birdies), whereas poorer players prefer par 3's, as it's easier to get close to the green in regulation and there's more chance of a par.
My averages are:
Par 3 - 3.5
Par 4 - 4.4
Par 5 - 4.9
Our par 3's are tough ones @ 180, 160, 200, 160, 210
You'll generally find that the better players prefer par 5's (more birdies), whereas poorer players prefer par 3's, as it's easier to get close to the green in regulation and there's more chance of a par.
pheel88
Club Champion
Par 70 I am afraid. Not sure about SS as don't have a scorecard to hand as haven't played it for a while and it doesn't say on their website.
http://www.hurtmore-golf.co.uk/courses/hurtmore-golf-course/hole-18.html
I would imagine members there can probably get their handicap down quite quick. I am a Nomad but normally shoot between 95-100 at the min but got an 88 there so think I would struggle to ever play to handicap if I got it there.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
for h/cap purposes it doesn't quite work that way because of the 'standard scratch' which keeps things level across all courses... basically your 80 on a big course is the SAME as your 72 on a shorter course for h/cap purposes because on the shorter course you would be expected to score lower.
