Five par threes

[Jeff Mingay]

Stanley Thompson notoriously routed par 3s. His five "best" courses -- Capilano, Jasper, Banff, St. George's and Highlands Links -- for example, all possess five one-shotters.

Capilano: #4, #9, #11, #14 and #16

Jasper: #4, #7, #9, #12 and #15

Banff: (originally) #6, #8, #12, #14 and #17

St. George's: #3, #6, #8, #13 and #16

Highlands Links: #3, #5, #10, #12 and #17

[golflaw]

Just played Chechesee Creek in South Carolina last week - a great Crenshaw-Coore course that has 5 par threes - teriffic holes that provided wonderful balance - having intelligently designed greens is a necessity to pull off 5 three-pars...

[Carl Nichols]

I'm resurrecting this old thread because my club is considering some work that would add a fifth par 3, and I was curious what other courses have at least 5 par 3's.  From the discussion above, it looks like the following is the start of a list.  If you know of others, would love to hear about them. 



Addington
Banff
Bedford Springs
Bel Air
Berkshire
Beverly
Caledonia
Capilano
Carthage
Charles River
Chechessee
Claremont
Flossmoor
Galloway
Golden Valley
Golspe
Hartefeld
Highland Links
Jasper
MPCC Shore
Mountain View
Pacific Dunes
Pacific Grove
Pasatiempo
Plum Hollow
Pumpkin Ridge
Ravisloe
Spring Brook (NJ)
St. George’s
St. Louis
Stonehaven GC
Stonewall (both courses)
Swinley Forest
Trillium
Witch Hollow

[Ally Mcintosh]

Carl,


Off the top of my head, you are missing:


St Enodoc
Carne Atlantic Dunes
Portrush Valley
Royal St David’s
West Sussex
Ballybunion Old
Crail Balcomie
Narin & Portnoo

[Ira Fishman]

Bryn Mawr
Primland

[Tim Martin]

Keney Park
Berkshire Hills
Agawam Hunt Club
Shuttle Meadow
Pittsburg Field Club
Misquamicut Club
Westchester CC South
Wyantenuck
CC of Fairfield
Worcester CC
Wykagyl
Mahopac Golf & Beach Club
CC of Farmington
Dorset Field Club
Aiken GC

[Tom_Doak]

Carl,


Off the top of my head, you are missing:


St Enodoc
Carne Atlantic Dunes
Portrush Valley
Royal St David’s
West Sussex
Ballybunion Old
Crail Balcomie
Narin & Portnoo

Also Rye.

[Tom_Doak]

I have built five par-3's on several of my courses.  Pacific Dunes and Stonewall (x2) have been noted.  Also:


Charlotte Golf Links [RIP]
Lost Dunes
Atlantic City CC
The Village Club at Sands Point
Cape Kidnappers
Tumble Creek
The Renaissance Club
Common Ground
The Loop [either way]
Te Arai North
Sedge Valley


I really got comfortable with the idea after seeing how many of Flynn's courses around Philadelphia had five short holes.

[mike_malone]

Tom,


I’m proud of Rolling Green’s five and admire Mannies five but help me with the other Philly Flynns that have five.
I see Woodcrest has five

[A.G._Crockett]

The Love redo of UNC Finley (Fazio) will have 5 par threes.  The existing course closes this Friday for the work to commence.

[Matthew Rose]

Omaha CC

[Michael Blake]

Tom,


I’m proud of Rolling Green’s five and admire Mannies five but help me with the other Philly Flynns that have five.
I see Woodcrest has five

I think Plymouth does.

[Sam Morrow]

5 Par 3's at Walden on Lake Conroe, 4, 6, 12, 14, and 17.


Memorial Park, 2, 7, 9, 11, and 15.

[Carl Rogers]

Cascades

[SL_Solow]

You omitted Idlewild from my initial post.  A wonderful, fun early 20ty century "members" course.

[mike_beene]

The Cliffs Vineyards, Cliffs Falls and Cliffs Springs in upper South Carolina each have five.

[mike_beene]

And Innisbruck (sp) Copperhead

[Tom_Doak]

Tom,


I’m proud of Rolling Green’s five and admire Mannies five but help me with the other Philly Flynns that have five.
I see Woodcrest has five

I thought Huntingdon Valley did, too, but I guess I misremembered.  Oh no!  I guess I will have to go re-route a few of my courses! 


Incidentally, the main reason for having an extra par-3 is not because I care whether the course has four short holes or five, but because it makes the routing puzzle much easier to have the flexibility.  It allows you to use some of your best holes the way you want them, instead of putting the tee in another spot to make the connection.  We did this at Sedge Valley this year, adding in a new par-3 [the short 5th] to connect the 4th green and 6th tee without having a long walk.  I'd been trying to find an alternate location for the 6th tee to reduce that walk, but I think most will agree that my original spot for it is the best spot.

[mike_malone]

Wayne Morrison tells me Bala has five.


I think that par threes are more fun for us 15 handicappers.


 

[Doug Wright]

Jim Engh has several courses with five par threes (and five par fives): Fossil Trace, Red Hawk Ridge, Pradera, Lakota Canyon and Four Mile Ranch, all in Colorado, are examples.

[Doug Bolls]

I've played 4 Mile Ranch, Lakota and Red Hawk - all of them interesting and great fun.

[Tim Martin]

East Hampton GC

[Jim Sherma]

Played Bellewood GC in Pottsville, PA today - 5 pretty good par 3’s.

[Jake McCarty]

Caprock Ranch has 5 par 3's: 3, 6, 9, 16, 18.

[Buck Wolter]

Kingsley has 5  -- unless you count #2 as a par 5