for nine holes have a par 35 with a weak par 5 or a par 34 with a strong par 4??
Being a short hitter, and reluctantly admitting that par does matter to me even though it shouldn't, i'll take the short par five.
One of our local municipal courses has recently been turned over to Billy Casper Golf and they have done a lot of really good stuff there, including putting in a set of forward tees at the "correct" length for normal women.
But they also changed the shortest par five to a par four. It was just long enough to qualify at 466 yards from the back tee, but it was barely reachable for most of us, due to an uphill tee shot.
The last few times I played there, I said to my partners, "This hole isn't as much fun as it used to be... when it was a par five."
They all agreed.
The problem is that it's a short course anyway, and making that hole a par four gave par a little credibility with the masses. I just think it was a poor choice of hole to do it on.
K