Why We Need More Par-Three Courses (WSJ)

[Randy Thompson]

Nice presentation Randy. A couple of thoughts:

1) You may want to emphasize the par three course as an excellent training ground for serious golfers. I wouldn't buy a condo or villa on anything promoted as for beginners unless there was a tremendous separation between my villa and the golfers!!!

2) Hopefully, you have the room for plenty of grassed area from which to play the tee ball to the greens. You can not learn anything from pitch shots played off artificial turf. Artificial turf is for people who want to be entertained. Turf is for people who want to improve their game.

Thanks Kelly!
1. It will be called a short game golf academy
2. I was originally thinking to have St. Andrews teeing surfaces, leave everything level and mow five or six new tee boxes every three to four weeks. Disadvantage with this is you canīt incorporate the tall native vegetation to keep the low maintenance look. So will see but nooo no carpets!

[Mark Provenzano]

For all the Philly area guys, sadly we have lost Woody's Golf Center.  They are building a hospital on the site.  A lot of memories getting bulldozed away there.

Mark

Say it ain't so! Seems like I always had an excuse to take a scenic route from work in KOP back to Lafayette Hill (via Woody's) when we lived out there.

[Garland Bayley]

Kelly,

I had a friend that forbade her man sized son from playing high school football. He joined the rugby team. She didn't know what that was.


With regards to the article. Couldn't help but notice that they blame the carballers for giving up walking par 3s to ride full sized courses.