Your Bottom 10

[Mark Steffey]

Jason....Is it really poor design if the length of the hole is too long? .....

not to improperly paraphrase your quote (  ), but if someone can build a risk/reward short par 4 and get away with it, is anyone familiar with a 'hard birdie / easy par' long par 3 that may be somewhat long and difficult to hold for an average shot, but comes with a fairway or layup spot where you are left with a short pitch into a small green that slants toward you from that angle and gives an easy chance for an up and down? 

some may, for sure, look down on laying up and getting up and down - but it worked for david toms for one to get his major.   would certainly be a different type of par 3.

[Howard Riefs]

Bad memories....


1.    Sabal Palm Golf Club (Tamarac, Fla.)

2.    Arrowhead Golf Club (Davie, Fla.)

3.    Arboretum Golf Course (Buffalo Grove, Ill.)

4.    New Paltz Golf Course (New Paltz, NY)

5.    Grand Palms (Pembroke Pines, Fla.)

6.    TPC Eagle Trace (Coral Springs, Fla.)

7.    Stonewall Orchard Golf Club (Grayslake, Ill.)

8.    Costa del Sol (Miami, Fla.)

9.    Makray Memorial (nee Thunderbird) GC (Barrington, Ill.)

10.  Indiana Univ. Golf Course (Bloomington, Ind.)

[Nigel Islam]

Bad memories....


10.  Indiana Univ. Golf Course (Bloomington, Ind.)

What you don't like 13 par 4s and 3 pars threes all of the same length? That back nine gets monotonous. I've played worse, but given the quality of some of the other Big Ten schools's courses I wish IU could upgrade their course some.