On another thread, Tom Doak proposed a suggest set of hole lengths for an average length course that could be played by all.
Here's the scorecard that works. Will see if I have time to make up a course for it:
Par 3 holes: 125 - 160 - 180 - 205 - 230 yards
Short 4's: 300 - 320 - 340 - 360 - 380 yards
Long 4"s: 400 - 420 - 440 - 460 - 480 yards
Par 5 holes: 500 - 550 - 600 yards
That adds up to 6,450 yards, par 70.
Let's make up the forward tee yardages be.
95, 130, 150, 165, 195, 260, 280, 300, 310, 330, 350, 370, 380, 400, 410, 430, 470, 520 Total 5545
For a scorecard, we rate par based on player handicaps. This should allow anyone to make a birdie or two from time to time. Not that I think this is that important, but it seems all the low handicap players on this site seem to think players have an unalienable right to make birdies. As these low handicappers age, they threaten that they will leave the game if you don't give them forward tees.
The proposed score card is not all that much larger than a standard scorecard you see these days. It matches in size a scorecard for a course with 5 tees.
The pars are based on USGA handicap index. When you see an entry like <15, <2 that means the pars are rated for male players with index less than 15, and female player with index less than 2. Clearly I am not a expert in these things, so it is a starting point suggestion.
Now let's make the scorecard.
Hole Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Yardage 320 460 180 420 600 125 380 160 400 500 205 360 480 300 550 340 230 440 6450
Par <4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 69
Par <15 <2 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 71
Par <26, <15 4 5 3 4 6 3 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 74
Yardage 280 410 150 370 520 95 310 130 350 430 165 300 410 260 470 280 195 400 5545
Par <37, <23 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 71
Par <41 4 5 3 4 6 3 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 74