Fishers Island - The Most Beautiful Par 3s in the US? (Photos)

[Jon Cavalier]

Jon,

Have you played Maidstone? Its the only course I can think of which gives Fishers Island a run for its money.

I actually played Maidstone earlier this year, and it was one of those courses that I considered as a possible rival for Fishers for this question. Let's take a look:

4th hole - very pretty hole over water from an island tee, with the dunes in the background:


8th hole - gorgeous par 3 set flush into the dunes:


14th hole - one of the prettiest holes in golf (and one of my favorites), just beautiful:


So far, Maidstone is at least holding it's own with Fishers. Arguably neck and neck...

and then we see the 12th hole:

Not a bad hole by any stretch, but not especially pretty. And in this beauty pageant, that plain Jane relegates Maidstone (which I adore) to a distant runner up next to Fishers' four one-shot stunners.

[Patrick Kiser]

Great images and fantastic light.

It's tough to argue on this one for Fishers in terms the beauty factor.  Maybe NGLA is right up there with it too in terms of the beauty.

I'll even suggest Enniscrone or Lahinch out of Ireland.  Lost Farm out of Tazmania had some really beautifully located 3s.

[Ronald Montesano]

...Augusta (on the strength of the 12th hole) would also be in the running.

John

I don't find 12 at Augusta that attractive. Walls of trees behind do squiddly dot for me when it comes to aesthetics.

[Pete Blaisdell]

      Jon

           You could have a second career as a photographer. Very well done!!

           And, yes, having played Fisher's a few times and over a 1000 others , I agree 100% that there is no other track on the planet that has a quartet

           of 3 pars that are more beautiful . Stunning pics . The members are very fortunate.

[Malcolm Mckinnon]

Jon,

Sorry, many sets of par threes surpass Fisher's Island. I might even argue for the Creek. I do like those photos though.

The Leica again? Not sure that the colors look natural. The below were shot with a second Nikon Coolpix S6000 that I bought for my daughter and she left behind when she went back to the UK. The first bit the dust a month ago.

Photos are from This Tuesday, September 30th.

What about this set of par threes vs Fishers?

3rd tee/ Par 3/ 198 yds

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5th tee/ par 3/238 yds

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10th tee/ par 3/ 161 yds

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My ball on the island...

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hmmm...

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14th tee/ par 3/ 220 yds

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[Jon Cavalier]

Malcolm:

If you take another look at my post, you'll see that we're in agreement. Many sets of par 3s do surpass those at Fishers Island. I'm not sure I would agree with you on The Creek, but you'll see I used Piping Rock as an example of a course with "better" par 3 holes. Certainly, you could make the argument that the par 3s at Pine Valley "surpass" those at Fishers. Are they better looking? I don't think they are. (Great photos, by the way).

I'm talking about beauty. Sheer visual appeal, if you will. And more than that, I'm talking about beauty as a set. So while the 16th at Cypress is a more beautiful hole than any of the par 3s at Fishers, it's at least debatable as to whether all of the par 3s at Cypress match up with all of the par 3s at Fishers as a group. What I'm wondering is if anyone can think of a more beautiful set.

[Malcolm Mckinnon]

Jon,

You are morphing into a true "Philadelphia Lawyer". We can argue about "most beautiful" with "best"  until infinity.

[Jim Nugent]

How do the par 3s at Old Head and Pinnacle Point stack up as beauty pageant contestants?