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The Par Three Tenth
Kevin_Reilly:
10th at the remodeled Ocean Cse at Olympic is a par 3. Fits the available land at that end of the property.
Dan Kelly:
--- Quote ---I don't think the Golden Age architects thought about the tenth hole as being special at all. They did not imagine games starting at the tenth, or for that matter Nassaus; they were only thinking about match play, and in match play the tenth is just another hole. So, you get your fair share of tenth hole par-3's, not more or less than you would expect at random.
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Pure musing, with no factual basis:
Did tied matches always proceed back to No. 1? Is it possible that some of those old archies thought of the 10th as a tie-breaking hole for match play -- witnessable from the clubhouse?
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The 10th at Minneapolis Golf Club is a peak-through-valley-to-peak par-3, I believe.
DTaylor18:
The 10th hole at the Orchards in South Hadley, MA is a very difficult par 3. It has ruined many a back nine. There's a stream in front, so you have to carry it to the green, but the green is one of Ross' inverted saucers, so you have an even smaller target area, which you're hitting into with a long iron.
Andy_Lipschultz:
What makes the 10th at Bel Air even harder, is that you tee off feet from the clubhouse/restaurant, where sidebets are being made among the observers as to where your tee ball is going to end up.
Dan Herrmann:
The 10th at Pine Valley (previously mentioned) is a short walk from the 9th green, and is nowhere near the clubhouse.
Actually, I love the idea of a tough 10th hole - you should have seen the guys sigh after their teeshots on 10 missed the afformentioned devil's a**hole in last year's Philadephia Open. A good par 3 10th, I think, sets up the back nine emotionally better than a 4 or 5.
Doesn't Pacific Dunes have a really nice Par 3 10th too? If I remember right, it also has a great Par 3 11th.
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