Reverse short drop-shot par-3's

[Mark Pearce]

13 and 16 at Crail Balcomie, two of the great uphill par 3s in the world in a four hole stretch.

Two very good holes.  13 in particular is wonderful.  At 213 yards uphill and almost always into the wind, however, I'm not sure it counts as short!

[Pete_Pittock]

Crystal Downs #9

Nothing at Bandon qualifies as a short  uphill par three unless you forget about the tee shot on the 7th at Old Macdonald.   But since Bandon Dunes #2 was mentioned here's a shout out to Mike Strantz's Royal New Kent #15.

[Doug Siebert]

Maybe the ultimate example was the old Cliff hole at Biarritz.  Here's a photo from a great GCA thread titled "The Original Biarritz":

Holy crap, I don't think I've ever seen a more intimidating looking tee shot.  Are they really hitting it up on top of that?  It looks like you'd almost need a sand wedge just to get the right trajectory, though I suppose the photo probably makes that cliff look closer than it is.  I imagine there's a green up there somewhere?

[Sean_A]

I can't think of many short and significantly uphill 3s though I think LuLu's is exceptional. They are rare enough types that practically any course would be improved by its inclusion.  I like the idea of a demanding short hole which doesn't get too much wind yet offers a possibility of 4 or even a 3 if one misses the green.  Shikine's and Painswick's 10th & 5th are more examples of do or die rather than the more gentle don't and don't die LuLu version.


St George's Hill 11th is good too. 


Ciao

[Mark Pearce]

13 at Muirfield is one of the world's great par 3s and is significantly uphill.  At 156 from the daily tees I'm not sure it is short, though.

[Jon Wiggett]

13 at Muirfield is one of the world's great par 3s and is significantly uphill.  At 156 from the daily tees I'm not sure it is short, though.

Mark,

I am not sure it would be considered a drop shot hole if played in reverse. It is however definitely one of the best par 3s in existence IMO.

Jon