Par 3 finishing holes

[Bob Jenkins]

For Brad's list, I would add the 18th at Mesa Verde, Costa Mesa, Ca., design by William Bell. Good course which of late has been in great condition.

[Mike_Clayton]

18 at The Lakes in Sydney - where they have played the Australian Open the past 2 years. It is a pity they play the tee up about 10 yards because of signs and galleries but it is a demanding 3,4 or 5 iron shot at the end.
In contrast the finishing hole at Victoria for this weeks Australian Masters is a 510 yard par five but so many can carry the hill and get the extra run that makes the second shot a short iron.
One thing about a 3 is that it guarantees everybody has to hit a quite long shot at the end of the round.

[Lester George]

The 18th at the Old White is one of my all-time favorite par 3 finishers.  The 18th at Cavalier Golf and Yacht is also very strong.  Charles Banks finished there with a Redan of 205 yards across water.  Legend has it that Snead lost the Virginia Beach Open there on the 18th.  I haven't confrimed that story yet.  Anybody know?

Lester

[Anders Rytter]

Lough Erne, rather new Faldo course in Northern Ireland finishes with a long par 3.

Not the best picture, but anyway.

[Bill Gayne]

The Valley course at Portrush ends on a par three. I seem to recall the Cavalier in Virginia Beach ends on a par three (It's been a long time and I mightt be mistaken),

[Travis Dewire]

Brad,

Is the Myopia par 3 finish listing for a past routing? Or is a par 3 really their 18th ?

Thanks


Travis

[Brad Klein]

Anthony Gray,

The reason few modern courses end that way is the same reason unimaginative owners think they need par-72, 36/36 with balanced distributions of par-3s/4s/5s on each side. Modern owners are nervous about deviating from some formulaic norm, even though it is ONLY variance that makes course routings memorable.

Tim Martin, I drive by the par-3 18th at CC of Farmington almost weekly and always rue it. It's in a hollow, as I recall basically blind from the tee, and feels like an excuse to go from the 17th green to the bar. I am pretty sure that the 18th, like some of the opening holes at CCFarmington, were not part of Emmett's original routing but evolved later during a land acquisition deal that sifted marginal parts of the golf course and led to a rerouting of some of the holes east of Rte. 10 there.