[Carl Rogers]

If you have a masochistic bent, try Ballyhack 3, 4 & 5...... and then follow that up with 12, 13 &14.

[Conley Hurst]

My home club, the Country Club of Little Rock, is an interesting layout that progresses through several 3-5 hole segments that seem to emanate from around the clubhouse. Hard to describe without a map, but the routing can basically be divided into a series of loops: holes 1-4, 5-7, 8-9, 10-12, and so on. This aspect makes the layout a great members course, because one can easily play one or two of these segments without ever venturing far from the clubhouse.


Southern Hills is routed in a somewhat similar manner, with small loops like 1-4 and 10-12 returning back to the clubhouse. I tend to really enjoy this type of routing, maybe because it's what I grew up on. Any other courses come to mind that are routed similarly?
 
On a more directly related note, here are some memorable three-hole stretches from recent rounds in the U.K.:


Royal Ashdown Forest, 10-12
Royal Porthcawl, 1-3
Brancaster, 8-10
Hunstanton, 12-14
Walton Health (Old), 16-18


 

[Josh Tarble]

I tend to like the 3 hole segments that include a par 3, 4 and 5 for variety sake.  Almost all of the very best are that make up.  A few of my very favorites, that haven't been mention (I think Pebble 6-7-8 is at the very top):


Seminole 15, 16, 17
Pacific Dunes 11, 12, 13 (or 4, 5, 6 or 12, 13, 14)
Cape Kidnappers 13, 14, 15
Whistling Straits 10, 11, 12
Secession 16, 17, 18

[Eric Hammerbacher]

My favorites that I've played would be-
Maidstone 8-9-10
Myopia Hunt 3-4-5
Baltimore Country Club 6-7-8

[V. Kmetz]

4, 5, 6 - Apawamis = a disarming stretch of awkward short irons, small violent greens played in an environmental of craggy, arcane features...and a model of how this entire unique course plays.

I like how you set up your "course" ... and I would not argue a bit with 7-8-9 or 10-11-12.


But you haven't traveled if you've got Apawamis above 4-5-6 at Royal Melbourne (West), which is as clear-cut a winner as Pebble and Augusta for anyone that knows the course.


I'm pretty sure there's a better last two stretches, too.  For some people, Merion would win the last three.

LoL... No I haven't traveled (like that anyway)...I actually hate Apawamis, that is to say, I kind of love it... and that stretch of 4,5,6 are so damn fretful for an average+ golfer for being so short (325, 145, 340). I'm confident there's plenty better (both locally and worldwide) but that stretch is like the whole place...you should kill it, but it kills you (on a medal basis).


On a broader note, this thread is a great because I think the aesthetic satisfaction of the mini-stretches is exactly what we're looking for individually out of a whole golf course...and the places that get mentioned all the time in this thread (well-known or under the radar) reveal a lot about why those places are exemplar...they have a lot of good multi-hole stretches, the best have the most.


Whether its a routing conversation, or a detailed features discussion, my paradigm is that the course continually present varied challenges..."This is the one you need a big drive...this is the one you face a fairway wood...this one you have to mind the water...this is the one that examines a partial, awkward wedge...this is the one you need two big hits...this is the one with the crazy big green that you need to be on the right section....this is the dangerous short one...this is the blind one...this is the prettiest view...this is the most confounding...etc, etc..." And the more those features can combine, the more satisfactory the course is.


cheers   vk

[BCowan]

Greywalls 9-11
Inverness 9-11, 13-15
UofM 12-14
Franklin Hills  12-14
Dormie  13-15
Holston Hills  3-5
Mid Pines  4-6, 10-12
Ravisloe  3-5

[Chris_Hufnagel]

Kingsley 1, 2, 3

[Dan Gallaway]

Chambers Bay 12,13,14.  Played on a windy morning the other day.  As I walked to 15 tee I realized there was no one around and played the loop a second time.  Driveable Par 4 with a fun green.  Par 4.5 with a big decision to be made on the approach.  Followed by one of the most encouraging tee shots at the course because of the huge slope.

[Jason Way]

Kingsley 1, 2, 3

That would have been one of my homer picks. as would 12-14 at Kingsley.  The 12th is my favorite hole on the course - simple brilliance. 13th is wild fun, especially in the bowl and back pin positions. And the 14th is a gettable par-5 with the green set in what might be the most beautiful spot on a property filled with beautiful spots. 

[Matthew Schulte]

I am particularly fond of half par holes.  Ballyneal 6, 7, 8 are three wonderful half par holes in a row with a long 4, short 4 and reachable 5 that are always fun and interesting to play.

[Carl Rogers]

Bandon Trails 3, 4 & 5

[Cal Seifert]

Old Town 1,2,3 then you're back in the parking lot.  Makes for a great quick little loop when you don't have time for the full 9 or 18


NGLA 15,16,17

[Richard Fisher]

Some British seaside faves, none perhaps very original

As well as 4-6, 7-9 at RND (sadly threatened by coastal erosion) is a fabulous run of holes
15-17 at Harlech is superb, even if 17 was arguably even better before the fairway re-routing of a decade ago
16-18 at Hunstanton
3-5 at Brancaster
15-17 at Prestwick
16-18 at Deal
13-15 at Porthcawl
16-18 at St Enedoc

All give 40 minutes of supreme fun and challenge

Richard

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