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Cliff Hamm

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #25 on: August 16, 2008, 08:40:50 PM »
Third at Wannamoisett.
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Anthony Fowler

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #26 on: August 16, 2008, 09:20:17 PM »
No one has mentioned the 5th at Bandon Trails.  Very good short hole IMO with a big green.  The green is wonderfully designed though for a short approach.  This hole probably sees more day to day variation than most of the others mentioned because of the green size and wind.
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JWinick

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #27 on: August 17, 2008, 12:41:53 AM »
Engineers - #14 - the 2 and 20 hole.   
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Jim Nugent

Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #28 on: August 17, 2008, 02:53:05 AM »
One of the best-known: #12 at ANGC. 
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Scott Macpherson

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2008, 04:22:09 AM »
Jimmy,

You mentioned the 14th at Kinloch. Is the the Nicklaus course in NZ, or some other course?


scott
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Steve Lapper

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #30 on: August 17, 2008, 05:32:54 AM »
I wholeheartedly agree with Jimmy Muratt.

Having played PV#10, Hidden Creek#11, Engineers #14, Merion#13, Shinny#11, yada, yada.....

Myopia Hunt Club's #9 is by and far the very best. It introduces H20, multiple pit bunkers, heinous mounding and the tiniest green of the lot...all combining to tighten one's focus (and sphincter). It makes the wedge in your hands feel like an anvil.
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Scott Macpherson

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #31 on: August 17, 2008, 05:45:00 AM »
Maybe I can nominate another hole on a British Course...

Anyone played Woodhall Spa, Hotchkin Course, 5th hole. 148y, long thin green, surrounded by double-decker bus swallowing bunkers.


scott
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Michael Powers

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #32 on: August 17, 2008, 08:17:36 AM »
#9  Myopia
#3 Wannamoisett
#12 Salem
#4 George Wright
I like #6 at Boston Golf Club too, but it is well over 150 yards from the back
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James Boon

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #33 on: August 17, 2008, 12:20:58 PM »
Any course with a short par 3, is all the better for having it as far as I'm concerned...

A few others not yet mentioned:
4th at Royal West Norfolk (Brancaster)
5th at Saunton East
4th and 15th at Cavendish
5th at Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin), good call Scott, a really challenging little hole!

Cheers,

James

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Jimmy Muratt

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #34 on: August 17, 2008, 12:21:10 PM »
Scott,

The Kinloch that I'm referring to is the Lester George designed layout in Richmond, VA.  The 14th hole plays about 145 yards and the green pitches away and runs off the back.  The rear bank behind the green is shaved so balls can easily run into the lake that curls behind the green.  There is also a great pin location to the right rear side of the green, the green surface is hidden by a small hillside so you must really trust your line.  A very good golf hole....
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Greg Tallman

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #35 on: August 17, 2008, 02:28:45 PM »
#14 at Grandfather G&CC
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Paul Nash

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #36 on: August 17, 2008, 03:56:25 PM »
Scott and James - tatally agree about 5th at Woodhall - possibly the best green complex i have seen - love it.

17th at Manor House in Castle Combe is very interesting - very steep drop and a choice of 2 greens.

The 6th at Hindhead is very nice
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Kyle Henderson

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #37 on: August 17, 2008, 04:33:12 PM »
Since they tooks the original back tee out of play, #17 at Sand Hills plays from exactly 150 at the marker.

Superb hole.

#3 at Ballyneal is also top tier.
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Brian Joines

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #38 on: August 17, 2008, 04:55:54 PM »
I played Wolf Run for the first time yesterday. I really like the short par 3, #16. We played the Black tees and it played 116 yards and considerably downhill to one of the tiniest greens I've ever seen. I made a 6 on the first round and a 2 the second. It was definitely one of the most exciting short pitch shots I've ever been faced with.

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Mark Bourgeois

Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #39 on: August 17, 2008, 06:11:46 PM »
Quote from: Greg Tallman on August 17, 2008, 02:28:45 PM
#14 at Grandfather G&CC

Greg

Could you elaborate? Played it recently wnd would like to hear more.

Thanks
Mark
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Scott Stambaugh

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #40 on: August 17, 2008, 06:22:39 PM »
Not mentioned yet- two #8's

#8 at Olympic Lake

#8 at Victoria GC



Scott
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Bob_Huntley

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #41 on: August 17, 2008, 08:15:31 PM »
The 15th at Cypress Point
The 7th at Pebble Beach
The 8th at Royal Troon
The 17th at Sand Hills
The 11th at Nchanga .

Bob
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J_ Crisham

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #42 on: August 17, 2008, 08:27:13 PM »
4th at Gulph Mills
7th at Pebble
12th at Shoreacres
     Very sporty holes!   Jack
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Evan Fleisher

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #43 on: August 17, 2008, 08:40:41 PM »
I've got two entries to add:

The downhill 12th at Leatherstocking

The short 8th at Rustic Canyon (118 yards) that I just played today
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John Kirk

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #44 on: August 17, 2008, 09:57:13 PM »
Add Little Tilly, #13 at San Francisco GC.  Simple, small, devilish.
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Ed Oden

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #45 on: August 17, 2008, 10:09:06 PM »
I am surprised the 11th at Plainfield has not been mentioned.  A truly great (and scary) short hole.

#3 at Yeamans also deserves a mention.  Nothing but fun.

FYI, I think #14 at Grandfather is over 150 yards from the back tees.  Bart Bradley will know for sure. 
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JNC Lyon

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #46 on: August 17, 2008, 10:18:57 PM »
3 at Yeamans Hall
4 at Oak Hill (West)
8 at Monroe (NY)

4 on the West is as good as it gets for me.  It is a fairly large green, but it is wildly undulating.  This gives it lots of variety and also means that every pin is a test of accuracy.
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Bob_Huntley

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #47 on: August 18, 2008, 12:37:32 AM »
JNC_Lyon

Your blip:

"I can't go back to the public courses, now. I can't, I won't. I mean, you know what that's like? It's crowded, the grass has big brown patches in it, they don't rake the bunkers. Not to mention the caliber of people you have to play with!
  -Kramer, on Seinfeld"

reminds me of the Guards officer when being picked up by a Navy patrol boat off the beach at Dunkirk in June of 1940. Straffed by Stuka dive bombers and under  constant bombardment by German artillery and mortars, life was hell.

Asked by one of his rescuers what  was the worst part of the experience, he replied, " My dear chap, the noise, the people."

Bob
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Kalen Braley

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Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #48 on: August 18, 2008, 11:48:57 AM »
SaddleCreek in NorCal has a scary little par 3, number 11 IIRC, that is only a wedge or 9 iron.  Tough little target with all the trouble left, long, and short.  A great little short hole.
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Chris Simonson

Re: Best Par 3's under 150 yards
« Reply #49 on: August 18, 2008, 12:21:37 PM »
#11 at Shinnecock.
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