Tim
With absolutely all due respect, and I have seen some of your other thoughtful posts on here, but are you serious? That holes stands for pretty much everything gone wrong. Environmentally, strategically, economically, speed of play, etc etc etc...
Chip
Chip--
Only about 40% serious. Pawleys Plantation is my home course in the summer, so the hole has sentimental value to me on top of its decidedly arguable architectural merit. Here's the deal: I don't really object to the idea of a hole that tosses strategy and paralysis-by-analysis out the window and instead challenges the golfer to simply execute a shot, or else. I know there's no ground game and I know a lot of people on here seem to think that water hazards are the devil. I don't object to their use, as long as they are used fairly, which I'd say they are on 13, as long as players play the correct set of tees (145, 115, 69, or 40 yards). So I would argue that it is a good hole in its context.
But upon further thought, my favorite par three that I have a picture of is #8 at The Greenbrier (Old White):
