Courses with < 4 Par 3s

[Mike_Trenham]

The thread on courses with five (5) par 3s only proved to me it’s more common than most people think and provides some excellent results.


But when it comes to courses with very few par 3s, I could only come up with two.  Both also have a wide variety of length on their par fours and at least one monster par 5.

Three Par 3’s
Sandy Run - Oreland PA




Two Par 3’s
The Old Course - St. Andrews

[Sean_A]

Elie has 2. Deal has 3.

Ciao

[Joe Bausch]

Apawamis: 3

[Cory Lewis]

Nanea has 3 with the first one not coming until 8!

[Ben Stephens]

Elie has 2. Deal has 3.

Ciao

Ganton has 2 or 3 (17 is a par 4 off some tees)
Woodhall Spa, Notts, Carnoustie have 3 par 3s

[Tim Martin]

Point Judith CC has 3

[Ira Fishman]

The Island Club has three. As does Killarney Killeen.

[Matthew Rose]

Carnoustie and Kapalua Plantation

[Bret Lawrence]

Wanumetonomy has three Par 3’s.

[Tom_Doak]

Quite a few of the courses in the Sandbelt [Melbourne] have three par-3 holes.  My memory is a little foggy this week, but I think Kingston Heath and Commonwealth are two examples.


I have done a couple of routings over the years that had just three par-3's, but I've never had a client who wanted me to go that way.  Average players look forward to the par-3's as their best chance to make a par or a birdie, and most of my clients, at least, skew toward average golfers instead of elite players.

[Ben Stephens]

Elie has 2. Deal has 3.

Ciao

Ganton has 2 or 3 (17 is a par 4 off some tees)
Woodhall Spa, Notts, Carnoustie have 3 par 3s

Add Portmarnock and the Island Golf Club to the equation as well

[Keith Phillips]

Rock Spring in NJ only has 3.  It's a wonderful Raynor/Banks layout with a very strong Redan and also Eden and Short holes.  Sadly missing a Biarritz.

[Tim Martin]

Quite a few of the courses in the Sandbelt [Melbourne] have three par-3 holes.  My memory is a little foggy this week, but I think Kingston Heath and Commonwealth are two examples.


I have done a couple of routings over the years that had just three par-3's, but I've never had a client who wanted me to go that way.  Average players look forward to the par-3's as their best chance to make a par or a birdie, and most of my clients, at least, skew toward average golfers instead of elite players.

Tom-I wonder if most average golfers don’t look forward more to par five’s than par three’s as their best chance of making par or birdie? It probably comes down to individual holes more than a subset as a 230 yard par three and 600 yard par five would be outliers in the postulate.

[Tom_Doak]

Rock Spring in NJ only has 3.  It's a wonderful Raynor/Banks layout with a very strong Redan and also Eden and Short holes.  Sadly missing a Biarritz.

The same is true of the granddaddy of them all . . . The National Golf Links of America.


Also, Garden City Golf Club has always had just the three par-3's.

[Joe Bausch]

Rock Spring in NJ only has 3.  It's a wonderful Raynor/Banks layout with a very strong Redan and also Eden and Short holes.  Sadly missing a Biarritz.

Rock Spring is a delight. 


Proof (photos from 3 years ago):


http://www80.homepage.villanova.edu/joseph.bausch/images/albums/RockSpring/index.html

[Brock Lynch]

Pinehurst #5 has 3 par 3's

[Michael Felton]

Walton Heath New has 3 par 3s.

[Tim Gavrich]

Pinehurst #5 has 3 par 3's

Pinehurst #1 as well.


One course where having three par 3s has always been really odd to me is the Ocean Course at The Breakers. The course is on very small, segmented acreage and would be more interesting if it had five or six varied par 3s rather than about 10 330-350 yard straightaway par 4s.


The three courses I'm aware of with only two are The Old Course, Elie and Irvine, all in Scotland. Are there any others out there?

[Ken Moum]

Elie has 2. Deal has 3.

Ciao

And Elie has no par fives. But if no one told you, you'd never guess it had 16 par fours.

[Anders Rytter]

Rungsted Gk in Denmark has 3 par threes

[Sean_A]

Elie has 2. Deal has 3.

Ciao

And Elie has no par fives. But if no one told you, you'd never guess it had 16 par fours.

I miss added short holes, but don't miss three shotters at all. I like 5-6 short holes if they are good.

Ciao

[Matthew Rose]

Quite a few of the courses in the Sandbelt [Melbourne] have three par-3 holes.  My memory is a little foggy this week, but I think Kingston Heath and Commonwealth are two examples.

Yes and yes.

I believe Huntingdale also did at one point but the 5th was shortened.

[Brock Lynch]

Pinehurst #5 has 3 par 3's

Pinehurst #1 as well.


One course where having three par 3s has always been really odd to me is the Ocean Course at The Breakers. The course is on very small, segmented acreage and would be more interesting if it had five or six varied par 3s rather than about 10 330-350 yard straightaway par 4s.


The three courses I'm aware of with only two are The Old Course, Elie and Irvine, all in Scotland. Are there any others out there?

Pinehurst #1 has 4 par 3's....holes 5,7,9, & 12

[archie_struthers]

 




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[Ira Fishman]

Elie has 2. Deal has 3.

Ciao

And Elie has no par fives. But if no one told you, you'd never guess it had 16 par fours.

Elie is a Unicorn.