Best par 3 ever played?

[golffreak92]

The 17th at Giant's Ridge is an awesome hole, but it's still a toss up between that and the 15th at Chamber's Bay. sorry don't have any pics of 15th at Chamber's Bay

[Atyler]

I got #3 at Spyglass

 

 

and #12

 

 

I drove by 15 and 16 at Cypress, but me no get to play

[mister2cool]

#11 at Crystal Springs

 

The tee box is up on top of the cliff by the apartment building. The shot is a nail-biting 180yd SAND\Pitching wedge, and you are praying that an awesome shot won't spin back into the lake.

[projohnny3672]

#17 Whistling Straits

Pic on the way.

[TNTlefty]

2 good par 3s to watch for on TV at Kapalua next week...
#8 - 203 yards, shallow angled green over a deep canyon and well bunkered
#11 - 164 yards, easiest hole on the course - beautiful ocean view from the tee with molokai in the distance

played 3x in october - no pictures at work...

[rlheiman]

The 17th at Giant's Ridge is an awesome hole, but it's still a toss up between that and the 15th at Chamber's Bay. sorry don't have any pics of 15th at Chamber's Bay

 

15th at Chambers bay.

 

[nybluebird]

#11 at Crystal Springs

 

The tee box is up on top of the cliff by the apartment building. The shot is a nail-biting 180yd pitching wedge, and you are praying that an awesome shot won't spin back into the lake.

Yeah, great hole. Could be a 3 club difference depending where they decide to place the pin. I also like the 7th hole at Wild Turkey, another great quarry hole. Sorry, no pics.

[byw]

17 at pga west
12 at Stone eagle ( palm desert)

[jaskanski]

My personal favourite has to be the 5th at Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin).
Accuracy off the tee is a must, or you will need the bunker skills of Seve to get back at the pin.
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The 8th and 12th aren't bad either. I birdied them all in one round once. And only once.

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[luxman]

Here's a couple that I've taken...

 

#7 at Whistling Straits

 

#8 at Bethpage Black

 

One I didn't take...

 

#8 at Manufacturer's Country Club

[dlygrisse]

I got #3 at Spyglass

 

 

and #12

 

 

I drove by 15 and 16 at Cypress, but me no get to play

I was lucky enough to play Spyglass this year and those are two great par 3's, visually they are gorgeous and they are both difficult without being overly long. I love downhill par 3's, I HATE uphill par 3's I have never seen one I liked. Played Pebble as well and have to say the #'s 5,7 and 17 are hard to beat!

 

I still think Cypress would be the holy grail of golf, along with Augusta of course.

[DOUGLY]

Not the best, but this thread seems to be more about the visual aspect. Tough to beat the following:

(I'll leave it to the members to figure out where it is. No peeking at pic properties)

 

[Liquid]

Furry Creek on the Sea to Sky Hwy. on the way to Whistler. The green should be deeper to be fair from the back tee.

[FairwayFred]

Another favorite of mine is Pacific Dunes #14
Looks easy on the card and with one play of the course if you hit the green you will think its an easy hole. Play the hole 10+ times though in multiple winds and you really see why its such a great hole.

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[dan360]

#7 at Pebble Beach is probably the toughest from a visual intimidation aspect.

 

#17 at Apple Tree is kinda fun.. Not overly difficult because the green is huge but it is fun, in a gimmicky pro wrestling sort of way.

 

Not my picture, but it gives the general idea. The drop from tee to green is a bit more than this picture shows.

 

[rlheiman]

While the Bandon resort has a great number of awesome par 3s, I think my favorite has to be a new one at Old MacDonald.

 

Hole 3 in preview rounds (Hole 8 when completed)

 

While visually it may not look impressive. The green is the biggest green imaginable. 75+ yards long and 40 yards wide and undulations everywhere.

[mat562]

Good call on Woodhall Spa.

This is another wonderful short heathland par 3, again a short flick with an 8 or 9 iron at 140 yards or so. Liphook's 3rd:

[jaskanski]

Or the notoriously tricky uphill 14th at Wentworth...sorry no pic.

[OpusX20]

[quote name='FairwayFred' post='2152872' date='Dec 31 2009, 12:32 PM']Another favorite of mine is Pacific Dunes #14
Looks easy on the card and with one play of the course if you hit the green you will think its an easy hole. Play the hole 10+ times though in multiple winds and you really see why its such a great hole.

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That is a fantastic hole (as are all the par 3's at Pacific). It's hard to believe that a 135 yard hole can be intimidating, but this one is to me. It's not very often you stand on the tee of a par 3 and just hope that you will be able to see the pin on your second shot.

[JNewsted]

Maybe not best, but surely the most beautiful...

 

#3 Torrey Pines South

 

#7 Pebble

 

#9 Crystal Downs

 

#17 Timberstone

[hogans71]

Difficult to pick the best out of some that I've played but the 13th at Coyote Moon in Truckee, California comes to mind. Absolutely jaw dropping views. 227 yds, 200+ foot drop to what looks like a sliver of a green from the tee. The whole course is cut through the mountains. Visually stunning- a lot of fun to play...

[mat562]

[quote name='jaskanski' post='2152913' date='Dec 31 2009, 07:01 PM']Or the notoriously tricky uphill 14th at Wentworth...sorry no pic.[/quote]

It is a tricky one. Usually a 4 iron or so up the hill and then you struggle to hold it on the top tier and usually end up with a stinker of a short chip off a downhill lie from the thick stuff over the back.

I've had much greater success on the 2nd in my time and so I, predictably enough, pick that one as the West Course's best short hole. Lovely, picturesque setting and you can take dead aim with a 7 or 8 iron.

[hogans71]

Another I feel is the 16th at Old Head in Kinsale Co. Cork, Ireland. For the life of me cannot find a picture that does it any justice. Anybody??

[Lefty Cat]

#2 at Tigers home course Isleworth. It measured 238 all the way back to the back pin, and that was from the one up tees. They wouldn't let us play the Tiger tees. The water on the right juts in all the way up to about 20 yards short/right of the green so anything that catches branches is probably wet.

[GolfPro64]

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[FairwayFred]

While the Bandon resort has a great number of awesome par 3s, I think my favorite has to be a new one at Old MacDonald.

 

Hole 3 in preview rounds (Hole 8 when completed)

 

While visually it may not look impressive. The green is the biggest green imaginable. 75+ yards long and 40 yards wide and undulations everywhere.

 

Biarritz holes are a ton of fun especially on a firm surface like Bandon. Old Macdonald is a great addition to the resort.

 

Here is a pic of the first Biarritz that I played at Shoreacres in Chicago. This pic is from behind and to the side of the green. The green is 85y long with a 3 foot swale right in the middle. I have hit 3 wood then 9 iron in consecutive rounds on this hole which to me is alot of fun.

 

 

[Beavs17]

[quote name='FairwayFred' post='2152872' date='Dec 31 2009, 10:32 AM']Another favorite of mine is Pacific Dunes #14
Looks easy on the card and with one play of the course if you hit the green you will think its an easy hole. Play the hole 10+ times though in multiple winds and you really see why its such a great hole.

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I played this hole in a 50 mile an hour cross wind...aimed about 40 yards right of the green and hit a knock down....and STILL ended up down in the scrub about 30 yards left of the green.

[littleprov1x]

Pics are on my external HD (which is at school) so I found these on the net. A lot of great par 3's mentioned thus far, however not on the list:

Royal Troon #8: The Postage Stamp. I hit the stick and left it 1 inch from the cup- would have been an ace to remember. [url="http://www.standrews-golftours.com/images/courseimages/Royal-Troon-8th-%28Postage-Stamp%29700.jpg"]http://www.standrews-golftours.com/images/...Stamp%29700.jpg[/url]

Loch Lomond #5: Great views, damn tough to hold this green. Hit the stick on this one too.
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Loch Lomond #17: Can't find a great picture, but it's over marsh all the way 190 to the green.
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Prestwick #5: Himalayas. You have to aim over the dot corresponding to the color of the tee box. The caddie told me people often play a trick on the group behind them by placing the ball in the hole.
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Mauna Kea #3: A monster- around 250 all carry!
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Punta Mita #3B: Need an amphibious golf cart during high tide and sometimes it's not accessible at all.
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[coxrl]

It may not be anywhere near the best, but at 145 yards, this little dude in Charleston, SC at Patriot's Point Links is certainly one of the trickiest holes I've ever played. I've hit anywhere from sand wedge to 4 Iron, and the 4 Iron was just a little short on the fringe!!

 

As for the best par 3 I've ever played? There's a few. But it's a tie between the 7th at the Palmetto Club, the 17th at Ocean Forest GC, and the 4th at National Golf Links.

 

NGLA #4. Gorgeous view, but you've still got to play a diabolical classic 'Redan' design. Elevated green, with the surface sloping severely from front to back.

 

Palmetto #7. Without a doubt, the smallest target to play to from 178 yards, ever. Gorgeous golf hole. Great golf course.

 

Ocean Forest Golf Club. 17th. 215 from the back tees. Almost always into you and left to right. Really mean green complex, too.

[coxrl]

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Game. Set. Match.

That's outrageous