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#3 Oakmont par 4 with the church pew bunkers
#8 Pebble Beach par 4 along the ocean
#16 Shinnecock Hills par 5
Greatest holes 1 thru 18
Looks like we need three 4's and a 5 to finish this out. A par 5, fifth hole and the others should be par 4's. Unless we make a really good case for a par 71 or 73 layout. If we keep with the averages we're looking at now, we're on pace for a 6,921 yard layout for a par 72. Anyone know of a really long par 5, 2nd (or 5th) hole anywhere?
#9 at Harbor town is a great par 4!
Ok... Par 4, 5th hole? I could use Augusta National, but we've already got 4 holes from there. Anyone?
puttnfool - I hereby nominate the 520 yard par 4 #5 @ East Lake. East Lake is home to THE TOUR Championship and this hole had a scoring average of 4.267. The course architect is the famed Rees Jones so I won't get any crap for nominating Pete Dye again.
Well, there you have it. Par 72, 7,022 yards with 2 (I think) driveable par 4's and only one par 3 over 200 yards. It's got some length (obviously), but other than needing to play a few of those par 4's as 3 shot holes, it seems fairly playable.
Who wants to email the Tour 18 corporate office and tell them that Golfbuzz.com did a survey and came up with their next layout?
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This would be great add to the list but not tour stop
Pine Valley 18
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Provisional that looks much like Pine Valley #17. There was a replica of 17 on the Tour 18 course I played in Dallas and it was pretty tough. I think I ended up in the front bunker after a 4i to the left rough. Hit a decent bunker shot out, but missed the putt. Routine bogey.
Well, if we were allowed to add holes that are on courses that were not tour stops, the 16th at Cypress Point would have topped the list. Probably the most beautiful and challenging par 3 in the world.