I've Played Nearly 5,000 Par 3s And These Are The Ones That Really Stick In The Memory

The 17th hole at Kendal Golf Club.

For many, par 3s are the real stars of the show on the golf course, and very often the most memorable holes as a result.

I’ll admit that, over the course of the years, I have probably written “a fine quartet of short holes” or “a cracking collection of par 3s” a few too many times for literary comfort, but in my defence, it is precisely because they are so often a course’s most memorable holes.