JMN57
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I like it when there is some variation in lengths so you're not constantly hitting the same club. I don't mind some long par 4's as I kind of really like long approach shots. It's a real high to get close to the pin from 225. I got on in 2 to 20' last week from 249 on a par 5, that made my day.
Relative to long par 3's, for me it is how they are constructed. Ones that are 230 blind to the green/pin, etc are real stupid IMO. I don't mind long par 3's you can see. There's one near Santa Fe that, from the tips is 250 but it is also downhill and you can see the green and the pin. I really enjoy that hole. Designers have a lot of tools and on a par 3 they have distance, visibility, altitude (up/down and slope right and left). If you stretch one of them to the limits, IMO, you should relax the others. Taking extremes of distance, visibility and slope and merging together is just sadistic.
Relative to long par 3's, for me it is how they are constructed. Ones that are 230 blind to the green/pin, etc are real stupid IMO. I don't mind long par 3's you can see. There's one near Santa Fe that, from the tips is 250 but it is also downhill and you can see the green and the pin. I really enjoy that hole. Designers have a lot of tools and on a par 3 they have distance, visibility, altitude (up/down and slope right and left). If you stretch one of them to the limits, IMO, you should relax the others. Taking extremes of distance, visibility and slope and merging together is just sadistic.