I'll say shorter. It gives me more chance to actually earn a par instead of triple bogey.
Short Golf Courses are More Fun
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Long course. They let me use more clubs and hit different shots.
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There's a course about 50min away from me that is only 6600 and change from the backs, but I won't even bother. It's stupid hard even from 6100 yards, cause there are maybe 3 or 4 driver holes. The rest are a bit sketchy
Golf is a challenge to me, no matter the distance. 
I def prefer shorter courses Extra long courses are pure evil.
A short course with well protected greens can be just as challenging as a super long course.
IMHO
We have 2 public courses here and one is 18 hole normal length and the other is a shorter course, 9 hole with par at 31, I think. For everyday play, I prefer the challenge of the 18 hole course, but when you have a short amount of time, the short course is a blast and I have played it as fast as 45 minutes enjoying every shot
just because it is "short" does not mean it is any easier. we have a course around us that the whites are 5600 yards but i'd be dam if i can score on that course. it's crazy tight with lots of hills and blind shots. but in general playing a shorter course can be more fun....it is usually easy to score.
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Club here has two courses, one is 5400 from the back and the other is 6800. 5400 course is way more fun.
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Longer. The big dog needs to eat for most rounds to be fun for me. I'm not a huge fan of courses where I have to play to yardages and can't use driver.
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Of course long and short are subjective descriptions. In my golf world short is the par 57 3000yd executive I often play and long is 5800 - 6000yd regular courses in my rotation, I enjoy both. What I don’t enjoy is a course so long or difficult that frustration and failure is assured.
I want to go the other direction. I prefer a wider course to a narrow course!
So you are saying it isn't so much length, but girth? I am of the opinion it is not the size overall, but what you do with it. You can have a lot of fun on a par 3 course, and it doesn't take as long to play, am I right?
Wait this is all adding up to sound very very bad if you read it as a metaphor for something else... I am going to stop now...
100% the first time I have heard girth to describe a golf course ?
BS, you haven't said, we should go play those resort courses over in BFE, they are so girthy? I don't believe it.
I haven't but that's all I will saw from now on. I will also complain when the course does't have enough girth.
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I could see a shorter course being more appealing to a golfer like myself...a higher handicap.
Playing shorter irons that I feel more comfortable with.
Playing shorter irons that I feel more comfortable with.
For me it depends.
I'm a fan of any course that demands a variety of certain shots, while still allowing creativity. Short, wide open, and easy sounds awful to me - but short with all sorts of trouble is a ton of fun. I even enjoy par 3 courses provided they aren't just eighteen flat 100 yard holes like most of them seem to be.
But to answer the question, are short courses MORE fun - I'd say no. The most fun can be had when playing an appropriate length for my skill level, on a well designed course.
I'm a fan of any course that demands a variety of certain shots, while still allowing creativity. Short, wide open, and easy sounds awful to me - but short with all sorts of trouble is a ton of fun. I even enjoy par 3 courses provided they aren't just eighteen flat 100 yard holes like most of them seem to be.
But to answer the question, are short courses MORE fun - I'd say no. The most fun can be had when playing an appropriate length for my skill level, on a well designed course.
the short course I played yesterday only has two holes where I can use my driver/3w...and the longest par 3 is 168...I enjoy playing it but I’d like at least one more hole where I could use a wood.
I will take the short course as I am shorter off the tee. I can still use most all of the clubs in the bag.
This exactly. I've played about 4,000 rounds and maybe a dozen times shorter than 6,200(excluding maybe 100 rounds at par 3 courses). Most of my golf the last 30 years has been between 6,400-6,850.
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Depends. I’m a member of Pacific Grove. It’s just
Over 5700 yards, which I guess would be classed as short. But thanks to it’s coastal back 9, it’s known as the poor man’s Pebble Beach. Also, with the usual sea breeze, it plays a helluva lot longer than it’s 5725 yards.
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Over 5700 yards, which I guess would be classed as short. But thanks to it’s coastal back 9, it’s known as the poor man’s Pebble Beach. Also, with the usual sea breeze, it plays a helluva lot longer than it’s 5725 yards.
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It really depends on the course. I don’t remember playing a course over 6700 yards and not leaving feeling like it was more work than fun. But I have played some at 5800 yards that felt the same way. My ideal course seem to be 6300-6500 where I can hit driver off of most tee box but am not forced to. Long courses I feel like I have to hit driver most every hole and then some short courses I can’t hit driver on too many holes.