Question of the week [Oct. 27 – Nov. 2]: If you could construct a nine-hole Par-3 course using your favorite par-3 holes — played or just seen — what nine would they be?
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No. 11 — Country Club of Charleston
No. 14 — Links at Stony Ferry
No. 11 — The Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland
No. 17 — Castle Course, St. Andrews, Scotland
No. 17 — TPC Sawgrass
No. 12 — Augusta National
No. 8 — Olympic Club
No. 4 — Riviera Country Club
No. 3 — Mauna Kea
Joseph Greenberg
Hollywood, South Carolina
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I'd make a nine-hole, par-3 course from the following holes:
No. 7 — Pebble Beach
No. 12 — Augusta National
No. 16 — Cypress Point
No. 17 — TPC Sawgrass
No. 14 — Kiawah Island Ocean Course
No. 17 — PGA West Stadium Course
No. 6 — Riviera Country Club
No. 8 — Royal Troon
No. 3 — Spyglass Hill
I've played a few of them — and more on video games — but certainly not all of them.
George Fetters
Spring, Texas
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Well, I guess we would all pick No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass, the 12th at Augusta or the seventh at Pebble, but frankly I would not enjoy playing nine par-3s in a row — OK, the par-3 course at the Masters is exempt from that statement — as a steady diet. Having one in my backyard like Jim Nantz would be wonderful.
Art Williams
Luzerne, Pennsylvania
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