“I don’t dislike any of them. I think 14 is an awesome hole, the short par-3,” Thomas said. “I will take that to my grave that short par-3s are just so much better than any long par-3.

“The psychology of par is amazing, which goes to the point of long par 3s,” said Geoff Ogilvy, a U.S. Open champion and now highly regarded in golf course design. “If it's a par 5 and you're coming in ...

It’s perhaps an easy mistake to make at the longest par-3 in major championship history, but Collin Morikawa mixed up some rather basic course information in a practice round at the nearly 300 ...

The outcome of the 125 th U.S. Open revealed how unforgiving the Oakmont Country Club could be to competitive golfers. After four rounds, only the winner, J.J. Spaun, was barely under par. While ...

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The only other instance when a U.S. Open par-3 reached 300 yards was the 8th hole in 2007, when it reached that number exactly. That year, no hole had fewer birdies.

The distance for the par-3 11th at Los Angeles Country Club was 299 yards in the 2023 U.S. Open (there is a 40-foot drop in elevation), and the seventh hole on that course also measured one yard ...

“The psychology of par is amazing, which goes to the point of long par 3s,” said Geoff Ogilvy, a U.S. Open champion and now highly regarded in golf course design.

“The psychology of par is amazing, which goes to the point of long par 3s,” said Geoff Ogilvy, a U.S. Open champion and now highly regarded in golf course design.

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Maybe no one would complain about the eighth hole at Oakmont Country Club if the term “par” had never been created in championship golf.