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I often play a par 3 course by my mother-in-laws house that has no rating or slope. Does anyone know what the average rating/slope of a par 3 course is, or is there a way to somehow get a rough estimate? The course is not that long, meaning there are 2 holes under 80 yards, but the greens are horribly long and almost impossible to putt on, but I finally shot par on the stupid course this weekend and want to log my round for handicap purpose. Most of the time I just practice my iron play on it, but I started out with a birdie on the hardest hole and thought I would give it a run at shooting par.
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ours is rated at 51.6/80 (par 54)
not sure if that helps you in any way shape or form???
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Most likely it is too short to even post even if it has a rating.

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Yep, anything under about 3500 yards for 18 holes can't be rated for a normal handicap (I don't recall the exact yardage limit, it's in the USGA handicap manual). Most true par 3 courses will fall into that category, it's possible that a longer "executive" course with a few par 4s in there might have the necessary distance. I think there is a provision for keeping a separate short-course handicap, but that's only good on rated short courses, and I guess you'd have to find a club that provides them...

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Of course, I'd definitely wish that my short par 3 course (<100 yds/hole, don't have the card in frnt of me for yardage) was rated, but then again I'd probably be way over the max hdcp right now anyway :P I'm fine not knowing my handicap at this point.

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