Play Exec Courses to improve scoring

[mikelz]

What is all this talk about "practice" on a par 3 course. You play a par-3 course just like any other course.. only the holes are shorter.

I agree with you completely and I think that playing is part of your practice.

I like the "Executive" course up the road because you have to use your head.

[Leek]

Several people have suggested playing from the shortest tees possible on a regulation course for practice for a few reasons: It's a great way to push through your personal mental limits. Say you want to break 80. Keep playing from those short tees, until you can consistently break 80, then move back a set of tees and play those until you can do it there. Then keep moving back a step, achieving your goals until you reach whatever tees you normally play.
Short game practice, because playing from short tees should be much like an executive course. Course management because short tees totally take any concern about length out of the equation. I know we all believe it should be easy from those short tees, but if your course management or short game are not where you'd like, you might find you don't score as well as you think you would. It will really show you what to work on, I think...

[La Costa Golfer]

What is all this talk about "practice" on a par 3 course. You play a par-3 course just like any other course.. only the holes are shorter.

Absolutely you can play the par-3 courses just like any other course. Most just absolutely avoid those courses like the plague...when in fact they can be used as a tool to develop your game for the longer championship length courses. And typically at a very reasonable price...and where the rounds are typically quick.

Another way to develop your game tip... Don't always play from the black or blue tees. Even try hitting from the whites...or dare I say...the reds (ok...I admit...I don't do that often).

[DirtCheap]

I rarely have several hours to play a round of golf on a regular course.
I can play a par-3 course in under two hours, and it only costs me $10 without a cart, $17 with a cart.

Whats it take to play a "normal" course? 4 hours? 5 hours? 6 hours?
What does it cost to play? $50?? 60$?? More?? (with cart?)

Without par-3, I wouldn't get to play enough to enjoy the game.

[tm22721]

The executive courses that I have played are usually very crowded and slow with lots of seniors, women and groups.

So I should be happy that my club's course is over 6500 yards with side sloping fairways because its difficulty keeps the membership low and that means faster play.

[itzzzberny]

If thats your driving average and your handicap is 14 you must be giving your shots away inside of 150 yds. So with that in mind, its hard for me to believe that you can make par or birdie everyhole.

i said i play them one stroke shorter. cause from every tee i have enough distance to get on in one off each tee (just recently starting hitting on in one on the longest hole at my local exec. course). i never said i make par or birdie everyhole. but i try to push myself to get on in one and one putt.

so don't try and put words in my mouth....