Long Course V Short Course

[James_Black]

Which do you prefer to play?
A long course that's main wepon is it's length.
OR
A short course that while not long it uses narrow fairways with thick rough and well protected greens.

I ask this because recently I played a short course near me called Rathbane. It's 5476 metres (6000 yards).
And I played a long beatiful course called Dromoland which is 6200 metres (6,800 yards).
My usual course limerick county is 5800 metres (6300 yards

I enjoyed both courses.
But I couldn't decide which I preferred.

What about you?

[tjy355]

So many more factors that determine my enjoyment of a course than just length.

A good golf course design can be short and challenging without resorting to narrow fairways and thick rough. Look at Kingston Heath, site of the 2009 Australian Masters. Short by PGA Tour standards, and wide open. They didn't exactly tear it apart.

I voted "don't care."

[Golf_Gal]

For me, I guess it just depends on the day and how well or not I'm hitting that day

[Andrew Rice]

I prefer short golf courses as they need to get by on something other than length. Most often that happens to be "interest". Ever played an enjoyable and interesting 7,600 yd golf course?
The 10th at the Belfry, the 13th or 9th at Harbourtown, the 10th at Riviera, the 3rd and 12th at Augusta - give me 13 or 14 of those type holes and I am a happy camper.

[Tiger Spuds]

I prefer short golf courses as they need to get by on something other than length. Most often that happens to be "interest". Ever played an enjoyable and interesting 7,600 yd golf course?

Indeed.Shorter courses seem to have more character in my opinion.

[DaSportsGuy]

I prefer short courses that require you to play a tactical game.

[joepro23]

I am somewhere in the middle...

I prefer long courses if they maintain some character and are not all about length. If the long course is wide open then it is too easy because I can rip driver all the time and not worry about accuracy. A long and narrow course is a true test because the short/accurate hitters are more even with the bombers since they won't make the same mistakes off the tee, but lose a couple shots to the long hitters in distance.

My home course is pretty short (only 6600 from the tips), but has tough greens and several tricky shots that make it challenging in its own way. The shorter courses have more risk/reward type shots that are fun as well (i.e., going for a par 5 in two, trying to drive a par 4, etc.)

[bogeyhitter25]

I said "long", but I like courses that are pretty medium-length (to me at least). I'd like a course with a par 4 average of 390 yards. A par 3 average of 170 yards. And a par 5 average of 520 yards. Altogether that equals 6660 yards. That'd the perfect yardage for me. A little more than that would be pushing it.

[getTwisted]

I like the tactical approach (short course)..but when my driver is on I like a longer course.

so both!

[jamo]

Usually the best courses that i have played have been the long ones, but i love the quirky short course more than anything. It is also fun to play course from the front tees.