Welcome to Golfweek’s Best 2025 ranking of the top par-3, short and non-traditional private golf courses in the United States. To acknowledge a recent and rapid rise in short courses, Golfweek’s Best ...

A par-3 golf course is one in which every hole is a par 3. This means that each hole is designed to be completed by an expert golfer in just three strokes. These courses are typically shorter and ...

Fake grass has a real and growing role in golf. Once largely reserved for backyard short-game setups, it has spread its reach into all kinds of public venues. The most prominent of those projects is ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods was playing golf with Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley ahead of the Masters two years ago when Ridley mentioned the club's soon-to-be-announced project to renovate ...

“Over the top” is not a recommended move in the golf swing. But it can pay off nicely in golf design. Now, comes further evidence of Morris’s willingness to push golf to the edge. The name of the ...

Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is the latest destination golf property to add a short course. Modern golf resorts aren’t the only ones adding short courses as an ...

The trio who look after Golf Monthly’s courses content and UK&I Top 100 rankings in association with Peter Millar discuss various notions about golf course design that are often thrown their ...

The first par-3 course opened in Portsmouth, England, in 1914 for vacationers and beginners to play a little golf without taking all day. Since then, in the last 100-plus years, a debate springs up ...

It's summertime, which means golf season is in full swing at links all across the Bay State. Whether you're a newcomer to the game or a seasoned veteran, or somewhere in between, golfing provides a ...

Par-3 and other short courses are popping up all around the U.S., and we rank the best public-access layouts of them all.

Fake grass has a real and growing role in golf. Once largely reserved for backyard short-game setups, it has spread its reach into all kinds of public venues. The most prominent of those projects is ...