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

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 ...

Getting a hole-in-one is the ultimate goal for any golfer, as the rare feat is like catching a unicorn — since a player can go an entire lifetime without every capturing one. Even if you’re the ...

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. – Golden Horseshoe Golf Club already was home to two popular, full-sized courses. The Gold Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., is ranked by Golfweek’s Best as the No. 3 ...

It’s a tradition unlike any other: tweaking Augusta National during the off season. This time, though, it’s not the big course that’s getting work. Bird’s-eye photos, posted on Twitter this week by ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Some major changes are coming to Mines Golf Club in Grand Rapids, with plans underway to add a three-hole par-3 course, a restaurant and an event center. The 40-acre golf ...

When Masters Tournament patrons and a TV audience tune in for the Par 3 Contest on Wednesday, they might not recognize the famous "short course" at Augusta National Golf Club. The first five holes of ...

Gamble Sands in Eastern Washington is the latest golf destination to get in on the short course movement, breaking ground on a 14-hole layout dubbed “Quicksands” that’s designed by architect David ...

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.