A Step-by-Step guide

Building a classic par 3 is really very easy. The unfortunate part is a classic par 3 will usually require water somewhere on the hole. Without water its easy to get length & Imagination ratings up to 1.0 & over, but Accuracy will often be lower than the required level. When you think about it, this is realistic. Anyone who has played golf can usually reach a par 3 quite easily and get no worse than four on almost any non-watered par three. Now throw water in front of the green and you have the everyday golfer shaking in his golf shoes!!!

For this example, we are using the tropical map, but the same will apply to any map. Once you follow these easy steps, you will create a visually pleasing and challenging golf hole in no time. Click on any of the thumbnails for a full size view of the photo.

	We need to set a tee and green about 175-190 yards apart. This distance seems to work best in this scenario. We are going to raise the green considerably to create elevation and a "cliff-like" look. This gives us a hole both visually pleasing and creates some interest in our course, as elevation changes are cheap and exciting. Raise the green 5 height levels. (click on the thumbnail for a full size view)
	In order to make the hole look like a real golf hole and add options & challenges to the golfers, make the green four squares in an L Shape. You will also raise these squares to the same height level of 5. Leave the slope in front of the green steep for now. On the sides you may wish to copy the path routes I put in there. I also raise the path levels to only change each tile by one height level. This speeds play and eliminates the "Steep Slope" Complaints
	Now to landscaping. After you have put paths in place, the next step is to create the waterfall & cliff effect. Put two tiles of water in front of the green at the 5 height level, then put a pool of water at the base of the waterfall. Even though golfers will seldom put alof golf balls in the lower pool , it looks good and creates a barrier for the golfers who lack length & imagination.
	Many options are presented to the designer at this point in the golf hole. In order to help the "golf impaired" patrons of your course, we should put down some fairway in front and beside the water. Just a few tiles, forcing them to be accurate in their layups. A quick shot analysis show us that most length-impaired golfers will layup in front of the water and most imagination-impaired golfers will lay up to the left of the water. This is good, since both these golfers have accuracy, we need to provide them good ways to attack the hole in order for our accuracy ratings to get to 1.0 or over. You can see even some non-length golfers will gamble, but since 2 of 3 will layup, our length rating will be fine. Since the non-imagination golfers will go to left layup position, our imagination is guaranteed to be classic material. The non-accurate golfers will gamble and the hazards in front and behind the green will penalize them enough to get the desired accuracy rating
	Now, just open the hole for play. Within two years of play, we have achieved the goal of a classic par 3 on any golf course.