Welcome to the 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 ...

Par-3 golf courses have evolved into much more than their chip-and-putt predecessors. Rather than boring walks over beaten, thirsty grass, think of them today as nine consecutive chances at 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.