The longest par-3 course in Florida is Palm Beach Golf Course, at 2,572 yards — one of 56 par-3 courses in the state.
Ranked against Florida's other par-3 courses, not against its regulation golf. Each list counts only the courses that publish that figure, so the totals differ between them. Slope and course rating measure difficulty, not quality.
Longest
— the top 25 of 50 courses with a published scorecard
The longest tee set the course publishes, in yards from the tips. Compared against every course that publishes a scorecard — length is a measurement, not a verdict on the golf.
Toughest test
— all 19 courses with a USGA slope rating for its men’s tees
| # | Course | Toughest test |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edgewater Beach Resort Golf Course | slope 113 |
| 1 | Lutz Executive Golf Center | slope 113 |
| 3 | Spanish Lakes Country Club | slope 89 |
| 3 | Spanish Lakes Fairways | slope 89 |
| 3 | Zenwoods Golf Club | slope 89 |
| 6 | Sorrento Par 3 Golf Course | slope 88 |
| 7 | Harbour Village Golf Yacht Club | slope 87 |
| 7 | Leisureville Fairway | slope 87 |
| 7 | Marsh View Pitch Putt | slope 87 |
| 7 | Mickylee Pitch Putt at the Villages Executive Golf Trail | slope 87 |
| 7 | Spanish Lakes Golf Village | slope 87 |
| 7 | The Meadows at Countrywood | slope 87 |
| 7 | Twin Brooks Golf Course | slope 87 |
| 14 | Bentley Village Golf Club | slope 85 |
| 14 | Ocean Village Golf Course | slope 85 |
| 16 | Ymca Par 3 Home of the First Tee of Lakeland | slope 83 |
| 17 | The Park West Palm The Lit 9 | slope 80 |
| 18 | Jupiter Dunes Golf Course | slope 78 |
| 19 | Bellaire at the Villages Executive Golf Trail | slope 73 |
The highest USGA slope rating published for any of the men’s tee sets. Slope rates difficulty for a bogey golfer relative to a scratch golfer — a rated figure issued by the golf association, not an opinion about the course. Men’s ratings only, because a tee is rated separately for men and for women and the two scales do not compare; a course rated only for women is not in the running rather than converted.
Widest tee spread
— the top 25 of 33 courses with two or more tee sets of different lengths
Yards between the longest and shortest published tee sets — how far the course moves to fit a different player. Courses publishing a single tee set are not in the running, because one set is an unmeasured spread rather than a narrow one.
Oldest
— the top 25 of 37 courses with an opening year
The year the course opened, as published. Ranked oldest first. An opening year is not a design credit and not a renovation date — a course that opened in 1921 and was rebuilt in 1998 still opened in 1921.
Highest above sea level
— the top 25 of 56 courses with a coordinate we could sample
Height above sea level at the course’s own published coordinate, sampled from the USGS 3DEP elevation model. THIS IS A FIGURE WE DERIVED, not one the course publishes — anybody can re-query the same public dataset at the same coordinate and get the same number, but no scorecard states it. Because every course carries a coordinate, this is the only board here whose field is nearly the whole database rather than the courses that publish a particular figure. Elevation changes how far a ball carries; it says nothing about whether a course is good.
How long a par-3 hole actually plays
Every hole on the 56 published par-3 scorecards in Florida, in 25-yard bands. One tee set per course — the longest that publishes a card — so a course with six rated sets counts once rather than six times.
| Hole length (yards) | Holes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25–49 | 3 | 0.5% | |
| 50–74 | 84 | 13.3% | |
| 75–99 | 153 | 24.2% | |
| 100–124 | 136 | 21.5% | |
| 125–149 | 134 | 21.2% | |
| 150–174 | 73 | 11.6% | |
| 175–199 | 37 | 5.9% | |
| 200–224 | 5 | 0.8% | |
| 225–249 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 250–274 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 275–299 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 300–324 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 325–349 | 1 | 0.2% | |
| 350–374 | 4 | 0.6% | |
| 375–399 | 2 | 0.3% |