The longest par-3 course in North Carolina is Southern Tee Golf Course, at 2,573 yards — one of 13 par-3 courses in the state.
Ranked against North Carolina'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
— all 13 courses with a published scorecard
| # | Course | Longest |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Tee Golf Course | 2,573 yds |
| 2 | Pebble Creek Golf Golf Course | 2,252 yds |
| 3 | Sherwood Forest Golf Club | 2,230 yds |
| 4 | Orchard Trace Golf Club | 2,139 yds |
| 5 | Iron Play Golf Course | 2,015 yds |
| 6 | Challenger 3 Golf Course | 1,887 yds |
| 7 | Hardys Custom Golf Center | 1,417 yds |
| 8 | The Azalea at Pinewild Country Club | 1,376 yds |
| 9 | Paradise Valley | 1,264 yds |
| 9 | Paradise Valley Par 3 | 1,264 yds |
| 11 | Inland Greens Golf Course | 1,002 yds |
| 12 | Bur Mil Park Golf Course | 875 yds |
| 13 | 401 Par Golf | 826 yds |
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.
Highest above sea level
— all 13 courses with a coordinate we could sample
| # | Course | Highest above sea level |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherwood Forest Golf Club | 2,715 ft |
| 2 | Orchard Trace Golf Club | 2,229 ft |
| 3 | Southern Tee Golf Course | 2,071 ft |
| 4 | Hardys Custom Golf Center | 1,103 ft |
| 5 | Challenger 3 Golf Course | 931 ft |
| 6 | Bur Mil Park Golf Course | 839 ft |
| 7 | Iron Play Golf Course | 815 ft |
| 8 | Pebble Creek Golf Golf Course | 643 ft |
| 9 | Paradise Valley Par 3 | 620 ft |
| 10 | Paradise Valley | 599 ft |
| 11 | The Azalea at Pinewild Country Club | 534 ft |
| 12 | 401 Par Golf | 328 ft |
| 13 | Inland Greens Golf Course | 41 ft |
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 13 published par-3 scorecards in North Carolina, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50–74 | 30 | 15.9% | |
| 75–99 | 42 | 22.2% | |
| 100–124 | 48 | 25.4% | |
| 125–149 | 39 | 20.6% | |
| 150–174 | 16 | 8.5% | |
| 175–199 | 9 | 4.8% | |
| 200–224 | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 225–249 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 250–274 | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 275–299 | 1 | 0.5% |