The longest par-3 course in Pennsylvania is Glenhardie Country Club, at 1,585 yards — one of 15 par-3 courses in the state.
Ranked against Pennsylvania'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 | Glenhardie Country Club | 1,585 yds |
| 2 | Pitch and Putt at Evergreen Golf Course Inc | 1,553 yds |
| 3 | Par 3 at Borland Golf Center | 1,366 yds |
| 4 | Carter Heights Golf Course | 1,310 yds |
| 5 | West Hills Par 3 | 1,300 yds |
| 6 | Willow Hills Golf Center | 1,210 yds |
| 7 | Springside Par 3 Golf Course | 1,193 yds |
| 8 | Sunny Hill Golf Course | 1,099 yds |
| 9 | Burgis Back Nine | 1,055 yds |
| 10 | Bridge Street Golf at Snipes | 1,011 yds |
| 11 | The Kaddyshack Par 3 Golf Course | 1,000 yds |
| 12 | Salem Harbour Golf Course | 993 yds |
| 13 | Tussey Mountain Golf Course | 860 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.
Oldest
— all 13 courses with an opening year
| # | Course | Oldest |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willow Hills Golf Center | opened 1958 |
| 2 | Par 3 at Borland Golf Center | opened 1959 |
| 3 | West Hills Par 3 | opened 1962 |
| 4 | Alverthorpe Park | opened 1963 |
| 5 | Burgis Back Nine | opened 1964 |
| 6 | Bridge Street Golf at Snipes | opened 1966 |
| 7 | Glenhardie Country Club | opened 1969 |
| 8 | Carter Heights Golf Course | opened 1975 |
| 9 | Sunny Hill Golf Course | opened 1988 |
| 10 | Springside Par 3 Golf Course | opened 1989 |
| 11 | Tussey Mountain Golf Course | opened 1993 |
| 12 | Salem Harbour Golf Course | opened 2000 |
| 12 | The Kaddyshack Par 3 Golf Course | opened 2000 |
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
— all 15 courses with a coordinate we could sample
| # | Course | Highest above sea level |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carter Heights Golf Course | 1,818 ft |
| 2 | Tussey Mountain Golf Course | 1,353 ft |
| 3 | Willow Hills Golf Center | 1,299 ft |
| 4 | Par 3 at Borland Golf Center | 1,224 ft |
| 5 | West Hills Par 3 | 1,214 ft |
| 6 | Burgis Back Nine | 1,120 ft |
| 7 | Sunny Hill Golf Course | 677 ft |
| 8 | Springside Par 3 Golf Course | 523 ft |
| 9 | The Kaddyshack Par 3 Golf Course | 494 ft |
| 10 | New Holland Pitch Putt | 480 ft |
| 11 | Pitch and Putt at Evergreen Golf Course Inc | 383 ft |
| 12 | Alverthorpe Park | 250 ft |
| 13 | Glenhardie Country Club | 137 ft |
| 14 | Bridge Street Golf at Snipes | 54 ft |
| 15 | Salem Harbour Golf Course | 7 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 14 published par-3 scorecards in Pennsylvania, 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 | 2.0% | |
| 50–74 | 40 | 26.1% | |
| 75–99 | 34 | 22.2% | |
| 100–124 | 33 | 21.6% | |
| 125–149 | 23 | 15.0% | |
| 150–174 | 10 | 6.5% | |
| 175–199 | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 200–224 | 4 | 2.6% |