SMS - 175 Yard Par 3, Average Score, Scratch, 10, and 20

Hack It Out Golf

Golf Swing Productions by Mark Crossfield Greg Chalmers and Lou Stagner

Golf, Education, Sports

4.6 • 488 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

From a reasonably long par 3, what scores are typical for golfers of different levels? In this episode, Lou asks Mark and Greg about scoring averages on a 175-yard par 3. Tiny spoiler: there's a bonus question in this episode, and the answer there provides real insight into course strategy when fairway bunkers are in play.

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0:00.0	Saturday stat time. My new favorite time of the week, I think. Am I reigning champion or not?
0:05.7	Triple reigning champion. I've won three in a row. Three in a row. Hattrick.
0:10.5	What are you three in a row in the UK? Is it a hat trick?
0:14.8	Yeah. No. A hat trick is when you score three goals in one match. You would say three in a row for like winning games. I don't, some people might say Hatrick, you could, but Hatrick is more you score three goals in one game. Okay. He's only source. Yeah, but they don't even, nobody ever scores three goals in one game in soccer. Like that doesn't happen. They do, but that's why it's got its own name. It's Mill-Nell. Yeah, because it's. How was the match? It was nil-nil. Sounds exciting. An American who has no concept of what a draw means. What a surprise. Nil-nil. Not, not. Do you say not-not-not-not? No, that would be now. That would be now. All right.
0:55.2	All right. Not, not. Do you say not, not, not? Nah, that would be ill now.
0:56.0	Not what to know.
0:58.6	All right, there we go.
0:59.8	Let's go.
1:01.4	All right, Saturday's that.
1:07.2	Today we are talking about the typical 175-yard par three. And I want to know what the average score is for scratch, 10, and 20 index players.
1:14.9	So typical 175 yard part three, what will their scoring average be for scratch, 10 index, and 20 index players? Should be a good one. Looking forward to this one. 16th at Augusta plays around that, doesn't it? 175-ish. Is it somewhere in there? 16th, yeah. Yeah, I think it does. All right, I'm curious to see how you guys answer this one. I'm ready. I'm ready.
1:44.6	I'm ready.
1:45.1	All right.
1:45.3	This is an easy one.
1:46.3	I didn't have to think too much.
1:47.3	Did you say it is an easy one or isn't you? This is. This is. This is an easier one. Yeah. Yeah, I think so. No. This is best of three. Best of three. So this is easy, yeah?
2:00.2	Mark, you get to go first.
2:02.7	It's easy for me.
2:04.4	Mark, you get to go first.
2:02.7	It's easy for me.
2:04.3	Mark, you go first.
2:05.6	Scratch players, what do they average on 175-yard par three?
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