July 9, 2026 · Caddie Tap course data team
"Executive course" is golf's most underrated phrase. It means: real golf, half the time, half the price. Across our 902 GPS-measured 18-hole courses, here are the shortest genuine eighteens.
| Yards | Par | Course |
|---|---|---|
| 3,036 | 57 | Antelope Greens Golf Course |
| 3,135 | 58 | The Evans at Canal Shores |
| 3,138 | 60 | Deep Cliff Golf Course |
| 3,205 | 57 | Gem Lake Hills Golf Course |
| 3,275 | 60 | Lakes East Golf Course |
| 3,463 | 59 | Cherry Creek Country Club |
| 3,485 | 58 | Broken Tee Golf Course |
| 3,571 | 59 | Durango Hills Golf Club |
| 3,597 | 58 | Southwinds Golf Course |
| 3,700 | 60 | Angel Park Golf Club |
| 3,782 | 60 | Desert Willow Golf Course |
| 3,828 | 62 | David L. Baker Golf Course |
| 3,897 | 61 | Steel Canyon Golf Club |
| 3,919 | 62 | Fox Creek Golf Course |
| 4,159 | 62 | Walnut Lane Golf Course |
A 3,500-yard eighteen is 30+ scoring shots inside 150 yards — the exact shots that decide your handicap. It's also a round you can walk in 2.5 hours (see how long 18 holes really takes). Bring your GPS anyway: short courses have small greens where front-vs-back is still two clubs.
Get Caddie Tap — Free on the App StoreA shorter 18 (or 9) built mostly of par 3s with a few par 4s — usually par 54–66 and 2,500–5,000 yards — designed to be played in about half the time of a regulation course.
The shortest full 18 in our GPS data plays about 3,036 yards (par 57).
It's the best practice money can buy: more wedges and short irons per hour than any range session, usually at half the green fee.
Data: Caddie Tap GPS course database — distances measured along each hole's playing line, middle-tee geometry.