After you both convert your Handicap Index to a Course Handicap, you receive two strokes a side from your match-play opponent. Now it’s time to plot some strategy, based on a glance at the scorecard ...

The first par-3 course opened in Portsmouth, England, in 1914 for vacationers and beginners to play a little golf without taking all day. Since then, in the last 100-plus years, a debate springs up ...