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Pitch&Putt: a strategic asset for your golf club
Golf is changing. Players want shorter, more accessible formats that fit into busy lives. Pitch&Putt is the perfect complement to your existing course.
90 m
Maximum hole length
1,200 m
Maximum 18-hole course
3
Clubs, one a putter
5 ha
For 18 holes and clubhouse
The opportunity
Why add Pitch&Putt to your club?
More players
Pitch&Putt is a friendly way into golf, and a game everyone can share.
- Less intimidating, ideal for beginners, families and seniors.
- Mixes ages, genders and abilities, all from the same tee.
- Beginners are easier to integrate and stay longer thanks to a friendly, accessible format.
- Seniors keep playing with shorter, less physically demanding holes.
Better use of your land and time
Short rounds on small areas, with limited investment.
- Works on underused or small areas.
- 9 holes in about 1 hour, 18 holes in about 2 hours.
- Perfect for weekday play, work schedules and families.
- More rounds, more competitions, more members.
A livelier club
A social, competitive game your members will want to play.
- Social, inclusive play that brings people together.
- A new, challenging way to play and compete.
- A high-level training tool: wedging and short-game precision, putting under realistic conditions.
- Top coaches use Pitch&Putt to train.
In their words
What the experts say
“Sometimes referred to as the ‘Nursery of Golf’, P&P is a faster, less expensive and more accessible type of golf for a broader range of people.”
The R&A, Golf for Smaller Spaces – A Guide
“We train as much on Pitch&Putt as on long courses. It’s a great tool for very high-level players.”
Renaud Legris, French national coach
The format
Pitch&Putt at a glance
Golf played with three clubs on holes no longer than 90 metres: the same rules of golf, on a short course that is quick to play and easy to look after.
The format was accepted by The R&A in December 2010, when it recognised the International Pitch&Putt Association. Pitch&Putt is also called a “nursery of golf”, a first step to learn the game, and is described as the fastest growing international competitive sport.
Dimensions are suggested guidelines: local conditions will lead to variations.
Beyond the club
For communities and local authorities
Easy installation and low maintenance make Pitch&Putt a good fit for rural, suburban and resort areas looking for sustainable recreation.
Planning a course?
Course layout and development
Suggested guidelines for building a Pitch&Putt course. Local conditions will lead to variations.
PDF · 2 pages
Course layout and development guidelines
Greens, aprons, fairways, bunkers, grass banks and tee boxes, with the format as defined by IPPA.
About 5 hectares
Enough ground for an 18-hole course, a practice area and the clubhouse (about 12 acres).
Greens of 6 to 12 m
From 6-7 m for the smallest to 9-12 m for the largest. Round greens are the easiest to cut and maintain.
Aprons at 1 inch
Mown around every green with a rotary mower: kind to a ball that rolls off the green.
Bunkers 2-3 m away
Kept clear of the edge of the green, so that sand does not end up on it.
Thinking about a Pitch&Putt course for your club?
Pitch&Putt: not “cheap golf”, but a smart, strategic complement to long courses – for clubs, players and the sustainable development of golf.