The way I see it
a few difficult and a few easy pars have their benefits
a course with easy pars and difficult pars...produces excitement off the tee as the deuce or die scenario puts pressure on players to either birdie the easy hole or par the survivor hole as in each half the field often falters. This would be in opposition to the war of attrition type true par holes where most players 3 and we wait until someone messes up for bogey or for someone to score birdie.
I think all 3 type of holes have their place on a course in some kind of harmony
18 true pars is not nearly as much fun as a mix of the 3.
IMO the benefits far outweigh the negatives
a course that caters to an advanced player will be boring scorewise to rec players as "I have to par everything cause I will rarely birdie" just as a course that is catering to rec players will be entirely deuce or die for the advanced....which is also boring scorewise.
An example I will give is whenever I play the gold rated SSA 68 Nockamixon....fantastic course but scorewise its dull for my ability as I am playing par or die golf as I never/rarely get birdies there. Nocky hands it to me and I enjoy the challenge but keeping score becomes pointless once I have taken 3 bogeys as I realize there are no birdies out there for me. Once I get a handful of bogeys I usually don't care as I know my personal best is impossible...zzzzzzzzz
a few difficult and a few easy pars have their benefits
a course with easy pars and difficult pars...produces excitement off the tee as the deuce or die scenario puts pressure on players to either birdie the easy hole or par the survivor hole as in each half the field often falters. This would be in opposition to the war of attrition type true par holes where most players 3 and we wait until someone messes up for bogey or for someone to score birdie.
I think all 3 type of holes have their place on a course in some kind of harmony
18 true pars is not nearly as much fun as a mix of the 3.
IMO the benefits far outweigh the negatives
a course that caters to an advanced player will be boring scorewise to rec players as "I have to par everything cause I will rarely birdie" just as a course that is catering to rec players will be entirely deuce or die for the advanced....which is also boring scorewise.
An example I will give is whenever I play the gold rated SSA 68 Nockamixon....fantastic course but scorewise its dull for my ability as I am playing par or die golf as I never/rarely get birdies there. Nocky hands it to me and I enjoy the challenge but keeping score becomes pointless once I have taken 3 bogeys as I realize there are no birdies out there for me. Once I get a handful of bogeys I usually don't care as I know my personal best is impossible...zzzzzzzzz