There is no par 2 in golf. The hole in question went from a par 4 to a par 3. Upon further review, the course has issues that maybe directly or indirectly related to the Portuguese landslide.
It was a JOKE. Shorten a Par 3 and what do you get?
I went back and now see you wrote “The hole had to be converted to a par 3 from a par 4.” I thought you wrote converted a Par 3 to a Par 4.