The 16th - View across the lake from the tee at The Bear Trap - Champion Course - PGA National Resort and Spa. The green is to the right where you see the bunkers. The way to the green is to skirt the lake.
Sixteen is a par four of 434 yards from the Black Tee. Much of it is over water, scrub and a gigantic fairway bunker. The drive, from the Black Tee, must carry some 240 yards-plus to a point where the hole (notice I didn’t say fairway) doglegs sharply to the right: the second shot must carry the final 190 yards to the green. There’s trouble all the way along the right side – bunker and water. For us lesser mortals the play, even from one of the forward tees, is a drive, a lay-up second to the left taking the water out of play, and then a final chip to the green in the hopes of making the putt. Oh, and did I mention the greenside bunkers? More ladders! This is one tough par 4.
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