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![]() ![]() Located 20 miles from Tampa International Airport on Florida's sparkling Gulf Coast, Innisbrook has become one of the country's most celebrated golf destinations. As golf is a game of tradition, Innisbrook consistently offers both sensational service and the type of pristine course conditions that one might expect to find at the finest private country clubs. Here you'll find four championship layouts, including the top-ranked Copperhead Golf Course...home to the PGA TOUR's Chrysler Championship. Copperhead is ranked #4 by Travel & Leisure Golf's rankings of Florida's Top 50. The readers of Golf Digest also just named Innisbrook to the highly respected "Best Places to Play" listings. In addition to four outstanding golf courses, the resort also offer three award-winning golf shops and The Innisbrook Troon Golf Institute, rated one of America's Top 25 Golf Schools by Golf Magazine. All this in a private, wooded oasis with all the amenities one would expect of a full-service resort destination. Course Description: The Copperhead undoubtedly is The golf course that most lovers of golf are familiar with. After all, they've seen America's greatest golf stars taking on its pine tree-lined fairways and rolling terrain during the PGA TOUR’s Chrysler Championship each fall. So you, like many other visitors to Innisbrook, will want to make the Copperhead one of your must-places to play. With its unusual elevation changes, the natural setting of the Copperhead course will probably remind you of a Carolina layout rather than Florida's West Coast. The Copperhead, of course, is ranked in "America's Top Resort Courses" by Golf Digest and No. 4 in the state by Travel & Leisure Golf's Florida's 50 Finest. From the tournament tees Copperhead presents a stern test of golf. At 7,300+ yards, this par-71 layout is designed to challenge the players of all ability levels. The course is best described as a daunting layout. Larry Packard put together a stunning design that combines narrow, tree-lined fairways with elevation change and very firm, fast greens. It's absolutely breath-taking from tee to green." The course opens with a par-5 (560 yards from the back tees and 450 from the forward) that is a sweeping dogleg right with a tee box perched some 50 feet above the fairway. The placement of the second shot must be accurate to set up a birdie chance here. One of the favorite holes here is the par-5 No. 5 (605 yards from the back tees and 465 from the forward). This is a hole that's challenging from tee to green. It has a huge uphill elevation change from the tee to the landing area, then about 200 yards out from the green, it starts to drop dramatically back down. You have a blind shot for your second shot going over the hill. Then the green slopes away from you as you make your approach shot. Despite the difficulties, this is one of our most-photographed holes. No. 14, a par-5 that measures 570 yards from the back tees and 510 from the forward, is another of Lawrence Packard's famous double doglegs - one that goes right, left and then right to the green. It's definitely a risk-reward par-5. Players that can carry the water on the right and avoid a massive bunker on the left have a birdie opportunity. You don't want to make a mistake on your second shot. There's a two-tiered green so if you're short, your ball could roll back down off the green. If you're long, it could roll the other way.
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Location: Palm Harbor, Florida, USA 36750 US Highway 19 North, Palm Harbor, FL 34684 Architect: E. Lawrence Packard Carte Blanche Golf Program Amenities*:
Carte Blanche Cardmember Green Fees*:
**Rate varies seasonally; ½ shared cart included in rate. |
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