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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 Copperhead Golf Course...home to the PGA TOUR's Chrysler Championship, and the Highlands South with the longest par-5 in the state of Florida. 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 Highlands South Course stretches almost 6,800 from the back tees, this course features the longest Par 5 in the state. Highlands South promises undulating terrain and elevation that brings the wind into factor when making club selection. Ample waste bunkers and 10 water hazards offer a great challenge. This course is almost a links style, both in its set-up and the way it plays with its fairway bunkers and rolling terrain. Golfers get off to a moderately easy start with a straightaway par-4 that plays at 335 yards from the back tees and 250 from the forward. You do have to avoid a large bunker on the left and trees on the right. There's a great par-3 on the third hole that measures 180 yards from the back tees and 100 from the front. This hole has a very narrow green that measures about 40 feet at its deepest point. There's plenty of water in front of the green. Accuracy and distance control is very important here. If you're short, you'll end up in the water. If you're long, you'll be in the back bunker. The No. 9 hole on this course is also a challenging par-3 that plays at 210 yards from the back tees and 160 yards from the forward. It's not a true island green, but it's surrounded on three sides by water on the sides and in the back. It's a peninsula surrounded by bulkheads. You have to hit a very straight shot to this large, two-tiered green that slopes back to front. This hole is definitely affected by the wind in front of you or behind you. It's all carry here, although short of the green is a lay-up area. No. 13 hole on the Highlands South is the longest par-5 in the state of Florida. The back tees are placed at 630 yards; the forward at 450. The back tees are only for the strong-willed player on this double dogleg. The difficulty here is mostly in the length and in the moguls that will bump your ball up and down the fairway. A nest of fairway bunkers guard the approach area on your second shot. There's not a flat lie anywhere. No. 18 is a picturesque par-3 finishing hole (185 yards from the back tees and 150 from the forward) that requires a medium to long iron shot over water to a deep green.
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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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