| Though not the slightest bit famous, (though there is now a Nationwide event there), I really like the 16th hole at the Miccosukkee Golf & Country Club, otherwise remembered by locals by it's old name, Kendale Lakes.
The 16th hole is a par 5 where, if you can carry a drive about 260, you can play over water to the left side and leave an open shot with a really long fairwood to reach the green in two. If you can't hit it that far, you play safely down the right, but then must aim left on the second shot to avoid water down the right side.
If your drive is on the left side, you can also lay up with a longer margin for whatever your comfort zone with wedges might be. This is because after you pass the lake on the left, there is a canal that crosses the fairway in front of the green. It angles in such a way that there is more room on the left. You have to play short on the right. leaving about 150 yards for your 3rd shot.
The green is slightly elevated and rolls dramatically from back to front and it has bunkers on 3 sides, so if you have to hit a bunker shot, you have to aim way above the pin from the sides and watch it break, or face a fearful shot from the back bunker. From there, it's quite possible to hit the ball back across and off the green, or even all the way into the canal if you miss to the left side where the canal is near. (Left side as you face back down the hole)
You can run it up in front, but you have to run it to the middle of the green or you may roll back down to that plateau in front of the green, leaving a 30 yard pitch to the second level where the pin is always sticking it's tongue out at me!
We always felt it was a really good thing this hole came at the end of the round. We had an easy par 3 and an easy par 4 to finish because we were usually mentally exhausted after playing 16.
From what I understand, the pros on the Nationwide Tour averaged exactly par on the hole.
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