Copperhead Course at Innisbrook - Tampa, Florida.

Kevin Streelman won his first US PGA Tour title at the 2013 Tampa Bay Championship, held at the Innisbrook Golf Resort in Tampa, Florida. As one of four golf courses that make up the offering at Innisbrook, the Copperhead Course has won acclaim from serious leisure golfers and professionals alike.

The Copperhead Course stretches over a total distance of 7,340 yards of lush Florida soil, with weather conditions allowing for play throughout the year. Despite being close to the sea, the course has the feel of an inland course with plenty of changes in elevation that will challenge golfers when it comes to the short game.

For leisure golfers who enjoy a challenge, the Copperhead Course provides an enjoyable 18 holes that will reward players with average-to-low handicaps. Because the course plays host to professional championships on a regular basis, the layout features an abundance of bunkers, with 8 holes including water hazards that require golfers to plan their shots carefully. The course provides many opportunities to make birdie and golfers will enjoy the tree-lined fairways and manicured greens of this premier golf establishment.

The Copperhead Course has a reputation for changing the outcome of golf tournaments during the final moments of play, and this is no surprise considering the difficulty of the course’s final holes. Nicknamed the “snake pit”, holes 16 to 18 have been described as the most difficult closing holes on the PGA Tour.

* The 16th hole is flanked by a huge water hazard that extends for most of the fairway length before a sharp dogleg to the right terminates in an elevated green, flanked by several bunkers.

* The 17th hole, with its tee just meters from the Gulf of Mexico, forces golfers to tee off with sea breeze blowing from behind.

* Finally, the 18th hole features a total of seven bunkers which make low scoring unlikely for all but the best golfers.

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