ShotLink: the ins and outs of Innisbrook Resort

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The 460-yard par-4 16th was Innisbrook's most difficult hole last year and starts a tough closing stretch.

Mar. 15, 2011

The Copperhead course at Innisbrook Resort is yet another daunting challenge on the PGA TOUR's Florida swing. If you fall behind, don't expect to make up ground in a hurry because the course does not allow many opportunities to pick up multiple shots on one hole:

Courses with the fewest eagles

Rank	Course	Par	Yds	Avg Score	Eagles
1	Silver Rock	72	7403	70.063	6
2	La Quinta CC	72	7060	69.969	8
3	Cog Hill G&CC	71	7616	71.85	9
3	Innisbrook Resort	71	7340	71.722	9
3	East Lake GC	70	7319	70.275	9

Part of this can be attibuted to the fact that the tight course doesn't allow golfers to be very aggressive off the tee:

Courses with the shortest driving distance

Rank	Course	Avg.
1	Spyglass Hill GC	262 yards
2	Torrey Pines (NC	268 yards
3	Innisbrook Resort	269.8 yards
4	Riviera CC	269.9 yards
5	Pebble Beach Golf Links	270.7 yards

If a player is playing aggressive and finding fairways, he can be rewarded with a number of birdie looks:

Courses with the shortest proximity to the hole from inside 100 yards (fairway)

Rank	Course	Avg.
1	PGA West (PC)	13'6"
2	Waialae CC	14'4"
3	Sedgefield Country Club	14'5"
4	CordeValle Golf Club	14'7"
5	Innisbrook Resort	14'8"

While there are birdie opportunities out there, converting them is a whole different story:

Courses with the lowest birdie or better percentage from the fairway

Rank	Course	Pct.
1	Innisbrook Resort	16.4
2	PGA National	17.22
3	Ridgewood Country Club	18.26
4	Aronimink Golf Club	18.51
5	Firestone CC (SC)	19.02

It's always important to finish a round strong, and Innisbrook certainly makes that difficult:

Toughest finishing three holes on TOUR

Holes	Course	Total RTP
16,17,18	Quail Hollow Club	1.009
16,17,18	East Lake GC	0.608
16,17,18	Innisbrook Resort	0.598
16,17,18	Redstone GC TC	0.548
16,17,18	St. Andrews Links	0.547