EXPLORE THE COURSE
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Hole 16 Par 5 523 yards
"Depending on how long you are, this hole is a dogleg left. It's 3- wood to driver, and you want your shot to be turning over to keep it in the fairway. If you don't, you're going to run through the fairway on the right and then you'll have to lay up. And the layup is not easy – you want to get it just over the knoll there on the right-hand side, but if you hit it too far, the tree on the left-hand side will block your third shot. This is a good risk-reward hole. If you hit a good shot, you're going to get rewarded. I got lucky and got rewarded by sinking the putt for eagle there (in 2006's final round)."
-- STEPHEN AMES THE PLAYERS Champion, 2006 
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Hole OverviewThis short par 5 will give many players an opportunity to reach the green in two shots. A fairway wood or long iron will be required for the second shot, which must carry a large lateral water hazard, a maintained bunker and a bulkhead. All of these obstacles are to the right of the hole and start 160 yards from the green. To the left, a cluster of oak trees blocks a clear path to the green. Players who do not choose to attempt the green in two shots must direct their second shot to the narrow area protected by a grass bunker, a water hazard and the cluster of oak trees. The green has two tiers, sloping left to right toward the water that wraps around the rear of the green. There is a new spectator mound behind the green.
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