From The ‘Bear Trap’ To ‘Blue Monster’ & Onto The ‘Snake Pit’.

13 years ago by Comments Off on From The ‘Bear Trap’ To ‘Blue Monster’ & Onto The ‘Snake Pit’.

In the last three weeks the world’s top-ranked players have gone from the Bear Trap at the PGA National course at Palm Beach Gardens and then onto last week’s Blue Monster and the affectionate name for Trump Doral.

This week those competing in the Tampa Bay Championship face – The Snake Pit.

It is the name for the closing three holes on the Innisbrook course here at Innisbrook – par four, 475-yard 16th, par three, 215-yard par three and par four, 445-yard 18th.

Last year, the Snake Pit inflicted venom into the field yeilding just 141 birdies but also 251 bogeys, 27 double bogeys and 10 scores of triple bogey or worse.

The final three holes played 0.455 strokes over par, ranking them as the fifth-toughest closing stretch on the regulat PGA Tour, not counting the four majors.

And how appropriate www.golfbytourmiss.com focuses on The Snake Pit given 2013 is The Year of the Snake.

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