TPC Sawgrass: Hole 12

HOLE 12
PAR 4, 302 YARDS
SCORING AVERAGE: 3.621

Front Nine: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Back Nine: 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18

The 12th was redesigned before the 2017 tournament into a risk/reward, driveable par-4 with water down the left. It was tweaked a little last year, but fundamentally remains the same. Players stepping on the tee have a simple decision – go for it with a driver or fairway, or hit a mid-iron and a wedge. The latter is the safer option, but when tour players have a drivable par 4, they find it hard to resist!

A large fairway bunker stretches the length of the left side of the fairway and forces an accurate shot off the tee for those that do not attempt to drive the green. Fifty yards of fairway lies between the end of the fairway bunker and the green, but the ground slopes severely from right to left, towards the water. The green has several tiers, and slopes dramatically toward the water. Even so, whatever they choose to hit, most players will expect to birdie the 12th.

NEXT: HOLE 13 >>