Tampa Palms Golf Course
# 1 / Hole #1
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 4
Women's 10
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 433
BLUE 386
WHITE 325
RED 280
Pro Tips
| The 1st hole is a good opener, with the fairway narrowing beyond the 150-yard mark. Smart play is to hit your tee shot with the club that will get you around the 150 mark. The shot to the green is slightly uphill so be sure to take enough club on the approach. |
# 2 / Hole #2
Par: 3
Handicaps:
Men's 18
Women's 18
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 195
BLUE 157
WHITE 122
RED 100
Pro Tips
| Our easiest par 3 by far, the two-tiered green is narrow in the front but quite wide in the middle and back. |
# 3 / Hole #3
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 12
Women's 12
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 391
BLUE 364
WHITE 307
RED 267
Pro Tips
| A short dogleg right where the best drive is down the left half of the fairway. The green is bisected with a ridge and protected in front by a well-placed bunker. |
# 4 / Hole #4
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 2
Women's 2
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 447
BLUE 415
WHITE 392
RED 296
Pro Tips
| A solid, long par 4 with a lake running the entire left side of the hole. A good tee shot to the right of the fairway will leave you a good angle to approach the green with a number of different options as the ball can be bounced in from that angle. The green is protected on both sides by bunkers. The best approach shot is short, allowing for a relatively easy chip to a long, narrow green. |
# 5 / Hole #5
Par: 5
Handicaps:
Men's 6
Women's 8
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 548
BLUE 494
WHITE 472
RED 391
Pro Tips
| A short par 5 with a tight landing area. Get your tee shot in the fairway and you have a good chance to get on or close to the green in two shots. The green is kidney-shaped with the back right area protected by a bunker and a low run-off chipping area. A good chance for birdie should you find the fairway off the tee. |
# 6 / Hole #6
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 16
Women's 14
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 341
BLUE 312
WHITE 277
RED 260
Pro Tips
| A short, straightaway par 4, this is a good birdie opportunity--although your tee shot needs to find the fairway. The green is protected by a bunker short right of the green and a bunker on the left side. |
# 7 / Hole #7
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 8
Women's 4
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 393
BLUE 372
WHITE 345
RED 323
Pro Tips
| A solid mid-length par 4 with a generous fairway. The best angle to approach the green is from the left half of the fairway. The kidney-shaped green is protected by bunkers short and left as well as one on the right. The front of the green is quite narrow so a front in is not as easy as it looks. |
# 8 / Hole #8
Par: 5
Handicaps:
Men's 12
Women's 6
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 518
BLUE 495
WHITE 470
RED 379
Pro Tips
| A reachable par 5 for longer hitters, but for those of you needing to lay up be sure not to get closer than 100 yards as a lake awaits a layup that gets closer than that. The green has bunkers left and right but is also one of our larger ones so getting your approach on shouldn't be that hard. |
# 9 / Hole #9
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 10
Women's 16
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 196
BLUE 170
WHITE 145
RED 119
Pro Tips
| The only par 3 on the course without water but easily the hardest green to hit in regulation. The green is long and narrow, protected by a bunker on the left and one in the back right. You'll really need to hit a straight approach here to give yourself a chance at birdie. |
# 10 / Hole #10
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 9
Women's 9
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 351
BLUE 320
WHITE 302
RED 264
Pro Tips
| This is simply a great, short par 4 where a player must navigate a lake both on the tee shot and approach. A long iron or fairway wood should favor the right half of the fairway, and the resulting approach needs to not only clear the water but also not fly over the green. Choose a club off the tee that leaves you your favorite wedge, then do your best to hit it in the middle of the green. |
# 11 / Hole #11
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 3
Women's 5
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 460
BLUE 431
WHITE 392
RED 374
Pro Tips
| A long dogleg-left par 4, but be careful trying to cut the corner: If your miss is left a huge number is in your future. Favor the right half of the fairway off the tee. Then, on the long approach, if unable to hit the green the miss should be short and left to avoid the bunker on the right and allow yourself a favorable chipping angle. |
# 12 / Hole #12
Par: 5
Handicaps:
Men's 15
Women's 11
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 524
BLUE 496
WHITE 466
RED 382
Pro Tips
| Our widest fairway is on this dogleg right, but you want to avoid the fairway bunker protecting the right side. A relatively short par 5, but the aproach shot must navigate a lake. If going for the green in two beware that over the green is not a good deal better then short in the water. For those attempting to hit it in two, a generous bailout is to the right but that leaves a difficult pitch to a green surronded by water. The lay up is best down the left side as that anlge opens up the approach to any hole location. |
# 13 / Hole #13
Par: 3
Handicaps:
Men's 13
Women's 15
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 209
BLUE 178
WHITE 141
RED 106
Pro Tips
| The prettiest par 3 on the course has a rather large green which is located just over a lake and protected by bunkers short right and left. Best bet here no matter the hole location is to do your best to find the middle of the green, which will offer an easy putt to any hole location. |
# 14 / Hole #14
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 11
Women's 13
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 428
BLUE 393
WHITE 336
RED 266
Pro Tips
| A slight dogleg to the right with fairway bunkers in the landing area down the enitre left side. Avoiding those is key but don't venture too far right as the penalty area on that side will add strokes to your score. A large undulating green allows for a ball to be bounced up. |
# 15 / Hole #15
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 1
Women's 3
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 462
BLUE 434
WHITE 392
RED 374
Pro Tips
| Our longest par 4 is also one of our toughest tee shots. A hidden lake awaits a drive pulled down the left side but the right side is no bargain either as too far right willl have you navigating trees. The green is our only one without a greenside bunker, and the miss for the approach should always be to the left as there is a large grassy area tp pitch from. Miss it right and you generally will pay a heavy price. |
# 16 / Hole #16
Par: 5
Handicaps:
Men's 5
Women's 1
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 549
BLUE 520
WHITE 511
RED 432
Pro Tips
| A true 3-shot par 5 as a creek splits the fairway around 265 yards off the blue tee. Best to play short of this creek then lay up favoring the right side. A lay up down the left brings a lake into play. The farther down the fairway you can take your lay up the better, as it makes the third shot more manageable. The green is surrounded by water short and left with two bunkers on the right. A precise approach shot is required to give yourself a chance at par or birdie. |
# 17 / Hole #17
Par: 3
Handicaps:
Men's 17
Women's 17
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 185
BLUE 150
WHITE 118
RED 80
Pro Tips
| Our signature hole is a visually beautiful hole but requires a tee shot that flies the lake short of the green. The green runs diagonally from front left to back right, and tee shots pushed right often come up short in the water. Be sure to take enough club on the tee shot and you'll have a good chance at birdie. |
# 18 / Hole #18
Par: 4
Handicaps:
Men's 7
Women's 7
Yardage by Tee:
GOLD 374
BLUE 332
WHITE 288
RED 249
Pro Tips
| Although not a long finishing hole, this hole requires two solid shots, both of which must navigate a lake. The lone fairway bunker is your aim point off of the tee. Pick a club to get it as close as you can to this bunker and you will have set yourself up for a short- to mid-iron into a severely sloped green protected by a bunker left and water everywhere else. The approach shot finishing above the hole here will leave you with a speedy downhill putt, so do your best to leave it below the hole. |