The biggest match for the PGA National Golf Course is the’Bear Trap’ for holes 15-17, and 75% of players for 14 years have more than one player.
On the 15th hole, the biggest match at PGA National Golf Course, there is a large bear statue and a sign saying “You have entered the bear trap”.
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[아시아경제 김현준 골프전문기자] ‘Bear Trap’.
Nickname attached to holes 15-17 at PGA National Golf Course (par 70/7125 yards) at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA to be. ‘Bear Trap’ is terrifying from the name. Of course, it is the biggest match for determining the champion. Im Seong-jae (23, CJ Logistics) actually gained momentum by thinning two birdies at the 15th and 17th holes on the last day when he won last year.
When Jack Nicklaus (USA) renewed it in 2001, he made the Augusta National Hall 11-13’Amen’s Corner’ as a model, and went straight to the PGA Tour’Notorious Three Consecutive Hall’. Innisbrook (par 71, 7340 yards), the venue of the Bal Spa Champion,’Snake Pit’ and the stage of the Wells Fargo Championship,’Snake Pit’ in holes 16-18 (par 71, 7340 yards), and Quailhalo (par 71, 7554 yards), holes 16-18,’Green ‘Green Mile’ and the like are counted.
Unlike Augusta National, Bear Trap is composed of’par 3-par 4-par 3′. On the teeing ground of Hall 15, a large bear statue and a sign saying “You have entered the bear trap” were erected. The fact that there are two par 3s out of the three holes means that the’auger iron shot’ is absolute. Because of the lake. Of the 650 players who participated in the past 14 years since 2007, 488, or 75%, dropped more than one. You can win just by keeping the par.
A scene where Lim Seong-jae takes a bunker shot at the 16th hole of the’Center of the Bear Trap’ on the last day of the Honda Classic last year.
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Hole 15 (par 3, 165 yards) is the first test zone. The urgent priority is to cross the water and reach the small green. A bunker on the left side of the green, and a water hazard on the right and back. In addition, the wind that changes in direction and intensity from moment to moment adds to the problem of mis-targeting and club selection. On the third day of 2007, Gavin Coles (USA) tee shots flew to the lake four times and a whopping 8 over par, 11 hits, and the unfamiliar’Octuple Bogey’ came out.
Hole 16 (par 4·440 yards) is the most difficult par 4 hole in the PGA Tour. Udogreg Hall, which bends almost 90 degrees to the right along the lake, and above all, the tee shot is important. The fairway slope flows down to the right. The second shot is also 200 yards away, and a difficult journey awaits you to cross the water again. If you go off the fairway, you get at least one blow, and if the ball enters the water hazard, you get a critical hit over a double bogie.
Hole 17 (par 3, 178 yards) is a semicircle to the right. If the tee shot is short, it is caught in a lake, and if it is long, it is caught in a bunker. If the pin is in front of the green, there is really no place to back. The overall difficulty of the three holes is more than one stroke compared to the average number of strokes. One stroke per day and four strokes in four days can change the owner of the championship cup. Domestic fans are expecting that Lim Seong-jae is particularly strong in’Bear Trap’ with 4 birdies, 5 pars and 3 bogies last year.
The 17th hole of the PGA National Golf Course is almost half-circle to the right.
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