The Players Championship. Penultimate hole. Island green. Safe or splash. What more is there to say?
The par 3 surrounded by water is certainly daunting to look at, particularly at the Players Championship, where Tour players tee it up from just inside 140 yards. The same goes for amateurs who get the chance to tee it up at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, though many are probably thinking about the iconic par 3 the whole round.
If the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass is on a golf fan’s bucket list for must-see-in-person tournament golf (and in some cases, must-play), what are some of the others? The Road Hole at St. Andrews? The seventh hole at Pebble Beach?
Here are 23 more of our choices for bucket-list holes you should get to in person if you ever get the chance:
17th hole, Old Course, St. Andrews
Par 4, 495 yards
There’s a blind tee shot over the old faux coal sheds outlined by the boundary fence for the Old Course Hotel. Too often the road becomes a resting place for wayward approach shots. The perched green wraps around the Road Hole Bunker, the one must-avoid spot on the course.
