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Hole #16, Par 3, Hndcp 14, Black 204, Gold 194, Blue 181, White 151, Red 125

Right off the back of the 15th green is the ocean and the nearby back-tee of #16. The par three 16th hole measures 204 yards from the back tee and 125 yards from the forward tees, but most of the high handicap players play it from either the 181 or 151 yard tee markers. The 16th green is huge. It's all of 7,000 square feet and it's right at the edge of the ocean. The ocean makes a big bend to the right there and the green goes right around and bends with the ocean. So the left side of the green is easy to get to and the back right is a little more severe. And of course, the prevailing wind is coming from left to right on that hole, blowing toward the ocean.

To the right, off the edge of the green is a natural rock wall straight down to the ocean. So it is possible to hit your ball off the green into the ocean. It's not going to roll of by itself though; you would have to hit it off the green there, because the green slopes mostly back to front. The contour does also run a little north-to-south or left-to-right but it's only falling about an inch and a half every ten feet.

Everyone loves the 16th hole. It's a beautiful hole; you'll never see another one like it. The man upstairs built that hole; I didn't have to do anything except build the green."

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