TheVirginia Explorer
The watery closing stretch at The Players Stadium
Course at TPC Sawgrass tests a golfer’s shotmaking
ability and nerve.
Among them are the King & Bear
(golfwgv.com; 904-940-6088) and the
Slammer & Squire (golfwgv.com; 904-9406088), the two official courses of the World
Golf Hall of Fame.
“The King & Bear Golf Course is the only
18-hole collaboration in the world between
Hall of Fame members Arnold Palmer
and Jack Nicklaus,” says Kathy Merrow,
marketing manager for both courses.
In fact, Palmer selected No. 15 on the
King & Bear as one of his “Dream 18” holes
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in a Sports Illustrated feature. The course can
play as short as 5,100 yards or touch close
to 7,300 yards, providing a test to any level
of golfer.
The Slammer & Squire, meanwhile, is a
Bobby Weed design—but he had plenty of
help with consultation from Sam Snead and
Gene Sarazen, whose nicknames give the
course its name. The course features a rich
pine forest and plays to nearly 7,000 yards
from the championship tee markers.
Both courses combine history with a
sense of the present.
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