Hole 16: The Box Car

• Par:
  5
• Tournament:
  538 yards
• Championship:
  508 yards
• Handicap:
  16

Description:

Birdies are frequent on the 16th hole, a comparatively short par five. The green, however, is protected on the left by two huge bunkers and a creek, and the fast split-level green presents all sort of chipping challenges. In the second round of the PGA there were nine eagles here and one score of 9 by the most unlikely of competitors. Jack Nicklaus blocked his teeshot into the hazard, and then lost his 3-wood approach in the trees to the right of the green en route to a quadruple bogey. It was the first time in competition—professional or amateur—that Nicklaus had lost two balls on the same hole, and it led to his missing the PGA cut for only the third time in twenty-seven years.

• Front 9
• Back 9