Trinity Forest
Trinity Forest
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Course Type
Private -
GOLF Top 100 Courses in the U.S. Rank (2024-25)
96 -
Year
2016 -
Architects
Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw -
Par
72 -
Yardage
7,617
Course Overview
Just south of the city center, this course shares many of the same playing characteristics of the Old Course at St. Andrews. The ground is rumpled, and much of the fun is derived from watching balls disappear over humps or down into swales — and wondering if they will reappear. Superintendent Kasey Kauff keeps Trinity’s Zoysia fairways at lightning speed, meaning trying to maintain control of your ball over these frictionless surfaces is quite the challenge. The PGA Tour conducted an event here for several years during the rainy season, cheating viewers from appreciating how fascinating — and strategic — this Coore & Crenshaw design really is. Today, the nines are again played in the sequence that Coore & Crenshaw intended, which means that the short par-3 17th, with its innovative double punchbowl green, is in the climactic position it deserves.
