The King & Bear:
Arnie and Jack's Florida Masterpiece .
A couple exits south of Jacksonville on I95 is The World Golf Village, a sprawling tribute to everything golf. A little west of the complex on 9 Mile Road, is a private residential enclave that features a uniquely wonderful compilation design by arguably the two biggest names in golf. Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, two if the games most noted players and designers, have carved a beautifully crafted routing with rolling fairways, vast ponds and trademark drivability. The course rolls around expansive ponds lined with beach bunkers and vast woodlands. A very driver friendly design, The King and Bear also presents tricky, well protected green sites guarded by slope, elevation change and plenty of water and sand. A great blend of length, precision and shot shaping is needed to face this challenging course of legends as a perfect addition to the World Golf Village Resort.
Course Stats:
Par 72, 5119 – 7279 yards, rated 68.8 – 75.2, slope rating 123 – 141
Daily Fee Access and for guests of The World Golf Village Resort
Location:
St. Augustine, Florida
Yardages:
| Hole 1 | Hole 5 | Hole 6 | Hole 15 | ||||
| Par 4 | HCP 5 | Par 5 | HCP 15 | Par 3 | HCP 17 | Par 4 | HCP 4 |
| Green | 342 | Green | 434 | Green | 125 | Green | 220 |
| White | 371 | White | 497 | White | 147 | White | 302 |
| Blue | 381 | Blue | 519 | Blue | 157 | Blue | 311 |
| Black | 399 | Black | 532 | Black | 180 | Black | 334 |
| Stone | 426 | Stone | 546 | Stone | 194 | Stone | 360 |
Feature Holes Descriptions:
The opening hole is a Par 4 with plenty of teeth. Your first drive of the round is over water and a huge beach bunker, best played with a left to right ball flight to avoid the hazards. The multi-tiered green guarded by traps in front will test your putting right out of the gate. The first of the Par 5 holes, Number 5 is a tricky risk / reward dogleg right. A vast pond and another beach bunker tempt the big hitter, while a well placed pot bunker hides in the middle of the expansive fairway right it the landing area on your second shot. The Par 3 sixth hole plays back over the pond and another enormous beach bunker. The heavily sloped green is raised and well protected by bunker fingers. A back right pin is flat out nasty here. Mr. Palmer identifies Hole 15 as one of his favourite designs. A short Par 4, this hole can be played many ways to avoid the water right and the stone facing protecting the green jutting out into the pond.
Contact:
The King and The Bear
1 king and Bear Dr,
St. Augustine, Florida,
32092
(904) 940-6200
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