Official hole guide · Verbatim course-site wording · user-supplied
A great par five that tempts players to cut the corner. With out of bounds on the right, the risk outweighs the rewards. A shot avoiding the bunker on the right will leave the longer hitter a chance to reach this green in two and shorter hitters a better angle to lay up.
Hit the tee shot 235-245 yards from Blue to center the widest mapped first-shot window—approximately 54 yards across, leaving roughly 236 yards to green center.
Recon cue
Stay left of the temptation. The scramble advantage comes from two balls safely in position.
Primary danger
Out of bounds right · right bunker
Dye489
Blue · playing tee476
White449
Gold436
The plan
Hole 17, from above.
AIM 235-245Window ≈54 yds wide
Bunker left · reach 235, through 245
Bunker left · reach 255, through 270
Bunker left · reach 270, through 270
Aim 235-245 · leaves ~236 to center
Imagery: Google Earth · Airbus / Maxar / Landsat-Copernicus. Carry and reach numbers are map-measured planning references calibrated to the official Blue yardage — the strip is a schematic scale, not a GPS readout.
Hole-specific video
See Hole 17 move.
Heron Point · Hole 17 · Pat Bonds Golf full-course play-throughWatch on YouTube ↗