Hole #16, 401 yards, Par 4
This dramatic water hole is probably the hole that most TV viewers would recognize. This dogleg right around a pond does not play as difficult as it looks, but I am sure it feels like a torture test during a Sunday stretch at a major.
While the pond to the right is the major feature for this hole, from the tee, the pond is barely visible and intimidation factor is mostly in your head, rather than visual. Most are going to stay well clear of the water to the left, which will bring rough into play.
Staying short of the pond will mean your approach shot will be entirely over the water.
Based on the original layout, the entire right side rough used to be fairway all the way to the water. A restoration closer to the original design would probably greatly enhance the risk/reward strategy of this hole.
Even if you bomb a drive past the pond, with the combination of the water that juts in just short and around the green on the left and the bunkers guarding the left side, the approach here is no joke.
The large green is bisected by a spine in the middle and slopes left to the water on the right. Hitting a greenside bunker shot is a dicey proposition.