BROOKSVILLE, Fla. -- One of the most affordable and accessible Tom Fazio designs in existence can be found an hour's drive north of Tampa at World Woods Golf Club.
Home to two Fazio designs, the Pine Barrens Course is a dramatic test set in the mold of Pine Valley. It's a mainstay on top 100 public courses lists, checking in at No. 55 in Golf Digest's most recent Top 100 Public Courses in America. Pine Barrens plays very differently from the next-door Rolling Oaks course, also a Fazio design. Pine Barrens features massive waste bunkers guarding most holes and large, severely-undulating greens. While the course plays more than 7,000 yards from the championship tees, perhaps the most well known hole is the drivable par-4 15th, which presents many different ways to play it.
World Woods is one of Florida's most all-encompassing golf facilities. In addition to the 36 holes by Fazio, there is a short course, practice course and circular driving range, not to mention an irons-only range and an enormous putting and chipping green. It's one of the great stay-all-day golf facilities in existence.
World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 3
The par-3 third hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club plays entirely over water.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 4
The par-5 fourth hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club is loaded with waste bunkers from tee to green.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 7
The seventh hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club is a par 3 that plays gently downhill.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 5
The fifth hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club is a short but difficult par 4.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 8
The eighth hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club is a 400-plus yard par 4.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 9
The ninth hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club is guarded by bunkers and plays to an elevated green.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 10
The 10th hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club is a 225-yard par 3.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - greens
The greens are large and fast on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club in Brooksville, Florida.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 12
The 12th hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club features alternate right and left greens.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 14
The 14th hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club is a 580-yard par 5.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 15
A candidate for signature hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club, the 15th is a short but dangerous par 4.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens Course - hole 16
The 16th hole on the Pine Barrens course at the World Woods Golf Club is a long par 3.
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World Woods Golf Club - Pine Barrens