Hole In The Wall Golf Club

Hole In The Wall Golf Club

Club information
Coordinates	26°11′17″N 81°47′27″W / 26.188099°N 81.790792°W / 26.188099; -81.790792Coordinates: 26°11′17″N 81°47′27″W / 26.188099°N 81.790792°W / 26.188099; -81.790792
Established	1958
Type	Private
Total holes	18
Website	www.holeinthewallgolf.org
Designed by	Dick Wilson, Ron Forse
Par	72
Length	6,237 yards (5,703 m)
Course rating	70.6
Slope rating	128

The Hole In The Wall Golf Club is an 18-hole private golf facility in Naples, Florida

Course

The course was originally designed in 1957 by Dick Wilson, the well-known golf course architect. It opened in January 1958. It had a length of about 6,200 yards (5,700 m) and 103 bunkers.^[1]

In 2009 the course was renovated by Ron Forse. Forse increased the number of bunkers to 109, added a large lake, added a set of longer tees, and built a new practice facility among other changes. The material removed to dig the lake was used to "build up" the entire course to improve grass and course maintenance. The renovation was an outstanding improvement. The new longer course measures 6565 yards has a course rating of 71.8 and a slope of 130. The regular course is 6230 yards has a course rating of 70.0 and a slope of 128.Template:Annual report - Hole-In-The-Wall Golf Club.

Conservation

The club's property includes nearly 50 acres (20 ha) of wetland set aside for wildlife conservation, and is fully certified as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.^[2] The conservation land includes cypress swamps and woods, and 10 acres (4.0 ha) of lakes. The shorelines have been landscaped with aquatic plantings to reduce erosion and provide habitat. Animal life includes gray fox, bobcat and cypress fox squirrel. The University of Florida uses it as a research site for the cypress fox squirrel.^[3] Birdlife includes snowy egrets and great egrets, wood storks, tricolored herons, great blue herons, little blue herons, bald eagles and pileated woodpeckers.^[2]

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