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Innisbrook Golf Resort

Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida, features four championship courses designed by Larry Packard, including the Copperhead Course opened in 1992. The Copperhead is noted for its challenging layout through pine forests and water hazards and has hosted PGA Tour events such as the Valspar Championship and Transitions Championship.

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Bronze snake sculpture coiled around a tree stump marks the entrance to Copperhead Golf Course at Innisbrook Resort in Palm
The Snake Pit sculpture marks the entrance to the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida. It refers to holes 16 through 18, a stretch nicknamed "the Snake Pit" for its difficulty during tournament play. Copperhead has hosted the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship annually since 2000, and the closing holes are known for producing late-round swings in the leaderboard.
Water hazard bordered by cypress trees with Spanish moss at Innisbrook Resort golf course, Palm Harbor, Florida.
Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor sits on roughly 900 acres of rolling terrain, unusual for a Florida golf property, which the resort's course designer Larry Packard used to shape fairways around existing stands of cypress and pine rather than flattening the land. The ponds and wetland margins that thread through the property are original to the site, left in place as natural drainage for the courses when they opened in 1970. Spanish moss, a bromeliad rather than a true moss, grows naturally on the bald cypress trees found throughout the resort's grounds. Innisbrook's Copperhead Course has hosted the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship since 2000.
Waterway with palmettos and live oaks draped in Spanish moss at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Innisbrook Resort sits on roughly 900 acres in Palm Harbor, built around four golf courses, including the Copperhead Course that hosts the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship. Water features like this one thread through the property, doubling as drainage and irrigation infrastructure for the courses while also serving as hazards in play. Live oaks draped in Spanish moss and native cabbage palms line much of the resort's undeveloped acreage, a deliberate holdover from the land's original central Florida hammock terrain before the courses were laid out in the 1970s.
Mature live oaks with Spanish moss line a paved drive at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor opened in 1970, built around a golf-course community roughly 30 miles northwest of Tampa. Architect Lawrence Packard laid out the original courses, and the resort's Copperhead Course has hosted the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship since 2000. Live oaks and Spanish moss line much of the property's roadways, a common feature of Gulf Coast Florida landscapes that predates the resort's development. The grounds cover more than 900 acres, mixing wooded areas with fairways and lodging built for golf travelers.
Golf green with sand bunker and flag marker on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course opened in 1970, designed by Larry Packard on rolling terrain unusual for Florida golf. The course has hosted the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship since 2000, with its par-4 16th and par-3 17th forming part of the closing stretch nicknamed the "Snake Pit." Copperhead measures over 7,300 yards from the championship tees and remains the resort's signature layout among its four courses.
Directional signage at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida, listing amenities including golf, tennis, and dining facilities
Innisbrook Resort's wayfinding signs guide visitors to its network of clubhouses and amenities, each tied to one of the property's four golf courses. The Island Clubhouse serves golfers at the Island course and houses the Turnberry Pub, along with the resort's Golf Institute and tennis center. The Osprey Clubhouse handles guest registration and includes the Market Salamander Grille, while the Copperhead Clubhouse is home to Packard's Steakhouse, named for golf course architect Larry Packard, who redesigned Innisbrook's courses in the 1970s. The Copperhead Course has hosted the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship since 2000. A separate sign points toward the resort's real estate sales office, and the Lochness Monster Pool, one of Innisbrook's recreational features, is marked among the listed destinations.
Stone arch bridge crossing a water hazard on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida.
The Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort was designed by Larry Packard and opened in 1970. It's one of four championship courses on the property and has long served as the host site for the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship, known in earlier years under sponsor names including the Tampa Bay Classic and the Chrysler Championship. Stone footbridges and water hazards weave through the layout, which is known among tour players for its demanding closing stretch, nicknamed the "Snake Pit."
Golf course water hazard with wooden bridge, manicured fairways, and tall pine trees at Innisbrook Resort.
The Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida, opened in 1970 and was designed by Lawrence Packard and Bill Bartholomew, with later revisions by architect Robert Cupp. Its pine-lined fairways and elevation changes are unusual for Florida golf courses, which typically play flat. The course has hosted the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship annually since 2000, and its par-4 16th and 17th holes, part of a stretch nicknamed the "Snake Pit," are considered among the tour's most demanding closing sequences.
Innisbrook Resort entrance topiary in Palm Harbor, Florida, beside a pond and golf course landscaping.
Innisbrook Resort's hedge-carved sign greets golfers near the entrance to its Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida. The Copperhead Course has hosted the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship since 2000, drawing players to its tree-lined fairways each spring. Innisbrook's grounds sit on roughly 900 acres of what was once cattle ranchland before development began in the early 1970s.

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