As you stand on the third tee, a beautiful par three, you begin to realize that Joe Lee is a master at protecting his greens from wayward shots. The bunkers front left and to the right demand a carefully placed shot to the green or you’ll be one putting for a par. Any shots to the right in front of the green leave a difficult to pitch if the pin is on the left side of the green. The raised green is slanted from back to front and features a subtle left to right slope in the front that makes holding the green a challenge. One of the hallmarks of Bent Pine is the Tif-Eagle greens which typically run 11 to 12 on the stimpmeter and are in impeccable shape.