Innisbrook sits in Palm Harbor, on the Pinellas side of Tampa Bay, and its Copperhead Course is the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship venue. The courses run through tall pine, oak and cypress rather than open coastal flats, and Copperhead ends with a closing stretch the professionals know as the Snake Pit. The resort is clear on one point. Its courses are open to resort guests and members only, so you cannot ring up for a single round. Book a room or a golf package, and you get four Larry Packard layouts to choose from, with Copperhead the one most visitors come for.
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead) green fees and tee times.
Start with the room. Innisbrook states that its courses are open to overnight resort guests and members only. Two packages carry the golf. The Classic includes one round per golfer per night on the South or Island, with cart fee, breakfast buffet, practice-ground use and a daily one-hour clinic from 10am to 11am; Copperhead is an upgrade with a surcharge that varies by season. The Platinum includes 18 holes on arrival and departure days, 36 holes on other days in a rotation with at least one round on Copperhead, and is not sold in July. Neither price is published online, and a US$45 nightly resort fee is added. After booking the stay online, call 877.512.2649 to reserve tee times; the general resort line is 888.794.8627.
The courses at Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead).
Copperhead (par 71, 7,209 yards)
The tournament course. Scheduled maintenance is why the Platinum package is not sold in July, and in 2027 the longest closure runs from 8 June to 1 July. From 1 March 2027 until the Valspar it is cart-path-only and shut on Monday-to-Thursday afternoons, so book mornings.
Island (par 72, 7,194 yards)
The oldest course, which the resort calls equally, if not more, demanding than Copperhead. Tight fairways, water and sand; the resort calls its finishing hole one of the most photographed in Florida, and Golf Digest has ranked the Island among the country’s top 50 resort courses.
South (par 71, about 6,620 yards)
A shorter course with a links-style feel: rolling ground, fairway bunkers, waste areas and water, played in breezes off the Gulf of Mexico. South and Island are the two courses included in the Classic package, so most guests play one of them on their first day.
North (nine holes, par 35, 2,900 yards)
The resort’s only nine-hole layout, with narrow fairways framed by cypress and pine and a set of demanding par threes. Handy for an arrival afternoon.
The round, in perspective.
Larry Packard designed all four courses here. The Island Course came first, completed in 1970, and Copperhead followed in 1974. Copperhead is a par 71 of 7,209 yards, and the resort calls it a lengthy challenge for even the longest hitters. It carries a course rating of 75.9 and a slope of 142, and its record of 61 belongs to Pádraig Harrington, set in 2012. The finish is what people talk about. The 16th is described by the resort as one of the toughest scoring holes on the PGA Tour; the 17th is The Rattler and the 18th The Copperhead, and together they make up the Snake Pit, where the resort says tournaments are won and lost.
Know before you go.
Access
Resort guests and members only
Tee-time line
877.512.2649 after booking the stay
Copperhead, 1 Mar 2027 to Valspar
Cart-path-only; closed Mon–Thu afternoons
Resort fee
US$45 per night
Spikes
Non-metal only
Dress
No tank tops, cut-offs, swimwear or commercial T-shirts; caps worn forward
Food and drink
No outside food, drinks or coolers on course
Make the trip work.
Choose the package by how much Copperhead you want. The Classic is the cheaper base and suits a group happy to play South and Island, adding Copperhead once at the surcharge. The Platinum suits a golf-only trip, since it guarantees at least one Copperhead round and allows 36 holes on full days. Unused rounds are not refunded. Director of Instruction Dawn Mercer runs the clinics; call 727.942.5383 to reserve a place.
Fly into Tampa International (TPA), on the far side of the bay. The resort is on US 19 in Palm Harbor, north-west of Tampa and north of Clearwater, so the drive crosses the bay on one of the causeways and then runs up the Pinellas peninsula. St Pete–Clearwater (PIE) is a closer alternative on the same side of the water.
Staying on site is the condition of play, so Innisbrook itself is the base. The resort has about 300 hotel rooms within a wider estate of some 1,100 privately owned units, so expect a spread-out, residential feel rather than a single tower. Packages include the breakfast buffet, club storage and locker-room service, and the fitness centre is open to package guests. Clearwater’s beaches are a short drive south for a non-golf day.
Make a trip of it.
Saddlebrook, about 35 miles east in Wesley Chapel, plays to a similar stay-and-play model on three new Rees Jones nines, and TPC Tampa Bay in Lutz sells public tee times online, so a three-venue week can be built without long drives. Off the course, the Greek-founded sponge docks at Tarpon Springs are just north of Palm Harbor, and Honeymoon Island State Park in Dunedin has quiet beaches.
Find your season.
November to April is the dry, mild window; from June the afternoons turn hot and stormy. The 2027 Valspar Championship moves from March to May, with tournament week on 3 to 9 May 2027, so expect Copperhead to be unavailable then and limited in the weeks before it. Its 2027 maintenance list also closes it from 8 June to 1 July and for single days through the year.
Can the public play the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook?
Not as a day visitor. The resort says its courses are open to resort guests and members only. Book a room or a package, then reserve your tee time by phone on 877.512.2649. The Platinum package includes at least one Copperhead round.
How much does it cost to play Copperhead?
Innisbrook does not publish a per-round green fee or package price online. The Classic package covers South or Island, with Copperhead as an upgrade at a seasonal surcharge, and a US$45 nightly resort fee is added to every stay. Prices are quoted when you book.
When is the Valspar Championship in 2027?
The tournament moves from its usual March slot to May. The PGA Tour lists the competition rounds as 6 to 9 May 2027, and the resort gives the full tournament week as 3 to 9 May. Plan on Copperhead being given over to the tournament that week.
Last checked 11 November 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
