We’ve met a cast of characters on the front nine, but many personalities remain.
Onward to the back nine at Spyglass Hill:
No. 10: Captain Flint (407 Yards, Par-4)
Original Bob Hanna description: Silver’s parrot may well be echoing “pieces of eight” in the ears of the money players.
Treasure Island reference: The pirate captain of the Walrus who buries the treasure on Treasure Island. Flint’s quartermaster Long John Silver also names his parrot “Captain Flint” in mockery.
No. 11: Admiral Benbow (528 Yards, Par-5)
Original description: Eleven green will provide safe refuge to those who bravely negotiate the sand.
Treasure Island reference: The inn that protagonist Jim Hawkins and his parents run.
No. 12: Skeleton Island (178 Yards, Par-3)
Original description: The shape of the green and the lake guarding it lead the way to the treasure.
Treasure Island reference: Also known as Treasure Island. The perils of seeking the treasure meant risking death.
No. 13: Tom Morgan (460 Yards, Par-4)
Original description: A pirate if there ever was one. One of the most deceiving holes on the course, longer than it looks.
Treasure Island reference: A pirate and mutineer on the Hispaniola who is left marooned on Treasure Island.
No. 14: Long John Silver (560 Yards, Par-5)
Original description: This double dog leg five par will dominate the whole card.
Treasure Island reference: A cunning, sly, peg-legged pirate with a parrot on his shoulder. He’s the cook on the voyage to Treasure Island who is the secret leader of the mutineers.
No. 15: Jim Hawkins (130 Yards, Par-3)
Original description: The only kindly hole on the course. Just a little bit of a shot, but…
Treasure Island reference: The protagonist adolescent boy through which the tale of Treasure Island is told.
No. 16: Black Dog (476 Yards, Par-4)
Original description: The most scurrilous of them all; a name well deserved. Not many will be able to cope with the length of this infamous par four.
Treasure Island reference: The pale pirate missing two fingers who is an old shipmate of Billy Bones.
No. 17: Benn Gunn (325 Yards, Par-4)
Original description: Liked by all; a friendly character, not too long but full of suspicion.
Treasure Island reference: A reformed pirate who has been marooned on Treasure Island for three years by himself.
No. 18: Spyglass (408 Yards, Par-4)
Original description: The home hole toward the sign of the Spyglass.
Treasure Island reference: Spyglass is the location of the largest hill on Treasure Island. Spy-Glass is also the name of a tavern owned by Long John Silver.
See: The Names of the Front Nine at Spyglass Hill
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