The Links at Spanish Bay was the first true links course built in America in many decades, but it took years for conveyor belts to deposit sand atop exposed bedrock to return this mined-out sand quarry back to a linksland site. The trio of designers, playfully dubbed "The Holy Trinity," thoughtfully shaped an 18 that looks natural, plays strategically and is sensitive to the coastal wetland environment. The criticism of the course has always been that it looks like a links but doesn't play like one with soft turf and too many carry approaches into the greens. It remains to be seen how designers Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner handle those issues in their upcoming major redesign of the course.