TPC Sawgrass
The Stadium Course
Home To The Players Championship
The TPC Sawgrass has two courses, The Stadium Course and
Valley
Course. For our top 100 golf courses review I'm sure you'll agree if we
stick to The Stadium Course.
The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is home to The
Players
Championship and is widely regarded as one of the toughest golf course
in the world, just try playing it on the play station!!
The
course has been redesigned to make it 'easier' for the pros! When the
first Players Championship was played in 1982, the course was so
difficult that the pros complained, when interviewed after, Jack
Nicklaus commented that he "was no good at stopping a 5 iron on the
hood of a car". Other pros where less complimentary.
The Stadium
Course takes its name after the Pete and Alice Dye designed course
which gives the fans like in other sports a stadium view. Fan at the
TPC Sawgrass sit in 'stands' made of raised mounds of grass.
This
Florida masterpiece is thwart with danger, narrow fairways lined with
hazards and pot bunkers like Venus Fly traps waiting for any wayward
shot. strategically placed palm trees to obscure a wayward approach
shot, and lightning fast green.
Talking of greens, The Stadium
Course at TPC Sawgrass signature hole is the par-3 17th known quite
simply as 'The Island Green'. As I mentioned earlier, I have had hours
of fun with the kids on the play station with this one, (which is the
closest I've got to actually playing the hole).
'The Island
Green' 17th
It's
only a pitching wedge from tee to green, measuring 132 yards, but
requires a precise shot. This is target golf, the green is completely
surrounded by water, and there is nowhere to land the ball except on
the green!
The 17th at TPC Sawgrass is the most celebrated hole
on the tour, with thousands of golf fans sitting high up around the
green, just waiting to see who put their ball in the drink! Huge roars
go out when any pro just lands it on the green!
It is estimated
that around 100,000 balls are retrieved from the surrounding water
every year, balls not just lost by the pros, but by playing tourist
also.
16th hole at Stadium
Course
The
Stadium Course at is rated 45th best course in the United States, and
is officially in the top 100 golf courses in the world.
We had to feature it in our own top 100, I just hope one
day I can out the play station down and play it for real!
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