While the 17th hole of TPC Sawgrass' Players Stadium Course is the most recognizable, its 11th hole is a beauty, too.
The PGA Tour is playing the “fifth major” at TPC Sawgrass this week.
Here’s why you should consider playing it this year.
Number one, if you’ve not yet played the Players Stadium Course there, or haven’t been back since its major renovations, you’re in for some very pleasant surprises.
And, to stir interest in TPC Sawgrass during the sluggish economy, the club’s marketing department has been very busy devising specials and bargain packages.
In February last year, for instance, we took advantage of one of the most amazing deals we have ever seen. Read more →
The Sawgrass Marriott is now a nicer place to stay when playing TPC Sawgrass on a Florida golf vacation.
Taking a Florida golf vacation to play at TPC Sawgrass is one of golf’s seminal experiences that is delightfully available to everyone.
But when it comes to playing at this annual PGA Tour stop, one question everyone seems to have is, “Should I stay at the Sawgrass Marriott when playing TPC Sawgrass?”
While you’re no longer required to stay at the Sawgrass Marriott to play at TPC Sawgrass, here’s why you might want to do it anyway. Read more →
The 17th hole is often the highlight of rounds at TPC Sawgrass and Florida golf vacations.
Most weeks, the courses you see during the PGA Tour telecast are private. But not this week. Anyone can play the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, host site of the Players Championship, and we just love that.
Many of you must love it, too, because, for the last few years on the Monday after the Players Championship, and for weeks thereafter, we get flooded with questions about playing TPC Sawgrass on a Florida golf vacation.
This year, I thought I’d try to answer some of your questions in advance given that the editors of Golf Odyssey played TPC Sawgrass just 90 days ago. Read more →
Q: Can you tell me an inexpensive way to play the Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass? Roger S., Cullman, Alabama
If you're flexible about when you take your Florida golf vacation, bargain rates are available TPC Sawgrass
A: World famous island green or not, $375 in high season (March 1st through June 8th) is a lot to spend to play the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, so I’m not surprised you’re looking for a less expensive option during your Florida golf vacation.
The twilight rate in low season (from now to February 28th) is $129, but you’re not guaranteed to finish your round. And honestly, what’s a round at the TPC Sawgrass without playing the famous 17th hole? Read more →
One lucky person is going to tee it up with Jim Furyk at TPC Sawgrass on a Florida golf vacation.
We don’t often alert readers to contests and sweepstakes, but when the prize is a Florida golf vacation to play TPC Sawgrass with one of the best players on the PGA Tour, we feel it’s worth passing along.
One Key is the Mansfield, Mass.-based vacation club running the contest, the grand prize winner of which will be flown (with a companion) to Jacksonville, Fla., put up for two nights in a hotel, and treated to a round of golf with Jim Furyk on TPC Sawgrass, site of the world’s most famous island green and the Tour’s annual Players Championship. The approximate retail value of the trip is six thousand dollars. Read more →
The Players Stadium Course is back to its bold self.
After a nearly nine-month layoff, you can once again include the famed TPC Sawgrass in your Florida golf vacation plans.
The crown jewel of the PGA Tour’s golf course network, the newly named Players Stadium Course (formerly the Stadium Course) at TPC Sawgrass reopened this week following closure for extensive renovations. Read more →
Any golfer who cherishes playing the world’s great courses will find the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass to be one of the great treats of a Florida golf vacation.
Architect Pete Dye’s lustrous Stadium Course — a must-play links on a Florida golf vacation ever since the Players Championship started calling it home in 1982 — is full of unforgettable risk/reward holes.
With its infamous 130-yard, par-3 17th hole surrounded by water, the Stadium Course provides one of golf’s signature playing experiences.
And while the 17th etches the Stadium Course into our consciousness, any number of other holes merit raves and induce comparable amounts of terror.
No matter what other courses you play on your Florida golf vacation, the Stadium Course overshadows them.
In fact, the Stadium Course is so good, with so many memorable holes, it is worth noting that when planning a Florida golf vacation, two rounds at the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass beat any other combination of courses near Ponte Vedra Beach every time.
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