The Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, site of this week’s Players Championship on the PGA Tour, was designed by Pete Dye – with help from his wife, Alice, most noticeably on the famed island-green, par-3 17th. It opened in 1980 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and has been home to the Tour’s flagship tournament since 1982.
The Players Stadium Course ranks No. 1 in Florida on Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play list for public-access layouts. It also ties for No. 12 on Golfweek’s Best list for all public-access courses in the U.S., and it ties for No. 21 on Golfweek’s Best list of all modern courses opened in or after 1960 in the U.S.
The course will play to 7,256 yards with a par of 72 for the Players Championship.
Thanks to yardage books provided by StrackaLine – the maker of detailed yardage books for thousands of courses around the world – we can see exactly the challenges the pros face this week. Check out the maps of each hole below.
