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The 5 Greatest Moments of the PLAYERS Championship in the TaylorMade Era
Amid the pressure of competing to capture golf’s most coveted trophies, it’s easy to see why the game’s biggest stages yield the most compelling memories. While tradition, glory, and lore have come to define these historic moments, many of the iconic images that continue to resonate with fans have occurred since 1979, the year TaylorMade […]
The History Behind Stadium Golf
Despite this year’s tournament being canceled, 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of TPC Sawgrass, a one-of-a-kind venue built specifically with spectators in mind to become the permanent host of The Players Championship. The idea that The Players would reach the level it has today, a tournament considered by many as the unofficial fifth […]
Getting TPC Sawgrass Prepared for The Players
By Adam Stanley How does the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass get ready for such an important stop on the PGA Tour’s schedule each year? It’s not an easy process getting such a prominent venue, which also happens to be a public course, ready for the best players in the world to tackle […]
The Best Pete Dye Golf Courses You Can Play
The brilliant mind of Pete Dye is on view every year as the Players Championship unfolds at TPC Sawgrass. A one-time swamp that the former insurance salesman transformed into a golf course in 1980, the place has seen plenty of controversy in its time, and certain holes (17?) will forever divide opinion. After numerous alterations, […]
PGA Tour Wins Cynopsis Award
On November 10 at an awards ceremony in New York City, the PGA Tour won “Best Use of Virtual Reality Technology” at the Cynopsis Digital Model D Awards. The award came from their PGA TOUR LIVE VR coverage from THE PLAYERS Championship. The PGA TOUR was the first sports league to stream “360” live to Twitter. THE PLAYERS […]
Si Woo Kim Becomes Youngest To Win The PLAYERS Championship
While not officially a major championship, The PLAYERS Championship is routinely viewed as the “unofficial fifth major.” From the quality of the field, to the list of past champions and the difficulty of the course, everything about The PLAYERS has the feel of a major. So when the week began, it’s safe to say that […]
Pros Will See A Different TPC Sawgrass This Week
Right after Jason Day’s winning putt dropped last year, work began on renovating the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. All 18 greens were rebuilt with TifEagle Bermuda grass. The thought process was it would hold up better in the most extreme of both summer and winter conditions. Some of the biggest changes though, can be seen […]
