Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA | Ranking: #52 — The Global Golfer Top 100
Type: Coastal Parkland | Designer: Pete Dye (1980)
Editor’s Note: The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is the most recognisable course in professional golf — and the 17th island green is the most photographed single hole on earth. Pete Dye built the Players Championship venue as an amphitheatre for spectators; the grass banks and mounding around every green create a gallery-friendly design unlike any other on the PGA Tour. For the visiting golfer, it is a chance to stand exactly where Seve, Tiger, Rory and every great player of the modern era has stood. The 17th will make your hands shake.
Contact & Booking
- Website: tpc.com/tpcsawgrass | Green Fees: From $375 (resort guests); $595 non-resident | Rating / Slope: 76.0 / 155 | Airport: Jacksonville (JAX) — 35 mins.
Championship Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 |
| Yards | 423 | 532 | 177 | 384 | 466 | 393 | 442 | 237 | 583 | 3,637 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | IN | TOTAL |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Yards | 424 | 558 | 358 | 181 | 519 | 432 | 137 | 545 | 440 | 3,594 | 7,215 |
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Key Strategy Notes
- Hole 17 — Par 3, 137 Yards: The most famous par 3 in professional golf — an island green with absolutely no bail-out. 15 of the Players Championship’s 40 years have been decided on this hole. The hole has claimed over 120,000 balls since 1982.
- Hole 18 — Par 4, 440 Yards: Water right throughout — the drive must find the left side to open an approach to a severely bunkered green. The TPC Sawgrass amphitheatre finishing complex holds 30,000 spectators during The Players.
The 19th Hole
- TPC Sawgrass Marriott (5★): Resort hotel adjacent to the course — overnight packages include guaranteed tee times. Book via Expedia →
- St Augustine: 45 minutes south — America’s oldest city, with exceptional seafood restaurants and Spanish colonial architecture.