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The Club House
Food:
There is one restaurant at the course and other facilities
at the nearby Marriott Resort.
Pro shop:
Sells clubs, apparel, accessories, and TPC specialty
items.
Background to the
Stadium Course
Architect:
Designed by Pete Dye in 1981, the course now ranks 32nd
in the top 100 clubs in the United States. |
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Type: Resort
Landscape:
Although the layout has been softened (made "more
fair"), its firm and small undulating greens and
angular fairways require a precise aim. The amphitheater
mounding alongside the holes creates a sense of intimacy
whilst at the same time making players feel like they
are performers on a grand stage. Water comes in to play
on almost every hole.
Course facts:
- The Stadium Course is the home of the PGA Tour's member
players and site of The Players Championship, the crown
jewel of the PGA Tour schedule.
- One of the first courses to host both world class
championships and be open to members of the general
public, Sawgrass is credited with opening golf in America
to the wider public.
- Sawgrass was one of the first to combine golf with
a vacation resort. It now hosts more than 40,000 rounds
per year.
- Sawgrass staff estimates that 120,000 to 150,000 balls
are recovered from the water surrounding the dreaded
Island 17th hole each year. |
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Score
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Address:
Stadium Course: 110 Tournament Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach,
FL 32082, USA
Resort: Sawgrass Marriott Resort and Spa, 1000 PGA Tour
Blvd. Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 32082, USA
Website:
www.tpcsawgrass.com
Telephone:
Office: 001 (904) 273-3230
Golf Shop: 001 (904) 273-3235
Fax: 001 (904) 285-7970
Hotel: 001 (904) 285-7777
Courses and length:
There are two courses, the Stadium (18-hole, par 72,
6954 yards from Championship tees) and the Valley (18-hole,
par 72, 6864 yards from Championship tees).
Dress code:
Collared shirts and no denim allowed.
Tee times:
There are two ways to play at the Tournament Players
Club at Sawgrass, either as an Associate Member of the
TPC at Sawgrass and receive member appreciation rates
and reduced rates for accompanied guests, or stay at
the four-star Sawgrass Marriott Resort in Ponte Vedra
and you can play as a guest. Call the Marriott at Sawgrass
at 001 904-285-7777 to reserve your room. Once you've
booked your room, book a tee times at Sawgrass by calling
001 800-457- 4653 within 60 days of your resort reservation.
Handicap:
None
Green fees:
Prices vary from high season (Feb to May) to low season
(September to Feb) from $150 to $290 for the Stadium
Course, and $105 to $155 for the Valley Course.
Other costs:
Carts are $32 per person, club rental $75 and shoes
$20.
Facilities:
A practice facility with target greens, short game area
and a driving range. Golf tuition offered. On the course,
benefit from beverage carts and on-course snack bars.
Location:
It's a 50 kilometers drive from Jacksonville International
Airport. Take the Interstate 95 S from Jacksonville
Int'l Airport for 30 kilometers (to approx eight miles
south of downtown Jacksonville), then take SR-202/J.
Turner Butler Blvd. (exit 101) east to 3rd St./AIA.
Take AIA South six kilometers to Sawgrass entrance at
PGA Tour Blvd. Go through Sawgrass guard gates and continue
for a few hundred metres, then turn left on TPC Blvd.
You could also head from the smaller St. Augustine Airport,
located on Highway 1, approximately 22 miles from club. |
