When TPC Sawgrass opened in the fall of 1980, it represented something entirely new in professional golf. Built on 415 acres of northeastern Florida swampland about a mile west of the Atlantic Ocean, ...
The golf course that Pete Dye built for the PGA Tour in Ponte Vedra Beach in 1980 was a different animal than the course that hosts The Players Championship we see today. Dye’s original Stadium Course ...
View post: Rick Pitino's Behavior With Big Lead in NCAA Tournament Draws Attention A course born from controversy. TPC Sawgrass opened in 1980 as golf’s first course built for tournament spectators.