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TPC Sawgrass - The PLAYERS Stadium

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 7245 yards
Slope 155
Rating 76.4

The world renowned Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is the first course of its kind. Built with the intention of being home to THE PLAYERS, it was created for spectators. It was designed as the first stadium-style golf course, offering fans clear and stunning views. The challenging layout is routed so that no two consecutive holes ever play in the same direction. Traditional Scottish links-style bunkers, sandy waste areas, and water hazards that come into play on every hole make the Stadium Course even more interesting. There are also hundreds of oaks, pines, and palms throughout the course. One of the most widely known, and feared, holes in golf is No. 17, notorious for its treacherous island green.

Course Details

Year Built 1981
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

Reviews

4.9
111 Reviews (111)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 17
Patio Dining 16
Dinner 14
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 24
Water Hazards 24
Undulating Greens 21
This course/club is great for:
A Bucket list/Top 100 Pick 25
Advanced Golfers 21
A Weekend Splurge 18
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 16
Worth the Drive 12
Convenient to the City 11

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Reviews 43
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful and challenging

Great course. I used my free threesome from GolfNow to play w/ two friends and we had a great time. We will definitely return.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A very demanding course.

Dye on Weed... very demanding, but greens were slow because they just overseeded and cart path only created very long walks.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

#17 is amazing

This is a MUST PLAY course for anyone who makes their way through Jacksonville... absolutely love Sawgrass.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Not easier the 2nd time

I have played TPC Sawgrass twice. It is a tough course no matter how many time you play it. The holes play very long. You will be hitting a lot long irons and woods into greens. The putting surfaces are undulating and quick. Obviously the par 3, 17th hole gets all of the attention. They usually have the pro tees blocked off with a net so that amateurs wont destroy the tee box. Depending on your caddie you may be able to take a swing. Hitting from the regular tee is not as much fun.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Walked

Pete Dye Classic

The Stadium Course is known for the island green at number 17 as the center point of the dramatic final three holes.

It should also be known as a classic Pete Dye test where there's more to every hole than what you can see. Tricking the eye is a staple in golf course architecture and Pete Dye does it as well as anyone.

Course is difficult, but also fun to play. The final three are great risk/reward holes and you have to love the island green!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course!

Wife & I played just after very heavy rains. Course was saturated which made it play much longer than the rated distance. We look forward to returning but on a day when Mother Nature is kinder. Course was immaculate and the staff was superb...a first class experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This is as good as it gets!!!

1st time playing the Stadium course. Absolutely beautiful. As challenging as they come. Greens play like a gym floor. Rough is deep and mean.
By all means use a fore caddie. Ours was great, and helped to make our day. He helped us with distances, was great with reading greens, and easily covered his tip with locating balls.
1st class course and organization from start to finish.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

sawgrass...enough said

great course,friendly staff,fantastic experience...every golfer should play this course at least once

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The best of the best!!

WOW...This course is amazing! From the minute you drive onto the property you know you are in for a treat. Our caddy was incredible. He knew where every blade of grass was and how to read the greens perfectly. Leave your GPS in the bag because you wont need it here. The greens are fast and the rough is tough. You have to keep it in the fairway to score low. I would recommended this course to all golfers looking to have a true PGA experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Get a Caddie

Fantastic course condition in late Sept. I nabbed a great price ($225) with golf now and decided to pay the extra hundo for a caddie to walk with me. The caddies are faster than using your gps/rangefinder and earn their money on reading the greens. The course is challenging but great shots are very rewarding and if you stick the tee shot on 17 while your partners are wet, it makes you feel like a million bucks. Well worth the money.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Shot making Golf Course

As lots of people say... it is a shot making golf course that calls for accurate drives off the tee. Course was in great shape and it was obvioulsy a treat to play the Island Green at 17.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 64
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
First Time Playing

TAKES PRISTINE TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL

FROM RECEPTION TO STAGING TO PRE-GOLF TO FIRST TEE, THE BEST ORGANIZED & EXECUTED PLAN EVER. I THINK EVER BLADE OF GRASS ON THE PROPERTY WAS EXACTLY THE SAME SHADE OF BRILLIANT GREEN. OF COURSE THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS CAME AT THE AWESOME 17th. THERE IS GENERALLY A SMALL BACK-UP HERE ON MOST DAYS.THE OOOHS & AAAHS OF THE GATHERED PLAYERS, TRANSPORTED ME STRAIGHT TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE PLAYERS' .

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Every golfer in the world should play this course once.

Their is not much more I can say other than fantastic. Staff was great, fore caddie helped, even the turkey wrap was delicious. I'm poor so this probably was my only chance to play this course. For the rest of my life I can watch the TPC and say " I hit one into the water on 17."

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Stadium in great shape

Played the stadium course - slow round as usual - but i was ready for that. TRUST your caddy for yardages and reading greens

The place was in fantastic shape - one other draw back is a lot of maitenance crews on the scene - but gthat is why it is in such great shape

Conditions Excellent
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Stadium Course

Playing this course was a true high point in my life. The whole round from start to finish was awesome. The clubhouse was incredible. The staff treat you like royalty. The course is pristine and super hard. Some tee shots give you some forgivness. But, if you miss and get the rough good luck. If you miss the greens on your approach watch out it is punishing. Having a chance to play a PGA Tour course with all the history and where so many great players have been was surreal. After my round I had even more respect for what the pros can do. Had a great caddie Craig made the round even more enjoyable. Make sure you tip well. Thank You Golf Now!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect golf experience

The course is absolutely beautiful but tight! Stay in the fairway...the rough will eat up your ball. Make sure you watch where your ball goes into the rough, you practically have to be on top of it to find it! Water in play on almost every hole!
Practice facilities, club house, and food are best in town!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

CART PATH ONLY REALLY :- \

A fantastic place to play golf, a we bit over board on cart path only.
The reason they give is that they want to keep the course in the best
condition possible. This however makes for a less than enjoyable round, too much walking. You best get a caddy that will make it more enjoyable...

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fairways Required

This course has one consistent defense; two in the summer. The water is ever-present and in the summer, especially a wet one like this has been, the rough off of the fairways will receive your ball like the clowns mouth on the 18th hole of the Fun-House of Putt-Putt Golf...Ok, its not really that bad, but you sure want to be in the fairways.

Also, the practice green was firm, smooth, and quick while the Valley's actual greens were softer and somewhat slower, with significant grain influence on direction and pace.

This place would be worth it everyday at the Golfnow rate I paid.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Ranger

Two holes open in front of three groups. Very Hot day three groups on the last three holes. No ranger to be found. Left and did not play the last three holes. Just beware it will be a long day. No reason ranger can not move people along.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Stadium Course Review

I can honestly say I've never had a better golf experience than the one I had at TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course. Not only was the course amazing the staff and amenities that surrounded the course were amazing. It's without a doubt a once in a lifetime experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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