Sawgrass receives recognition

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL

The Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass has been ranked No. 29 in the U.S. and No. 50 in the world in Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Golf Courses listings (September 2005). Sawgrass was also named the No. 7 Best Golf Resort in the U.S. and the No. 1 Best Golf Resort in the state of Florida for 2005 by Travel and Leisure Magazine.

Designed by world-renowned golf course architect Pete Dye, the TPC at Sawgrass is the flagship facility to the PGA TOUR’s Tournament Players Club Network and serves as home to THE PLAYERS Championship. The club recently announced plans to initiate an expansive renovation program in 2006. Improvements will include significant infrastructural work to the famed Stadium Course and the construction of a new Mediterranean Revival-style clubhouse.

“We are extremely pleased that the TPC at Sawgrass has received this recognition, and are excited about further enhancing the quality of experience we will provide our TOUR members, resort guests and THE PLAYERS Championship patrons and sponsors through the renovation program,” said Vernon Kelly, president of PGA TOUR Golf Course Properties, who was project manager for the TPC at Sawgrass when it was under construction in the late 1970s. “We’re confident these enhancements will transform the TPC at Sawgrass into a unique five-star golf facility befitting the growing status of THE PLAYERS Championship and the resort.”

Work will begin upon the conclusion of THE PLAYERS Championship (March 20-26, 2006) and be completed in time for the 2007 tournament. While the Stadium Course is scheduled to reopen late in 2006, the Valley Course will remain open throughout construction, with golf shop operations working out of a temporary facility until the new clubhouse opens in 2007.