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Hole by Hole TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course

TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course – Ponte Vedra, FL is the home of the Annual Players Championship. The course was designed by Pete Dye to enhance the experience of the onsite fan. The TPC Sawgrass facility is also the home of the PGA Tour. The course was designed with the prevailing wind in mind, there are no two consecutive holes that head in the same direction. It defends itself with strategically placed water hazards and large bunker structures in the fairways and around the incredibly fast and hard Bermuda greens. Course Statistics Yardage: 7,215 Yards Tournament Tees Designer: Pete Dye Year Built:…

Augusta Hole by Hole – Layout Overview

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Augusta National Golf Club – Augusta, Georgia Par: 72 Total Yards: 7,435 Designer: Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones While Augusta National Golf Club may look somewhat flat in the picture above, the property actually features dramatic elevation changes, the property dips over 175 feet from the clubhouse to the left of this picture down to the 12th green almost all the way to the right. Augusta National built a new state of the art practice facility before the 2010 Masters. The facility was built on the site of an old parking lot and features a large viewing area for the…