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Marriott
SAWGRASS GOLF RESORT
5 Championship
Courses including the famed TPC Stadium Course
Among the most
distinguished
highlights at the Sawgrass Marriott Resort is the famous
6,857-yard TPC
at Sawgrass Stadium Course. Designed by Pete Dye, the TPC at
Sawgrass
is ranked among the top 35 in the United States and among the top 60 in
the world, according to Golf Magazine. Here, you can match your skills
against "The Most-Photographed Hole in the World," the No. 17 par-3
Island
Hole, where many of the world's greatest golf professionals have put
their
skills to the test. Four other course options at the Sawgrass Marriott
Resort offer their own unique nuances of play.
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Marsh
Landing
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6434 |
72 |
135/71.5 |
Ed
Seay |
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Oakbridge
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6383 |
70 |
129/70.5 |
Ed
Seay |
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Sawgrass
CC
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7002 |
72 |
142/74.3 |
Ed
Seay (27 holes) |
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TPC
Stadium
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6514 |
72 |
133/71.5 |
Pete
Dye |
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TPC
Valley
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6524 |
72 |
127/71.3 |
Pete
Dye |
TPC STADIUM
COURSE
Ranked
as #5 among Golf Magazine's "Top 100 Courses You Can Play," the TPC at
Sawgrass is the home of THE PLAYERS Championship in March, which hosts
an elite international field of past champions including Tiger Woods,
Davis
Love III, Fred Couples, David Duval, and Greg Norman. Treacherous and
sand
waste areas, watery oppositions on every hole, and Scottish link style
bunkers are signatures of this famed par-72 course.
Before the
Stadium Course came along
in 1980, few golf courses that hosted championships were accessible to
the general public. Most major championships took place on private
layouts.
The TPC at Sawgrass, one of 21 in the Tournament Players Club network,
changed the dynamics of golf participation in the U.S. Now, the average
player can test their abilities on the same 6,857-yard
crucible where the world's finest players displaced divots.
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TPC VALLEY
COURSE
The
newest challenge at Sawgrass, fashioned in the grand tradition of the
Tournament
Players Club as a tough complement to the TPC at Stadium Course. Water
comes into play on 6,838 yards along 18 holes, while fairways filled
with
hills and valleys create additional challenges.
Designed by
Pete Dye, Bobby Weed,
and player consultant Jerry Pate, the Valley Course is the "younger
brother"
of the Stadium Course. Finished in 1987, the golf course has hosted
events
such as the SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, the NFL Golf Classic, and the
final stage of Senior Qualifying School.
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THESE COURSES CAN
ALSO BE
PLAYED ON SOME OCCASSIONS.
Ask your golf
planner to
look into it for you.
SAWGRASS
COUNTRY CLUB
Ranked
among the top 25 best resort courses by Golf Digest. Marriott golfers
encounter
water on 24 of the 27 holes throughout the medley of challenging nines
stretched over 10,340 yards. The 7,072-yard, par-72 East/West rotation
has earned the time-honored distinction as "the original Sawgrass."
Sawgrass
Country Club was designed
by noted course architect, Ed Seay of Palmer Course Design.
Consistently
ranked in the top 100 courses to play and among the "Best in State" by
Golf Digest, subscribers also rated Sawgrass in the top 10 courses in
terms
of service.
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PONTE VEDRA
COUNTRY CLUB
Teeming with natural wildlife, Oak Bridge is a short, tight
course
featuring
water on every hole and requiring straight tee shots by great iron
players.
The 13th hole — a 378-yard, par-4 straightaway — necessitates the
fiercest
water negotiation. Roughs punctuate the right fairway of this
Jacksonville
golf course, and a lake ribbons along the left from the tee to skirt
the
front of a shallow, two-tiered green with a bunkered elevation.
Redesigned by
Arnold Palmer and Ed
Seay with tree-lined fairways and slightly undulating greens, the
course
is thoroughly enjoyable for all levels of players.
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MARSH LANDING
COUNTRY CLUB
Another
Ed Seay design, this course is often likened to a 6,841-yard nature
preserve.
Imaginative routing of the nines has created two visually contrasting
personalities
— the front nine, which weaves through pockets of sequestered
Intracoastal
marshes and is dotted will tall timbers — and the back nine carved from
even thicker lagoons threaded with tidal marshes. |
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AWARDS
include:
- Golfweek's
"America's Best Modern Courses 2003," which
ranked the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course as the #1 Florida golf course
- Second-largest
golf resort in America, featuring 99
holes
on five championship courses, four driving ranges, six putting greens,
four clubhouses, and pro shop
- Official
hotel
of the TPC at Sawgrass, home of THE PLAYERS Championship,ranked
by numerous sources as one of the premier courses in the United
States
- Home
of the
PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour, one
of only two resorts worldwide to feature two prestigious TPC
courses
- Golf
Magazine's
Silver Medal winner, a
much-heralded distinction reserved for a handful of the "Best Golf
Resorts
in America"
- Conde
Nast
Traveler's "Top 100 Golf Resorts 2003," which
recognized the Sawgrass Marriott Resort as the #52 best golf course in
the world
- Travel
+ Leisure's
"World's Best Golf Courses 2003," which
ranked the Sawgrass Marriott among the Top Ten U.S. Golf Resorts
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