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Kate Kombo golf, pickleball tournament raises awareness and funds for childhood cancer fight
Read full article: Kate Kombo golf, pickleball tournament raises awareness and funds for childhood cancer fightThe second annual Kate Kombo Golf and Pickleball Tournament held by the Kate Amato Foundation is just around the corner on Oct. 11 at The Yards in Sawgrass.
Pennsylvania man charged three years after deputy-involved shooting in Ponte Vedra Beach
Read full article: Pennsylvania man charged three years after deputy-involved shooting in Ponte Vedra BeachThe man who St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said was shot after opening fire on a deputy who approached a stolen pickup truck in the parking lot of the Publix-anchored mall strip shopping mall Wednesday was last seen three days ago when authorities were told he left to go fishing.
Charting golfers with area ties entering Monday’s final round at The Players
Read full article: Charting golfers with area ties entering Monday’s final round at The PlayersNormally, it's the final round of The Players Championship, but weather postponements made Sunday cut day at TPC Sawgrass. The tournament had nearly a dozen golfers in the field with local ties to the area. How did those local golfers fare?
Buckle up: Stadium Course awaits best field in golf as The Players tees off
Read full article: Buckle up: Stadium Course awaits best field in golf as The Players tees offThe Players Championship tees off Thursday morning at TPC Sawgrass without the two biggest attractions in the sport, but there's no shortage of storylines as the Stadium Course awaits the best field in golf.
PGA Tour commissioner: All options on the table for Hall of Fame in St. Augustine
Read full article: PGA Tour commissioner: All options on the table for Hall of Fame in St. AugustinePGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan ran the gamut of topics in his Players Championship press conference on Tuesday, addressing things like a rival golf league, embattled golfer Phil Mickelson and the future of the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine.
Players Championship celebrating babies born during tournament week
Read full article: Players Championship celebrating babies born during tournament weekWhile golfers will try and avoid those bogeys at TPC Sawgrass when The Players Championship begins Thursday, babies who are born in local hospitals during the event will get special recognition from the tournament.
One month out: Players Championship ready for return to normalcy
Read full article: One month out: Players Championship ready for return to normalcyAfter a start and stop and then limited crowds, The Players Championship is back to doing what it does best. The event at TPC Sawgrass is 30 days away and will feel normal for the first time since Rory McIlroy edged Jim Furyk by a stroke in 2019. That feels like an eternity ago.
Players Championship offers ticket enhancements for retired, active military
Read full article: Players Championship offers ticket enhancements for retired, active militaryThe Players Championship continues to focus on making it possible for active duty and military veterans to be able to enjoy tournament golf.
Westwood leads at Sawgrass, gets another shot at DeChambeau
Read full article: Westwood leads at Sawgrass, gets another shot at DeChambeauThat's how it was last week at Bay Hill, when DeChambeau came from one shot behind to beat Westwood with a par on the final hole at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Westwood, who turns 48 next month, no longer has to go up a few classes to face DeChambeau, golf's fearsome heavyweight. Also four shots behind was Brian Harman, who began his day by holing a wedge for eagle and shot 69. DeChambeau can't blast away at Sawgrass because of the bending tree-lined fairways and water hazards. He also knows from recent experience — seven days ago — that it might not be easy the way Westwood is playing.
The Players volunteer spotlight: Azinger ace a great memory for Herbert
Read full article: The Players volunteer spotlight: Azinger ace a great memory for HerbertThe legion of volunteers at The Players Championship are one of the most integral parts of the event. This week, we’re looking at several longtime volunteers who are celebrating tournament milestones in 2021. Herbert had a perfect view of one of those, carded by Paul Azinger in the third round of the 2000 event. AdHerbert spent four years in various volunteer roles before becoming a walking scorer in 1991 and has been in that position since. The ball lands, I hit, ‘shot hit,’ … a laser operator lasers that ball, and you know exactly immediately how far he hit it, 247 yards, and he’s got 185 to go to the hole,” she said.
Players Championship tickets sell out within hours on Tuesday
Read full article: Players Championship tickets sell out within hours on TuesdayFans gather at the TPC Sawgrass course to watch The Players during the 2019 event. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tickets came and went for The Players Championship on Tuesday, with the tournament selling out its limited allotment of passes within two hours. The only tickets that remain are for Tuesday’s practice round. The event is March 9-10 (practice rounds) and 11-14 (tournament rounds) at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. A limited number of pre-sale tickets were made available on Feb. 1 to those who subscribe to the Players newsletter, and those who attended the tournament in 2019 and ’20.
Want Players Championship tickets this year? Better get them early
Read full article: Want Players Championship tickets this year? Better get them earlyJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tickets for next month’s Players Championship are going to be more in demand than ever before. The message from The Players — get those tickets quickly. The Tour hasn’t released attendance totals since 2013, so nailing down an exact number of available tickets is a bit estimation. That would put a 20% attendance at roughly 9,000 per day this year if the Tour based its numbers off that 2013 high. Players tickets are always in demand, especially the Friday and Saturday rounds, so scooping those up early is strongly encouraged by the tournament this year.
Sperm whale washes up in Ponte Vedra Beach
Read full article: Sperm whale washes up in Ponte Vedra BeachPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – A dead 14-foot pygmy sperm whale washed ashore on Ponte Vedra Beach on Thursday morning behind the Sawgrass Beach Club. “Pygmy sperm whales are a common strander down here, actually, and they are an offshore species,” FWC marine mammal biologist Nadia Gordon said. “They feed a lot on squid, so when they are found near the shore or on the beach, there’s a problem -- something going on. There’s a reason they are stranding.”During low tide, the whale was removed from the beach. “Our agency will look at the animal, doing an external work up initially to see what’s going on potentially and then, likely, a necropsy to look internally and see what’s going on,” Gordon said.
Sheriff: Suspect wounded after firing shots at deputy in Sawgrass
Read full article: Sheriff: Suspect wounded after firing shots at deputy in SawgrassPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – A man discovered inside a stolen vehicle in Sawgrass was “gravely wounded” after firing shots at a deputy on Wednesday, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect then locked himself in the vehicle, Shoar said. About 2:15 p.m., Shoar said, a SWAT team used tear gas to extricate the suspect out of the vehicle. “We were lucky, you know, that we weren’t in the parking lot when that was going on, basically, is what I was thinking," Suggs said. Zach Goodall was in the parking lot at the time.
The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass
Read full article: The Stadium Course at TPC SawgrassWorking with renowned golf course architect Pete Dye, TPC Commissioner Deane Beman designed the Stadium Course at Sawgrass with a selection of short, medium and long holes; both right and left doglegs; and a course where no two consecutive holes ever play in the same direction. With its signature island green on 17, this captures the imagination of golf fans around the world and is consistently named among the world’s top golf courses.
Tiger Woods through the years
Read full article: Tiger Woods through the yearsIn 1994, at the TPC at Sawgrass in Florida, he became the youngest-ever winner of the U.S. Amateur Championship, a record he held until 2008 when it was broken by Danny Lee. The 18-year-old was about to start the first of his two years at Stanford University, where he would win the NCAA individual golf championship in 1996 before turning pro. Hide Caption
Mayor welcomes 'Gold Man' in countdown to The Players
Read full article: Mayor welcomes 'Gold Man' in countdown to The PlayersJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayor Lenny Curry helped kick off next week's Players's Championship Wednesday by welcoming the "Gold Man" to downtown JacksonvilleThe Players features the best golfers in the world playing for the richest purse on the PGA Tour. It takes place at Sawgrass from April 10 through the 15. The Championship is expected to bring more than $150 million to Northeast Florida. Curry took part in the spraying of the gold man -- the logo of The Players -- as part of the official countdown of the Players.