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Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on May 9, 2012 at 08:34:56 AM
[u]Tournament History[/u]
Originally known as the Tournament Players Championship, this will be the 39th staging of The Players Championship. The event used to be staged in March but was moved to May in 2007. It's universally known as the games 'fifth major' and a top-class field always lines up at Sawgrass.
[u]Venue[/u]
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
[u]Course Details[/u]
Par 72 -7,215 yards
Stroke Index in 2011 - 72.00
Tournament venue since 1982, the Stadium Course at Sawgrass is yet another Bermuda-grass Pete Dye design that requires an accurate game. Eight of the last 12 winners ranked in the top ten for Greens In Regulation and Sergio Garcia is the only winner in the last seven years to rank outside the top-ten for Scrambling.
The odd big-hitter has obliged...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on May 12, 2011 at 11:42:13 AM
[i]Luke Donald @ 2.2 (vs Watson, Wilson) (Starts 13.08)
[/i]Sawgrass has always been a tough course where accuracy is more important than power, and given reports of firm, fast fairways, penal rough and baking temperatures, that certainly looks the case again this year. Asides from this layout's infamous water threats, it will be essential to keep the ball in play off the tee, just to retain control of the second shot to drying out greens. Big-hitters may be best served leaving their driver in the bag.
With those conditions in mind, all four of my opening day picks share two central characteristics. They are all among the most accurate players from tee to green, and have high-class short game skills. Luke Donald is a master in both of those departments, and thoroughly deserves to be...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on May 10, 2011 at 08:44:20 AM
While not quite carrying the status of a major, there are few golf tournaments that get punters' juices flowing quite like the TPC at Sawgrass. It is almost as if Pete Dye had a premonition about a future involving betting exchanges when designing his masterpiece back in the 1970s. Just as we've come to expect from other Dye layouts such as Harbour Town and Whistling Straits, the dramatic nature of Sawgrass tends to produce a phenomenon I can only describe as 'In-Running Heaven'. Here's four tips to help maximise the experience.
[i]Lay the Leaders
[/i]The beauty of Sawgrass is that it's one of the few courses where players can plausibly hit 64 or 84 on any given day, in any conditions. No lead is big enough to remove the stress from the most famous finish in golf - the legendary island...