It’s the ultimate in risk versus reward, the centerpiece of a million bucket lists, the subject of countless cheesy break-room motivational posters. It’s the Island Green at TPC Sawgrass, the ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — There is a strange sensation that happens when one steps into the colossus surrounding of the famed island green 17th at the Players Championship. The music stops. The energy ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The scariest pitching wedge in the game took a PR hit Tuesday under ashen September skies. In fact, Pete Dye’s 145 yards of watery woe looked downright warm and fuzzy by the ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. Playing an island green on a golf course can be exciting, but it’s also obviously ...

Every March, the golf world turns its attention to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where THE PLAYERS Championship showcases one of the most iconic shots in golf: the tee shot at TPC Sawgrass’ 17th hole.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — This is one of those columns that gets the writer accused of being a pearl-clutching ninny, and/or old, and/or stodgy, and/or lame. Some of those may be correct. But the truth is, ...

Jack Nicklaus said players wanted to detonate a bomb under it, while Mark Calcavecchia compared it to a root canal appointment. Despite measuring a dainty 137 yards from tee to cup, the par-three 17th ...

Kauai is a magical place. Lush in the extreme, less than 4 percent of the Garden Isle is developed. Sandy beaches tucked around the shimmering, turquoise Pacific Ocean, a vast array of after-golf ...

While all eyes this week are on Tiger Woods’ return to PGA Tour action at Riviera, there’s another golf throwback on the schedule as well. For the first time since 2016, the DP World Tour will return ...

From Southeast Florida to Mexico, discover two of the world’s most dramatic island greens inspired by TPC Sawgrass’ famous 17th hole. The 17th hole during the 2020 edition of The Players Championship ...