Famed TPC Sawgrass stadium course reopens; Aussies take PGA Tour by storm

Following an eight-month renovation, the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, reopened yesterday. Truett Ewton, one of the first golfers to play the stadium course when the club opened more than two decades ago, hit the ceremonial first shot. The clubs hosts The Players Championship …

The PGA Tour will welcome five new Australian golfers to its ranks next season, putting the total number of Aussies on the tour at 19. Andrew Buckle, Gavin Coles, Jarrod Lyle, Michael Sim and Paul Sheehan all earned tour cards for finishing in the top 20 of the U.S. Nationwide Tour this season.