It had been a somewhat muted start for the world No. 44 at TPC Sawgrass. Yet after going one-over par through the opening six holes of his first round at ‘the fifth major’ on Thursday, the ...

Over the last 50 years, only a few golfers have ever bagged a hole-in-one at The Players Championship. On Thursday, New Zealand’s Ryan Fox joined that select band. It had been a somewhat muted ...

TPC Sawgrass 17th holes-in-one ... Fred Couples technically did it twice, once in 1997 and then again in 1999. The only problem: his first tee shot in Round 1 of the 1999 tournament found the water.

It’s not all been doom and gloom though. Alex Smalley’s hole-in-one during the final round of last year’s tournament saw him join an elite group of 13 players to have made an ace on No. 17.

At best he would’ve been hoping for a two-putt but he went one better and holed the longest putt ever recorded on the 17th at TPC Sawgrass, since ShotLink started gathering data.

No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass is one of the most famous holes on the PGA Tour. The par-3 is surrounded by water and that water collects dozens of tee shots every year during The Players Championship.

It might be the most-recognizable hole in golf, possibly the most famous, too. It's No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass. You know it from video games and from that one Tiger Woods putt. You know the one.

It ties the highest score on any hole at TPC Sawgrass during a Players (12 was also shot on the 4th hole once). With all of that mind, we'll end with one prediction and one thought ahead of the event.

What a great start to the morning for Hayden Buckley and anyone who bet on at least one ace at hole No. 17 during the 2023 Players Championship. Just around 9 a.m. ET, Buckley rolled up to the tee ...

Before that, there was a 14-year gap for a hole-in-one on No. 17 dating to Miguel Angel Jimenez in 2002. "I hit a good shot. But it was 3 yards past the pin," Garcia said. "It could have done ...