Players Championship Golf Betting

Commonly known as (and just as commonly refuted as) golf’s fifth major The Players Championship is undoubtedly the biggest golf tournament outwith the four recognised majors – The Open Championship, The US Open Championships, The Masters and the PGA Championships. It was originally known as the Tournament Players Championship and its inaugural event was in 1974 played at Atlanta Country Club in Georgia. The championship moved around different courses for a few years and settled at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida in 1977 beginning its residence at Sawgrass Country Club’s Oceanside Course before making the short jaunt across the road to the Stadium Course at the Tournament Players Club (TPC) at Sawgrass in 1982 where it has been played ever since.

The Players Championship Golf Course

Despite popular misconception the TPC at Sawgrass is in fact an acronym of ‘Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass’ and not ‘The Players Championship at Sawgrass’. It is a Par 72 course and at its most recent measurement is 7,215 yards in length.

Its signature hole is the 17th, dubbed “the hardest hole in golf”. A short par 3 in essence, just 121 yards from tee to the middle of the green, but its island green (from which the hole takes its name) surrounded by water make it one of the most feared holes in world golf. Situated at such a menacing place on the course many golfers have spoke of thinking and worrying about the hole in the back of their minds from standing on the first tee. It has derailed many a golfers hopes and left many punters in tears over their Players Championship Golf Betting – they say don’t count your chickens before they hatch, but you certainly shouldn’t count your winnings before the 17th at TPC Sawgrass.

Recent Players Championship Winners

As far as betting on sport goes Golf Betting is certainly one of the most difficult due to the large fields and many variables, and the Players Championship Golf Betting is proven to be one of the most difficult to predict; aside from Jack Nicklaus who has won the tournament on three occasions only four other players have won it twice since its inauguration in 1974. The most recent winners are listed below: