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A hole-by-hole description of the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, which will host The Players Championship for the 44th time, March 12-15. Scoring averages and rank (from 1 for the most difficult hole to 18 for the easiest) are from the 2025 Players.
On this slight dogleg to the right, a drive to the right side of the narrow landing area will give the player a good angle to approach the long and narrow green. A long fairway bunker, a lateral water hazard and grass bunkers await errant drives to the right, and dense trees guard the fairway to the left.
Large maintained bunkers protect the front and left portions of the green. Grass bunkers in the front right, right and rear areas of the green protect the remainder of it.
2025 average: 4.039 (11th)
Key stat: The hole was a tough opening test on most days, especially off the tee. Only 49 percent of the field found the fairway in 2025.
The Tour has added 23 yards to this hole, but it’s still a good eagle opportunity for even moderate-length players off the tee. A high draw off the tee for right-handers is required and most can reach the green in two. A small pond and a large fairway bunker on the right guard the fairway and green from 175 yards out.
Deep maintained bunkers are on both sides of the green, along with numerous grass bunkers. The mounds located around this green give spectators a good view of players attempting to reach the green in two shots and players attempting to save par.
2025 average: 4.724 (17th)
Key stat: A bit of an enigma. Players hit the fairway only 44 percent of the time last year, the lowest driving accuracy figure on the course. But it still played the second-easiest and missing the fairway doesn’t preclude a run at the green or laying up to a generous spot.
A maintained spectator mound to the left of this medium-length par 3 offers a view of the entire hole. A shot requiring a middle to short iron is needed to reach the two-tiered green which slopes from back to front. A bunker fronting the green and grass bunkers to the right protect the putting surface, with a large maintained bunker to the left and rear left portion of the green
2025 average: 3.032 (12th)
Key stat: Players trying to squeeze shots to a back hole position and watch their shots roll into the bunker are in trouble. The sand-save percentage was a 50-50 proposition, with players converting 18 of 36.
This short par 4 requires accuracy on every shot. The drive must avoid a lateral water hazard and a deep meandering fairway bunker on the right. Very large and severely sloped mounds protect the left side of this narrow landing area. A well-struck long iron or fairway wood from the tee will enable the player to hit a middle to short iron to one of the toughest greens on the course.
Numerous treacherous pin placements on this very undulating two-tiered green make this a protected target and a tough shot. A water hazard protects the front and the left side of the green, while small but deep maintained bunkers protect the green on the right and in the rear.
2025 average: 4.063 (9th)
Key stat: The two-tiered green was difficult to putt if players hit indifferent second shots. Only 14 percent made putts outside 25 feet, the lowest total on the course.
This dogleg right offers a generous landing area for the drive, as it is the longest par 4 on the golf course. A long fairway bunker down the right side and beyond the landing area for the drive protects the fairway. After hitting a driver from the tee, the players will use long to middle irons on their second shots to this deep, narrow and rolling green. The green is protected by grass bunkers, maintained bunkers, a waste area and palm trees. This will be one of the hardest holes to play, and par will be a very welcome score.
2025 average: 4.213 (4th)
Key stat: When the pin is back-right, don’t miss long into the bunker. Only two players got up and down from the trap to that spot.
A tree is back to the right of the tee, which is more of a visual factor for players than anything and the hole has been made 20 yards longer. But a low stinger with a 3-wood or iron is still the best tee shot. The drive must avoid dense palm and pine trees on the right and two fairway bunkers and a lateral water hazard on the left.
The slightly elevated green is protected by maintained bunkers, grass bunkers and clustered palm trees. The specific landing area on this hole offers players a level lie for their approach to the two-tiered green, which slopes down from right to left and back to front.
2025 average: 4.116 (5th)
Key stat: Was it adding the tree on the front right of the tee a contributing factor to the hole playing the fourth-hardest among par-4 holes on the course iin 2025? And the 94 bogeys was fourth-most on the course behind Nos. 14, 18 and 8.
A long hole with a slight dogleg right is bordered down the left side by a large fairway bunker and a lateral water hazard and trees on the right. The green is protected by maintained bunkers in the front and to the left, and severe slope off the back. The wind direction on this hole can make it very difficult to score well.
2025 average: 4.046 (10th)
Key stat: It was not that hard a green to hit until the fourth round when there’s a front-left pin. Only 46 percent of the players found the putting surface on Sunday.
The longest par-3 on the course requires a long iron or fairway wood to carry a myriad of obstacles. The deep, narrow and sloping green is protected by numerous maintained bunkers and grass bunkers.
2025 average: 3.216 (3rd)
Key stat: Toughest par-3 green to hit on the course and tied with No. 18 for the hardest of all holes, with 45 percent putting for birdie. No. 8 led all holes with 109 bogeys.
The ninth hole is the longest on the course and is rarely reachable in two. A new tee was introduced in 2022 to give rules officials the option to extend it past 600 yards. A large lake and bunker to the right of the fairway collect stray drives, while woods to the left hinder second shots.
It’s one of the most difficult second shots on par-5 holes on Tour, and the third shot isn’t easy, to a small green that is sloped from the front to the back right. A severely banked maintained bunker guards the left and rear of the green, along with a small maintained bunker. As this hole progresses from the tee to the green, it becomes narrower.
2025 average: 4.782 (15th)
Key stat: This hole remains the only par-5 on the course to have never yielded an albatross but the small green answers that question. If a player can reach the green in two, it’s usually coming in too hot to hold the putting surface.
Out: 3,713 yards, par-36
A dogleg left features a large bunker down the left side of the fairway and very dense trees to the right, with a narrow landing area for the drive. Most players will select a fairway wood from the tee to set up a middle or short iron approach to the green, which is protected by two maintained bunkers in the front right.
Grass bunkers crowd the entire left side of this deceiving green. From the landing area, the green seems large; it is narrow and fades away from the players. This green offers a variety of pin placements, making the position of the drive very important.
2025 average: 4.019 (13th)
Key stat: Few players risk drive on this hole when a 3-wood or utility club can get the job done/ The field averaged 269.7 yards in driving distance, the lowest on the course.
About 15 yards have been added with a new tee and players attempting to reach this green in two shots need a long, accurate drive down the right side. The large fairway bunker stops shots hit through the left of the fairway, and dense trees knock down shots hit left of the driving area. Large overhanging trees crowd the preferred right side.
Because the fairway is split by a lateral water hazard and two large bunkers, the player can elect to hit a middle iron to the fairway area on the right, which is guarded by a large oak tree. From this position a short iron to wedge is needed for the third shot. A more daring alternative is to approach the green from the left side of the split fairway.
The large maintained bunker runs the length of the second shot landing area and continues up and around the green. The lateral water hazard that splits the fairway continues around the back of the green. One maintained bunker covers the front of the green.
2025 average: 4.78 (16th)
Key stat: It’s a pretty safe birdie hole given a good drive but the five eagles at No. 11 in 2025 were the lowest all par-5 holes on the Stadium Course, with none in the final round. It did give up the second-most birdies on back-nine holes with 155.
Players will be able to drive the green most days but it comes with perils: A water hazard guards the left side of the green and several pot bunkers and difficult terrain protects the right side. A large fairway bunker stretches the length of the left side of the fairway and forces an accurate shot off the tee for those who do not attempt to drive the green.
The green has several tiers and slopes dramatically toward the water, penalizing wayward drives and approaches.
This hole has only one minor change, with a fairway bunker on the right that should be in play for players who hit iron off the tee or those who try to drive the green.
2025 average: 3.868 (14th)
Key stat: When the back-right pin was used in the third round, 12 players hit tee shots in the water. There were only five other tee shots in the water in the other three rounds. Despite the option to drive the green, there were no eagles in 2025.
A water hazard protects this picturesque par-3 down the left side. The three-tiered green slopes drastically toward the water on the left side and is protected by two small and deep maintained bunkers. Spectators can get a great view from all the mounded areas on this medium-length par 3. Short-to-middle irons will be the choice of most players.
2025 average: 3.104 (7th)
Key stat: Everyone attacks the left pin on Sundays. Nearly 80 percent of the players hit the green in the final round, after only 42 percent did it on Saturday. Keegan Bradey’s hole-in-one was the 13th at No. 13 and the 40th in tournament history at the Stadium Course.
This hole rivals No. 18 for its difficulty. The narrow two-tiered driving area is paralleled down the left side by a narrow fairway bunker and a lateral water hazard. The right side is overshadowed by large, deep grass bunkers in a large mound. Between the driving area and the green is a vast bunker.
The green is very large with severe undulations and long slopes. A maintained bunker protects the front left side of the green and a few other maintained bunkers hide among very large grass bunkers to the right and the rear of the green.
2025 average: 4.276 (1st)
Key stat: The most difficult hole on the course, especially during the first three rounds, when only 37 of players hit the green. It had the fewest birdies (43) and the most bogeys (103) of any par-4 hole on the course and it had the most triple bogeys (eight) on the course.
This dogleg right begins with a drive through a chute of trees and over water. The fairway bunker extends down the right side of the fairway to a paved path, then resumes to the left of the path and extends almost to the green. A large maintained bunker to the left and a small maintained bunker to the right front protect the green. There are grass bunkers to the right and rear of the green.
2025 average: 4.074 (8th)
Key stat: A picturesque and sneaky-hard hole. It had the most pars on the course for the 2025 tournament (299), which seems to indicate players didn’t want to tempt errant drives to the right, pitching out of trees to the left or trying to get out of the two greenside bunkers.
Despite adding 15 yards this year, the short par-5 is reachable in two shots for almost every player and offers a chance to make up ground. The second shot still must carry a large lateral water hazard, a maintained bunker and a bulkhead. All these obstacles are to the right of the hole and start 150 yards from the green.
To the left, a cluster of oak trees blocks a clear path to the green, but one large part of a trunk has been cut back. Players who do not choose to attempt the green in two shots must direct their second shot to the narrow area protected by a grass bunker, a water hazard and the cluster of oak trees. The green has two tiers, sloping left to right toward the water that wraps around the rear of the green.
2025 average: 4.673 (18th)
Key stat: The last relatively easy chance to make up ground on the leaders. The hole historically has played the easiest on the course and it’s 13 eagles and 174 birdies led all holes in 2025.
Quite possibly the most recognizable hole in golf. The Island Green is two-tiered and has a small maintained bunker in the front. Club selection on this hole is critically important; with the tricky winds of spring, the championship could be won or lost here.
2025 average: 3.111 (6th)
Key stat: Water balls by round in 2025 were 10, 9, 10 and 8 for a total of 37. Here’s an odd one: there were more three-putts (31) and one-putts (143) than on any Stadium Course hole.
The dogleg left bordering the lake tempts players to hit as close as possible near the water to get a better angle and a shorter iron shot to the green, or play it safe to the right, but risk rough and trees. A collection of grass bunkers is in the front-right section of the green, while a lone maintained bunker stops shots hit left and long. This 18th has become one of the premier finishing holes in golf.
2025 average: 4.258 (2nd)
Key stat: Only 45 percent of the field hit the green in 2025, tied with No. 8 for the worst green in regulation among all holes on the course. But for the second year in a row, it was the second-hardest hole to No. 14.
In: 3,635 yards, par-36
Total: 7,348 yards, par-72
2025 front nine average: 36.231
2025 back nine average: 36.163
2025 scoring average: 72.394
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No. 1, par 4, 423 yards
On this slight dogleg to the right, a drive to the right side of the narrow landing area will give the player a good angle to approach the long and narrow green. A long fairway bunker, a lateral water hazard and grass bunkers await errant drives to the right, and dense trees guard the fairway to the left.
Large maintained bunkers protect the front and left portions of the green. Grass bunkers in the front right, right and rear areas of the green protect the remainder of it.
2025 average: 4.039 (11th)
Key stat: The hole was a tough opening test on most days, especially off the tee. Only 49 percent of the field found the fairway in 2025.
No. 2, par 5, 555 yards
The Tour has added 23 yards to this hole, but it’s still a good eagle opportunity for even moderate-length players off the tee. A high draw off the tee for right-handers is required and most can reach the green in two. A small pond and a large fairway bunker on the right guard the fairway and green from 175 yards out.
Deep maintained bunkers are on both sides of the green, along with numerous grass bunkers. The mounds located around this green give spectators a good view of players attempting to reach the green in two shots and players attempting to save par.
2025 average: 4.724 (17th)
Key stat: A bit of an enigma. Players hit the fairway only 44 percent of the time last year, the lowest driving accuracy figure on the course. But it still played the second-easiest and missing the fairway doesn’t preclude a run at the green or laying up to a generous spot.
No. 3, par 3, 177 yards
A maintained spectator mound to the left of this medium-length par 3 offers a view of the entire hole. A shot requiring a middle to short iron is needed to reach the two-tiered green which slopes from back to front. A bunker fronting the green and grass bunkers to the right protect the putting surface, with a large maintained bunker to the left and rear left portion of the green
2025 average: 3.032 (12th)
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Key stat: Players trying to squeeze shots to a back hole position and watch their shots roll into the bunker are in trouble. The sand-save percentage was a 50-50 proposition, with players converting 18 of 36.
No. 4, par 4, 384 yards
This short par 4 requires accuracy on every shot. The drive must avoid a lateral water hazard and a deep meandering fairway bunker on the right. Very large and severely sloped mounds protect the left side of this narrow landing area. A well-struck long iron or fairway wood from the tee will enable the player to hit a middle to short iron to one of the toughest greens on the course.
Numerous treacherous pin placements on this very undulating two-tiered green make this a protected target and a tough shot. A water hazard protects the front and the left side of the green, while small but deep maintained bunkers protect the green on the right and in the rear.
2025 average: 4.063 (9th)
Key stat: The two-tiered green was difficult to putt if players hit indifferent second shots. Only 14 percent made putts outside 25 feet, the lowest total on the course.
No. 5, par 4, 471 yards
This dogleg right offers a generous landing area for the drive, as it is the longest par 4 on the golf course. A long fairway bunker down the right side and beyond the landing area for the drive protects the fairway. After hitting a driver from the tee, the players will use long to middle irons on their second shots to this deep, narrow and rolling green. The green is protected by grass bunkers, maintained bunkers, a waste area and palm trees. This will be one of the hardest holes to play, and par will be a very welcome score.
2025 average: 4.213 (4th)
Key stat: When the pin is back-right, don’t miss long into the bunker. Only two players got up and down from the trap to that spot.
No. 6, par 4, 413 yards
A tree is back to the right of the tee, which is more of a visual factor for players than anything and the hole has been made 20 yards longer. But a low stinger with a 3-wood or iron is still the best tee shot. The drive must avoid dense palm and pine trees on the right and two fairway bunkers and a lateral water hazard on the left.
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The slightly elevated green is protected by maintained bunkers, grass bunkers and clustered palm trees. The specific landing area on this hole offers players a level lie for their approach to the two-tiered green, which slopes down from right to left and back to front.
2025 average: 4.116 (5th)
Key stat: Was it adding the tree on the front right of the tee a contributing factor to the hole playing the fourth-hardest among par-4 holes on the course iin 2025? And the 94 bogeys was fourth-most on the course behind Nos. 14, 18 and 8.
No. 7, par 4, 451 yards
A long hole with a slight dogleg right is bordered down the left side by a large fairway bunker and a lateral water hazard and trees on the right. The green is protected by maintained bunkers in the front and to the left, and severe slope off the back. The wind direction on this hole can make it very difficult to score well.
2025 average: 4.046 (10th)
Key stat: It was not that hard a green to hit until the fourth round when there’s a front-left pin. Only 46 percent of the players found the putting surface on Sunday.
No. 8, par 3, 237 yards
The longest par-3 on the course requires a long iron or fairway wood to carry a myriad of obstacles. The deep, narrow and sloping green is protected by numerous maintained bunkers and grass bunkers.
2025 average: 3.216 (3rd)
Key stat: Toughest par-3 green to hit on the course and tied with No. 18 for the hardest of all holes, with 45 percent putting for birdie. No. 8 led all holes with 109 bogeys.
No. 9, par 5, 602 yards
The ninth hole is the longest on the course and is rarely reachable in two. A new tee was introduced in 2022 to give rules officials the option to extend it past 600 yards. A large lake and bunker to the right of the fairway collect stray drives, while woods to the left hinder second shots.
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It’s one of the most difficult second shots on par-5 holes on Tour, and the third shot isn’t easy, to a small green that is sloped from the front to the back right. A severely banked maintained bunker guards the left and rear of the green, along with a small maintained bunker. As this hole progresses from the tee to the green, it becomes narrower.
2025 average: 4.782 (15th)
Key stat: This hole remains the only par-5 on the course to have never yielded an albatross but the small green answers that question. If a player can reach the green in two, it’s usually coming in too hot to hold the putting surface.
Out: 3,713 yards, par-36
No. 10, par 4, 424 yards
A dogleg left features a large bunker down the left side of the fairway and very dense trees to the right, with a narrow landing area for the drive. Most players will select a fairway wood from the tee to set up a middle or short iron approach to the green, which is protected by two maintained bunkers in the front right.
Grass bunkers crowd the entire left side of this deceiving green. From the landing area, the green seems large; it is narrow and fades away from the players. This green offers a variety of pin placements, making the position of the drive very important.
2025 average: 4.019 (13th)
Key stat: Few players risk drive on this hole when a 3-wood or utility club can get the job done/ The field averaged 269.7 yards in driving distance, the lowest on the course.
No. 11, par 5, 573 yards
About 15 yards have been added with a new tee and players attempting to reach this green in two shots need a long, accurate drive down the right side. The large fairway bunker stops shots hit through the left of the fairway, and dense trees knock down shots hit left of the driving area. Large overhanging trees crowd the preferred right side.
Because the fairway is split by a lateral water hazard and two large bunkers, the player can elect to hit a middle iron to the fairway area on the right, which is guarded by a large oak tree. From this position a short iron to wedge is needed for the third shot. A more daring alternative is to approach the green from the left side of the split fairway.
The large maintained bunker runs the length of the second shot landing area and continues up and around the green. The lateral water hazard that splits the fairway continues around the back of the green. One maintained bunker covers the front of the green.
2025 average: 4.78 (16th)
Key stat: It’s a pretty safe birdie hole given a good drive but the five eagles at No. 11 in 2025 were the lowest all par-5 holes on the Stadium Course, with none in the final round. It did give up the second-most birdies on back-nine holes with 155.
No. 12, par 4, 369 yards
Players will be able to drive the green most days but it comes with perils: A water hazard guards the left side of the green and several pot bunkers and difficult terrain protects the right side. A large fairway bunker stretches the length of the left side of the fairway and forces an accurate shot off the tee for those who do not attempt to drive the green.
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The green has several tiers and slopes dramatically toward the water, penalizing wayward drives and approaches.
This hole has only one minor change, with a fairway bunker on the right that should be in play for players who hit iron off the tee or those who try to drive the green.
2025 average: 3.868 (14th)
Key stat: When the back-right pin was used in the third round, 12 players hit tee shots in the water. There were only five other tee shots in the water in the other three rounds. Despite the option to drive the green, there were no eagles in 2025.
No. 13, par 3, 181 yards
A water hazard protects this picturesque par-3 down the left side. The three-tiered green slopes drastically toward the water on the left side and is protected by two small and deep maintained bunkers. Spectators can get a great view from all the mounded areas on this medium-length par 3. Short-to-middle irons will be the choice of most players.
2025 average: 3.104 (7th)
Key stat: Everyone attacks the left pin on Sundays. Nearly 80 percent of the players hit the green in the final round, after only 42 percent did it on Saturday. Keegan Bradey’s hole-in-one was the 13th at No. 13 and the 40th in tournament history at the Stadium Course.
No. 14, par 4, 481 yards
This hole rivals No. 18 for its difficulty. The narrow two-tiered driving area is paralleled down the left side by a narrow fairway bunker and a lateral water hazard. The right side is overshadowed by large, deep grass bunkers in a large mound. Between the driving area and the green is a vast bunker.
The green is very large with severe undulations and long slopes. A maintained bunker protects the front left side of the green and a few other maintained bunkers hide among very large grass bunkers to the right and the rear of the green.
2025 average: 4.276 (1st)
Key stat: The most difficult hole on the course, especially during the first three rounds, when only 37 of players hit the green. It had the fewest birdies (43) and the most bogeys (103) of any par-4 hole on the course and it had the most triple bogeys (eight) on the course.
No. 15, par 4, 470 yards
This dogleg right begins with a drive through a chute of trees and over water. The fairway bunker extends down the right side of the fairway to a paved path, then resumes to the left of the path and extends almost to the green. A large maintained bunker to the left and a small maintained bunker to the right front protect the green. There are grass bunkers to the right and rear of the green.
2025 average: 4.074 (8th)
Key stat: A picturesque and sneaky-hard hole. It had the most pars on the course for the 2025 tournament (299), which seems to indicate players didn’t want to tempt errant drives to the right, pitching out of trees to the left or trying to get out of the two greenside bunkers.
No. 16, par 5, 538 yards
Despite adding 15 yards this year, the short par-5 is reachable in two shots for almost every player and offers a chance to make up ground. The second shot still must carry a large lateral water hazard, a maintained bunker and a bulkhead. All these obstacles are to the right of the hole and start 150 yards from the green.
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To the left, a cluster of oak trees blocks a clear path to the green, but one large part of a trunk has been cut back. Players who do not choose to attempt the green in two shots must direct their second shot to the narrow area protected by a grass bunker, a water hazard and the cluster of oak trees. The green has two tiers, sloping left to right toward the water that wraps around the rear of the green.
2025 average: 4.673 (18th)
Key stat: The last relatively easy chance to make up ground on the leaders. The hole historically has played the easiest on the course and it’s 13 eagles and 174 birdies led all holes in 2025.
No. 17, par 3, 137 Yards
Quite possibly the most recognizable hole in golf. The Island Green is two-tiered and has a small maintained bunker in the front. Club selection on this hole is critically important; with the tricky winds of spring, the championship could be won or lost here.
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2025 average: 3.111 (6th)
Key stat: Water balls by round in 2025 were 10, 9, 10 and 8 for a total of 37. Here’s an odd one: there were more three-putts (31) and one-putts (143) than on any Stadium Course hole.
No. 18, par 4, 462 yards
The dogleg left bordering the lake tempts players to hit as close as possible near the water to get a better angle and a shorter iron shot to the green, or play it safe to the right, but risk rough and trees. A collection of grass bunkers is in the front-right section of the green, while a lone maintained bunker stops shots hit left and long. This 18th has become one of the premier finishing holes in golf.
2025 average: 4.258 (2nd)
Key stat: Only 45 percent of the field hit the green in 2025, tied with No. 8 for the worst green in regulation among all holes on the course. But for the second year in a row, it was the second-hardest hole to No. 14.
In: 3,635 yards, par-36
Total: 7,348 yards, par-72
2025 front nine average: 36.231
2025 back nine average: 36.163
2025 scoring average: 72.394
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Get to know the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass with 18-hole tour
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