144 professional golfers converge on Jacksonville (okay, Ponte Vedra Beach), and nine of them are Bulldogs. Georgia used to like playing in this area. Now, not so much. But with nine in the field, I like our chances.
Tournament: The Players Championship, May 12-15
Course: TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course), 7,215 yards, par 72
Purse: $10,500,000 • Winning Share: $1,890,000
Defending Champion: Rickie Fowler. In the week preceding last year’s tourney, a poll of pro players rated Rickie Fowler as “most overrated”. He proceeded to storm to the front, and beat Sergio Garcia and Georgia’s own Kevin Kisner in a 3 hole aggregate playoff.