The Players Championship on Setanta
Friday, May 9th, 2008
The Players Championship at Sawgrass has teed off on Setanta Sports, with Sergio Garcia currently leading the way, with a total of -6, two points above joint second placers Kenny Perry and Paul Goydos, with defending champion Phil ‘Lefty’ Mickelson currently languishing somewhere outside the top ten; it seems as though the TPC jinx is in effect, for the time being at least.
The tournament, unofficially considered to be the ‘Fifth Major’ still draws a huge amount of attention, probably due to the infamous nature of the Stadium Course at Sawgrass - an epic, undulating monstrosity at the centre of which is the dreaded 17th hole, the Island Green - a tiny hole set on a peninsula which juts out into an circular lake in which hundreds of balls get lost every year.
The Island Green is considered by pgatour.com to be ‘Golf’s most intimidating hole’ and in the US, sports channel ESPN dedicates an entire channel to coverage from the hole during the Players Championship - it is here, across 78 feet of fairway surrounded by water and punctuated by a strategically placed sand trap where PGA world leaders are humbled.
It’s still not too late to get in on the action; for more information on singing up for the Setanta Sports pack, click here.
