Name: Amateurs vs. Island Green at TPC Sawgrass before THE PLAYERS
Uploaded: 2023-03-06T23:07:04.046Z
Duration: 581 s
Description: How would you play the famous island green on No. 17 at THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass? Prior to THE PLAYERS Championship 2023, our crews set out to discover how amateurs fare on the challenging par 3 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on an average day and thanks to ShotLink, we now know how they stack up against PGA TOUR players.

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Sudarshan Yellamaraju makes birdie on the par-4 6th hole.

Sudarshan Yellamaraju holes out for birdie from 41-feet on No. 6 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Tommy Fleetwood makes birdie on the par-4 17th hole.

Tommy Fleetwood makes birdie on No. 17 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Michael Kim makes birdie on the par-4 17th hole.

Michael Kim makes birdie on No. 17 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Kristoffer Reitan makes birdie on the par-4 17th hole.

Kristoffer Reitan makes birdie on No. 17 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Chris Kirk makes eagle on the par-4 17th hole.

Chris Kirk makes eagle putt on No. 17 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Chandler Phillips makes eagle on the par-4 17th hole.

Chandler Phillips makes eagle putt on No. 17 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Michael Kim makes birdie on the par-3 16th hole.

Michael Kim nearly aces No. 16 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Andrew Putnam makes birdie on the par-5 14th hole.

Andrew Putnam makes birdie on No. 14 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, J.J. Spaun makes eagle on the par-4 17th hole.

J.J. Spaun makes eagle putt on No. 17 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Kevin Yu makes birdie on the par-5 18th hole.

Kevin Yu makes birdie on No. 18 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Gordon Sargent makes birdie on the par-5 18th hole.

Gordon Sargent makes birdie on No. 18 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, J.J. Spaun makes birdie on the par-3 16th hole.

J.J. Spaun nearly aces No. 16 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Kevin Yu makes a 1-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th hole.

Kevin Yu makes birdie on No. 17 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Michael Kim makes birdie on the par-5 14th hole.

Michael Kim makes birdie on No. 14 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Tommy Fleetwood makes birdie on the par-5 14th hole.

Tommy Fleetwood makes birdie on No. 14 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Kristoffer Reitan makes birdie on the par-5 14th hole.

Kristoffer Reitan makes birdie on No. 14 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Sam Ryder makes birdie on the par-3 13th hole.

Sam Ryder makes birdie on No. 13 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Kevin Yu makes birdie on the par-3 16th hole.

Kevin Yu makes birdie on No. 16 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Robert MacIntyre makes birdie on the par-4 10th hole.

Robert MacIntyre makes birdie on No. 10 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, J.J. Spaun makes birdie on the par-5 14th hole.

J.J. Spaun makes birdie on No. 14 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Gordon Sargent makes birdie on the par-3 16th hole.

Gordon Sargent makes birdie on No. 16 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Adam Svensson makes a 7-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th hole.

Adam Svensson makes birdie on No. 17 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Chandler Phillips makes birdie on the par-3 13th hole.

Chandler Phillips makes birdie from 19-feet on No. 13 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Matt Wallace makes birdie on the par-4 17th hole.

Matt Wallace makes birdie on No. 17 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Adam Svensson makes birdie on the par-3 16th hole.

Adam Svensson nearly aces No. 16 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero, Ryo Hisatsune's drive on the 439-yard, par-4 10th hole travels 315 yards and lands in the right fairway, leaving 123 yards to the hole. His 122-yard approach shot from the fairway lands on the left green, finishing 3 feet 4 inches from the hole.

Ryo Hisatsune hits 122-yard approach to 3 feet, sets up birdie on No. 10 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero, Michael Kim's drive on the 412-yard, par-4 11th traveled 283 yards and landed in the left fairway, leaving 131 yards to the hole. His 137-yard approach from the fairway settled on the left green, 17 feet 8 inches from the cup. Kim made a 17-foot-8-inch putt for birdie.

Michael Kim hits 137-yard approach to 18 feet, sets up birdie on No. 11 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero, Matt Wallace's 200-yard drive on the 198-yard, par-3 16th hole landed on the left green and finished 9 feet 6 inches from the hole. Wallace made a 9-foot 6-inch putt for birdie.

Matt Wallace hits tee shot to 9 feet 6 inches, sets up birdie on No. 16 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero, Sam Ryder's drive on the 431-yard, par-4 ninth hole travels 268 yards and lands in the left fairway, leaving 165 yards to the hole. His 157-yard approach shot from the fairway lands in the left rough, finishing 35 feet 8 inches from the hole. Ryder makes a 35-foot 8-inch birdie putt from the rough.

Sam Ryder sinks 36-foot birdie putt on No. 9 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero, Rico Hoey's 289-yard drive on the 306-yard, par-4 17th hole landed in the right rough and finished 52 feet 2 inches from the hole. His 57-foot-6-inch shot from the rough landed on the right green, finishing 5 feet from the hole. Hoey made a 5-foot putt for birdie.

Rico Hoey drains 5-foot birdie putt on No. 17 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero, Matt Wallace's drive on the 451-yard, par-4 15th hole went 262 yards into the right intermediate rough, leaving 195 yards to the hole. His 196-yard approach shot from the intermediate rough landed in the left rough, finishing 38 feet 2 inches from the hole. Wallace made a 38-foot 2-inch birdie chip from the rough, moving to 2-under par for the round.

Matt Wallace chips in to begin birdie run at No. 15 at Valero

In the final round of the 2026 Valero, Andrew Putnam's 239-yard drive on the 600-yard, par-5 eighth landed in the left fairway, leaving 359 yards to the hole. His 226-yard shot from the fairway ended in the right rough, leaving 136 yards to the hole. Putnam's 136-yard approach shot from the rough finished on the right green, 5 feet 10 inches from the hole. He made a 5-foot 10-inch putt for birdie.

Andrew Putnam makes 6 foot putt for birdie on No. 8 at Valero

How would you play the famous island green on No. 17 at THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass? Prior to THE PLAYERS Championship 2023, our crews set out to discover how amateurs fare on the challenging par 3 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on an average day and thanks to ShotLink, we now know how they stack up against PGA TOUR players. 

Amateurs vs. Island Green at TPC Sawgrass before THE PLAYERS

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