“[Pete Dye] couldn’t get anyone’s attention, so he pulled up some of the cups and dug out some dirt. Then he went and put it on Tim [Finchem’s] desk. And Tim said, ‘What is that?’ Pete said, ‘That’s your golf course, those are my greens. We’ve got to do something about it.’ And he got Tim’s attention.”
Vernon Kelly
This is the 17th Players Championship for TGJ editor and grizzled vet Travis Hill. He gave newbie Casey Bannon one day to find a Sawgrass story he hadn’t heard. Challenge accepted.