While the recent victory by Stephen Ames at The Players Championship will be remembered for the unbelievable final round by the champion, it will go down in history as memorable for another reason.

Ames’ resounding win will be the last at the “old” TPC at Sawgrass. As the contestants pulled out of the parking lot after The Players, the bulldozers and demolition crews pulled in.

The scope of the work at Sawgrass encompasses not only the clubhouse but also the famed golf course, spectator areas and world class practice facility. All work will be completed in only 14 months time for the new Players Championship date in May 2007.

The old clubhouse at the TPC will be replaced by a new “Mediterranean style” state of the art clubhouse, including world class entertainment areas and a player locker room second to none on the Tour.

While the golf course at TPC at Sawgrass has brought the worlds best to their knees, the course will undergo a massive renovation. All fairways will have years of organic material build up stripped off the top, and will be sand capped producing firmer faster playing surfaces. All the greens will be rebuilt with a “subair” cooling and drying system under the putting surfaces, and some new greens will offer more set up options. Of course no renovation would be complete without a new teeing ground or two, but also continued narrowing of the fairways will place a premium on accuracy.

Despite all the changes at The Players, one things for sure, the famous island green 17th hole will not change, and the tournament will continue to produce plenty of drama for years to come.