| May 8-11, 2008: FAN ENHANCEMENTS: Give the Course A Go, Watch It While You're There. The Players Championship |
| Thursday, 08 May 2008 00:00 |
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Some fans watched the PGA TOUR pros practice, but many others didn't settle for just watching golf. Instead, they were playing Nos. 16, 17 and 18, arguably the three biggest risk-reward holes on the PGA TOUR. Don't get the wrong idea, though, TPC Sawgrass didn't open the course to fans just three days before the TOUR's signature event. Patrons played mock ups of the holes in Stadium Village, where anyone has a chance to reenact the best shots in tournament history. Full Swing Golf was recruited to create three different virtual scenarios for the 16th hole. The simulators are designed to perfectly mimic Greg Norman's shot from the cart path in 1994, Fred Couples' famous 212-yard approach in 1996 or Davis Love III's blast from the pine straw in 2003. In case fans aren't familiar with these memorable moments, flat screen televisions inside the tent loop old footage. Full Swing Golf scenarios are so lifelike that some TOUR players and celebrities have home theatre systems set up with one of the machines. Lauren Deason PGATOUR.COM 
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