Last week on a rainy afternoon we drove up the coast from St Augustine to see, the tournament players course near Jacksonville.
A group that organized the TPC tournament players championship wanted to have their own course to hold the championship tournament on. They approached a private club At Sawgrass to make a deal, but the members didn’t want to give up their private club status. There was 419 acres of “swamp” that a developer was holding across the street. They made a deal and the course got built.
Sometime later they decided to redo the course and the clubhouse,in 1 ,yes one year, the course and clubhouse were finished. I’m talking total demolition of the club house and the course. They worked 3 shifts 24 hours a day to complete the course and the club house.
We could not go out on the course due to reseeding that was going on ,but it is quite beautiful. And a technical marvel, all the greens have vacuums under them so that if it rains they can suck the water down and dry out the greens quickly. Don’t want to keep that television audience waiting.
I describe the course as beautiful,and I think it is, yet, one has to consider the cost of filling in the “swamp”, ecologically we don’t know the cost. I’m betting in the long run the swamp will retake the area.
Last Sunday we took a boat trip off the coast of St Augustine. Here are a couple of videos.
We then drove to Atlanta and Marlina surprised me with a trip to the FoxTheater to see Wicked. Should you ever be in Atlanta try to take in one of their guided tours this is an amazing theater. Think of our beautiful Art Deco theaters, then put them on steroids. Here’s a video.
We’ll leave you with 50 seconds at Gibbs Gardens outside of Atlanta. Sit back and enjoy.
Paul
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