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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Championship in many ways has become as much as about the fans, just not lately. The PGA Tour’s showcase event will once again pair one of golf’s best fields and spectating experiences this week at the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course. Designer Pete Dye created large, sloping mounds to give onlookers unobstructed views of the action. Over the years, fans have witnessed final-round flourishes, fantastic finishes and plenty of heartbreak. Yet in 2021, the hillsides at the iconic 17th hole island green — normally packed with people sitting shoulder to shoulder — w…