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WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GOLF LEGENDS

Beautifully groomed fairways and fast greens have inspired championship play at PGA National since its opening in 1981. Decades of dramatic PGA Senior Championships, The dynamic Ryder Cup, and years of exciting PGA Honda Classic challenges have made PGA National the premier host of many of golf's most memorable moments and famous players. Relive these when you play at PGA National Resort, but for now, gain inspiration from our favorite anecdotes captured below.

 
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1983 Ryder Cup

A DIVOT TO REMEMBER: THE RYDER CUP MATCHES OCT. 14 TO OCT. 16, 1983

The 25th Ryder Cup Matches were anything but a repeat of past dominion by the U.S. In fact, this edition, staged at the Champion Course, served as a transition to a new era of compelling drama in the sport. With both the American and European sides in an 8-8 deadlock after two days of competition, the remaining 12 singles matches were intense and featured some of event's most memorable shotmaking. Spain's Seve Ballesteros secured a halve with Fuzzy Zoeller when he struck a 240-yard 3-wood from a bunker on the 18th hole. The ball landed on the fringe of the green from where he chipped and saved par. Witnesses called the shot one of the greatest recovery performances in golf.

Later, American Lanny Wadkins fell three down with seven to play against Spain's Jose Maria Canizares. Wadkins trimmed the margin to one heading into the 18th hole, a par-5 dogleg left into the wind. Wadkins was encouraged when Canizares' approach came up short of the green. Wadkins then hit a 60-yard pitching wedge approach to within a foot of the hole for a tap-in birdie to halve the match. So overcome with joy was U.S. Captain Jack Nicklaus that he marched to the spot where Wadkins hit his shot and bent down and kissed the ground. The U.S. then watched as Tom Watson bogeyed the 17th hole but closed out Bernard Gallacher... who missed a 4.5-foot bogey putt, in a 2 and 1 decision.

 
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