Sports & Recreation in Jacksonville

Ponte Vedra Beach isn't just golf-adjacent — it's the PGA TOUR's global headquarters and the home of THE PLAYERS Championship — while Jacksonville itself has run a college football bowl game continuously since 1946 and built a research-based adaptive sports program for people with disabilities.

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PGA TOUR's world headquarters; home of THE PLAYERS Championship

PGA TOUR Global Home & TPC Sawgrass

The PGA TOUR's global headquarters sits on TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, consolidating more than 800 employees; the adjacent Stadium Course, home to THE PLAYERS Championship, is famous for its par-3 17th "Island Green," one of the most recognized holes in golf.

Source: The Georgetown Company

The sixth-oldest college football bowl game in the country

TaxSlayer Gator Bowl

Held continuously in Jacksonville since 1946, the Gator Bowl is the sixth-oldest college football bowl in the nation and one of the earliest bowls to regularly pit ACC and SEC opponents against each other.

Source: Wikipedia — Gator Bowl

A dedicated, research-based adaptive sports program since 2007

Brooks Adaptive Sports and Recreation

Run by Brooks Rehabilitation, this Jacksonville program has offered no-cost adaptive sports and recreation — from wheelchair rugby to archery to yoga — for people with physical, neurological, developmental, or visual disabilities since 2007, with as many as 15 activities running each week.

Source: Brooks Adaptive Sports and Recreation