  Chad Fleming, PGA Professional Head Golf Professional at TPC Jasna Polana Talks about TPC Jasna Polana Origins and Gary Player Architect Situated on 230 acres of breathtaking countryside just minutes from Princeton University, TPC Jasna Polana sets the standard as one of the East Coast’s hallmark private courses. The club is the creation of Johnson-and-Johnson heiress Barbara Piasecka Johnson, who in 1987 decided to transform her family’s exquisite estate into a championship golf destination. Legendary architect Gary Player crafted the layout to allow for blanket views at every hole. The course winds through rolling hills, corridors of hardwood trees, and numerous lakes, creeks and ponds – challenging all levels of players with a track that’s consistently rated one of the highest in the Garden State. During a prolific
professional career spanning 50 years, South African native Gary Player
distinguished himself as one of the greatest players of all time – winning nine
majors on both the PGA TOUR and Senior Tour; the South African Open a record 13
times; the Australian Open a record seven times; and becoming the only player
ever to win all four majors on both the PGA TOUR and Senior Tours. Among his
innumerable achievements, Player won tournaments in 28 consecutive years, was
one of only three players and the only “modern day” player to win the British
Open Championship in three different decades, and holds the all-time record for
the most consecutive cuts at the Masters with 23.
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