Event Calendar
The Transitions Championship is a 72-hole official PGA TOUR event that will include week-long activities reinforcing the connection between healthy sight and an overall healthy lifestyle.
Tournament Schedule
Sunday, March 11 Think About Your Eyes Walk
Monday, March 12 The Shelton Quarles Celebrity Pro-Am Benefiting the IMPACT Foundation
Tuesday, March 13 Professional Practice Rounds and Evening Gala-Pairings Party (private)
Wednesday, March 14 Transitions Championship Pro-Am; gates open at 7am
Thursday, March 15 1st Round Transitions Championship; gates open at 7am; GOLF Channel
Friday, March 16 2nd Round Transitions Championship; gates open at 7am; GOLF Channel
Saturday, March 17 3rd Round Transitions Championship; gates open at 7am; NBC
Sunday, March 18 Final Round Transitions Championship; ; gates open at 7am; NBC
Monday, March 19 Monday After Challenge (play the course the pros play)
Saluting Our Military
The Transitions Championship recognizes the efforts that all members of the U.S. Armed Forces provide in defending the United States. As part of our Military Appreciation, we say thank you and would like to welcome you to the Transitions Championship at Innisbrook, a Salamander Golf and Spa Resort March 15-18, 2012
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Details for 2012 will be available soon!
Will Call Information
Will Call is located at the corner of Belcher Road and Klosterman Road.
Will Call Hours
Monday & Tuesday - 9am – 2pm
Wednesday – Sunday - 7am – 3:30pm
Click here for the Will Call flyer!
Course Map
Course History
The Copperhead course is part of a 72-hole complex with natural elevation changes that range up to 80 feet. This elevation change is very unusual for Southwest Florida, especially along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Copperhead course opened in 1974 and was restored in 1999, two years after it was purchased by Westin, Inc. The goal of the restoration project was to regain the shot values and still challenge today's longer-hitting PGA TOUR players when Innisbrook hosts TOUR events.
The plan involved refurbishing all 18 greens, restructuring many of the bunkers, removing some trees around the greens to improve air movement and sunlight and clearing out undergrowth between fairways.
The length of the golf course is the most visible change from 7,295 to 7,340 yards by the addition of tournament tees on five holes. A reported $500,000 was spent, and the course re-opened just in time for the 1999 JCPenney Classic.
With its unusual elevation changes, the natural setting of the Copperhead course will probably remind you of a Carolina layout rather than Florida's West Coast.
--Source: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Spectator Tips
AUTOGRAPH POLICY
Players are permitted to sign autographs only after the completion of their round.
CELL PHONES
Cell phones will be allowed into the tournament but must be on silent. Please click here to read the rules regarding Cell Phones
CONCESSION STANDS
Concessions stands are located throughout the course and serve a wide variety of food and beverage products.
DIRECTIONS TO THE COURSE
Take US Hwy. 19 or Belcher Rd. to Klosterman Rd. and watch for signs to the public parking located at the St.
Petersburg College - Tarpon Springs Campus.
FIRST AID
BayCare Health System will be providing a first aid station behind the 18th green. The Palm Harbor and Tarpon Springs Fire Departments have teams of paramedic’s on-duty at the tournament. If you need medical assistance, please get the attention of any volunteer.
MOBILITY-IMPAIRED SPECTATORS
Spectators with state issued blue Parkingtags can park in Lot # 1 located at the corner of Belcher Rd.
and Klosterman Rd. Special viewing platforms for spectators in wheelchairs are located at Hole # 4 and Hole # 18.
PARKING
Public Parking (for spectators who have not purchased a parking pass) is available at the St. Petersburg College - Tarpon
Springs Campus located at the corner of Klosterman Rd. and Belcher Rd. A $10 fee per vehicle is collected at entrance.
For more parking information, please visit our website www.transitionschampionship.com or call 727.942.5566.
PLAYERS
The players have until 5 p.m. ET on the Friday of the week preceding the tournament to officially commit to playing in the
Transitions Championship.
ITEMS NOT PERMITTED
Use of the following items will NOT be permitted at the tournament: cameras, picnic baskets, coolers, radios, televisions (including hand-held televisions), backpacks, pagers, ladders, signs, banners and lawn chairs. Bags will be searched upon entering the event.
Field List
The players expected to play in the 2012 tournament will be available soon.