In advance for the Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass that begin on May 9, I flew to Florida to take photos and write a story for thecelebritycafe.com: Why The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass might be the best golf tournament to attend. With many photos, I tell you about the Stadium course, the TOURAcademy, and the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Some photos of TPC Sawgrass that goes with the article

TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course
The Stadium course of TPC Sawgrass is pictured in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Saturday April 27, 2013. The Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass, colloquially known as TPC at Sawgrass, is a golf course that host The Players Championship, a golf tournament on the PGA Tour.

TPC Sawgrass clubhouse
TPC at Sawgrass clubhouse is pictured in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Saturday April 27, 2013. The Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass, colloquially known as TPC at Sawgrass, is a golf course that host The Players Championship, a golf tournament on the PGA Tour.

TPC Sawgrass clubhouse
TPC at Sawgrass clubhouse is pictured in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

TPC Sawgrass clubhouse
TPC at Sawgrass clubhouse is pictured in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

TPC Sawgrass clubhouse

TPC Sawgrass 17th Island Green

In my stock photo archive, you can find even more photos and images of TPC Sawgrass, the TOURAcademy and the Wolrd Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida.

The tiny, picturesque village of St-Antoine-de-Tilly has a secret.

In a nondescript warehouse on the outskirts of town, some 40 kilometres southwest of Quebec City, there is a stash of maple syrup.

A 6.3-million-kilogram stash of maple syrup, to be exact.

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Together, these stockpiles are officially called the International Strategic Reserve, which works like a Fort Knox for Canada’s most-cherished breakfast condiment – a massive arsenal of sweet, liquid gold ready to be deployed to feed a rise in global demand while maintaining price stability.

Full text on the Globe ad Mail

Drums of Maple syrup
Drums of Maple syrup are stacked in the International Strategic Reserve in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, 40km South-West of Quebec City Wednesday March 30, 2011. Asian market is going to buy Maple Syrup at a premium and Canada is ready to cash in. Photo Francis Vachon for the Globe and Mail.
Drums of Maple syrup

Drums of Maple syrup
Danny Ayotte fills drums with Maple syrup, prepping it for pasteurization at the International Strategic Reserve in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, 40km South-West of Quebec City Wednesday March 30, 2011. Photo Francis Vachon for the Globe and Mail.

A young natives wearing Huron-Wendat traditional dresses and paint takes part into the dance contest of the Wendake Pow-Wow July 31, 2010. The Wyandot (also called Huron) are indigenous peoples of North America, known in their native language of the Iroquoian family as the Wendat.

Huron-Wendat traditional dresses and paint
Huron-Wendat traditional dresses and paint

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Mohawk (Kanienkeh, Kanienkehaka Kanien’Kahake, or Kahnawake (meaning « People of the Flint ») are an Iroquoian-speaking indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York

Another round of native traditional dress photographed at the Wendake Pow-Wow. Here is the Mohawk dress.
Mohawk tradional dress

Mohawk tradional dress

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