A New Wrinkle in the "Its" Fabric

I see examples of confusion about the proper use of "its" (possessive) without an apostrophe and "it's" (contraction of it+is or it+has) with the apostrophe. Today I came across a new one: putting the apostrophe AFTER the "s," which would not ever be correct.

While visiting the Gulf coast, we surfed the Internet this morning for good prices on a round of golf and came across this sentence during our search:

Perdido Bay Golf Club was the former site of the Pensacola Open for 10 years, and continues to hold its' integrity as a premier championship golf course.

There would NEVER be a good reason for putting an apostrophe AFTER the "s" in "its." Also, as I've pointed out in several previous posts, an apostrophe is NEVER used in the possessive form. Therefore, the sentence should read as follows:

Perdido Bay Golf Club was the former site of the Pensacola Open for 10 years, and continues to hold its integrity as a premier championship golf course.

While we are looking at this sentence, let me also point out that the meaning is a little confusing. I believe the writer meant to suggest that Perdido Bay Golf Club was the site of the Pensacola Open for ten years, not the FORMER site for ten years.

In addition, as I have pointed out in many of my grammar workshops, it is not necessary to put a comma before "and" when what comes after "and" is not a complete thought.

How about rewriting this sentence as follows for better punctuation and greater clarity:

Perdido Bay Golf Club was the site of the Pensacola Open for 10 years and continues to hold its integrity as a premier championship golf course.

Now that we have that straight, I hope you are having a great weekend wherever you are and whatever you're doing.