 Stadium Course's signature 17th hole in 2008 | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Coordinates | 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W |
| Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Elevation | 7 feet (2 m) |
| Established | 1980, 44 years ago |
| Type | Resort |
| Operated by | PGA Tour TPC Network |
| Total holes | 36 |
| Events hosted | The Players Championship (1982–present) |
| Greens | TifEagle Bermuda |
| Fairways | Celebration Bermuda[1] |
| Website | tpc.com/sawgrass |
| The Players Stadium Course | |
| Designed by | Pete Dye, Alice Dye |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,245 yards (6,625 m)[2] |
| Course rating | 76.4 |
| Slope rating | 155[2][3] |
| Course record | 62 – Tom Hoge (2023) |
| Dye's Valley Course | |
| Designed by | Pete Dye, Bobby Weed, with Jerry Pate |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,847 yards (6,261 m)[4] |
| Course rating | 74.0 |
| Slope rating | 134[5] |
The Tournament Players Club Sawgrass (TPC Sawgrass) is a golf course in the southeastern United States, located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, southeast of Jacksonville. Opened 44 years ago in the autumn of 1980, it was the first of several Tournament Players Clubs to be built. It is home to the PGA Tour headquarters and hosts The Players Championship, one of the PGA Tour's signature events, now held in March. Paul and Jerome Fletcher negotiated a deal with the PGA Tour, which included the donation of 415 acres (1.68 km2) for one dollar (the original check is prominently displayed in the clubhouse).
The TPC Sawgrass is situated in Ponte Vedra Beach's Sawgrass development. It has two individual courses, the Stadium Course and the Valley Course. The Stadium Course was designed by noted golf course architects Pete and Alice Dye, and is known as one of the most difficult golf courses in the world. Constructed specifically to host The Players Championship, it employs a distinctive "stadium" concept: like in other sports, fans at the TPC sit in "stands" made of raised mounds of grass. It is known for its signature hole, the par-3, 137-yard (125 m) 17th, known as the "Island Green," one of golf's most recognizable and difficult holes. It has a capacity of 36,000.[6]
The course has been featured for many years on the best-selling Tiger Woods PGA Tour series of video games.
Dye's Valley Course hosted the Web.com Tour Championship from 2013 to 2015.
- ^ "The Players Championship" (PDF). GCSAA. Tournament fact sheets. May 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ a b "Stadium Course". TPC Sawgrass. (scorecard). November 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - TPC Sawgrass: Stadium". USGA. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Dye's Valley Course". TPC Sawgrass. (scorecard). Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - TPC Sawgrass: Dye's Valley". USGA. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "TPC Sawgrass, home of the Players Championship: What to know". Golf Magazine. March 11, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.