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The PGA Tour organizes the biggest golf competitions and championships, and they own and operate a network of courses known as TPC courses. Each TPC golf course has either hosted or been designed to host PGA Tour tournaments, and to do so, each property was designed by the most elite golf architects.
Open to all: Everyone can play these TPC golf courses.
Tournament Players Club at SawgrassThe Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass (TPC at Sawgrass) is a golf course in the southeastern United States, located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, southeast of Jacksonville.
How much does a round of golf cost?COURSE NAMESEPTEMBER – MAY RATEJUNE – AUGUST RATETHE PLAYERS STADIUM COURSEStarting at $600 PER PLAYER*Starting at $450 PER PLAYER*DYE'S VALLEYStarting at $275 PER PLAYER*Starting at $175 PER PLAYER
There are roughly 300 members of Augusta National, and being invited by one of them is the quickest way to get a round in at the famous course. Members are allowed to bring a guest on the course for a relatively small fee of $40.
$575Pebble Beach green fees for a standard round are a whopping $550 per person and will increase to $575 on April 1, 2020. In addition to that initial price, it costs $45 per person to use a cart. If you choose to go the caddie route and walk, which is recommended, the caddie fee will run you another $95 per bag.
Tournament Players Club network137. Opened 36 years ago in 1986, the resort is part of the Tournament Players Club network of golf courses operated by the PGA Tour. The Stadium Course has been home to the tour's annual Phoenix Open since 1987.
Heritage Golf GroupOpened in 1991, TPC Tampa Bay was designed by Bobby Weed in consultation with tour professional Chi Chi Rodriguez and is part of the Tournament Players Club network operated by the PGA Tour....TPC Tampa Bay.Club informationEstablished1991TypePublicOwned byHeritage Golf GroupOperated byHeritage Golf Group10 more rows
What does it cost? Daily greens fees for limited public tee times will start at $175. Memberships start at $25,000, with monthly dues of $325 this summer that will increase to more than $500 when the clubhouse, which also features a fitness center and private swimming pool, opens.
Non-Member Rates at Augusta MunicipalWeekday Rates (Monday-Thursday)18 Holes Walking$219 Holes Walking$14Hero Card$27League Play$2715 more rows
TPC Sawgrass uses dynamic pricing, and over the next 30 days tee times for the Stadium Course are anywhere between $700 and $840.
Single Carry Caddies are available for those players wanting to walk the course with their own personal caddie. The Single Carry Caddie fee is $90 per player and recommended gratuity is $40 and up per player.
The name TPC stands for tournament players club. Often times golfers believe this acronym stands for Tournament players course. This is incorrect but carries essentially the same meaning as the correct acronym.
Currently, there are 30 TPC courses in the United States according to TPC.com. Courses are often added and subtracted from this list. To check out an updated list of TPC course just head to their website.
Yes just like other golf courses, you’ll find that some TPC courses can be played by anyone. But like regular golf courses, the requirements to play on these courses vary greatly.
TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium), Ponte Vedra Beach. Fla.: Since 1982, the Players Championship has been at Ponte Vedra Beach. Ben Crenshaw, a design genius, called Pete Dye’s design “Star Wars Golf by Darth Vader”. Pete Dye’s “grenade-attack architecture” can make even the most experienced players uncomfortable.
C.B. This is one of the most beautiful architectural gems the PGA Tour visits. It was designed by C.B. After the devastating floods that devastated the Greenbrier and its surrounding areas in 2016, Keith Foster led restoration efforts. Golf Digest awarded Foster the honor of Best Restoration at a Public Course, an award the course won in 2007.
TPC Boston, Norton, Mass. Gil Hanse’s crew completed the renovation of the 12th hole and the 13th hole at TPC Boston in 2017. This was the end of a 10-plus year-long project in which Hanse’s team tried to restore a New England-style to the course. It is located approximately 45 minutes from Boston and has hosted a PGA Tour tournament since 2003.
TPC San Antonio (AT&T Oaks), hosts the annual Valero Texas Open. One of the most distinctive features of the bunkers is the limestone rock that runs along the back edges. This limestone was created by builders blasting the subsurface rocks to create the traps.
TPC Southwind in Memphis: TPC Southwind will host a World Golf Championships event as part of the 2018-2019 PGA Tour schedule. Our Golf Digest panelists ranked the private club course designed by Ron Prichard sixth in Tennessee.
TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney (Texas): This Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course hosted the 2008 and 2012 Web.com Tour Championships. TPC Craig Ranch was ranked 18th in 2017-2018 Best in Texas rankings. It has wide hole corridors and windy terrain that makes it a challenging test.
TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.: This is where the John Deere Classic was held. It was ranked in Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest Publics from 2003 to 2009 and has been ranked within the Best in State in Illinois list since 2001. TPC Deere Run was not included in our previous state rankings.
TPC — which stands for Tournament Players Club — means that a golf course is part of a prestigious network of golf courses around the world. In the case of TPC Danzante Bay, we are licensed to use this designation and as the only TPC golf course in Mexico, have very special status. These TPC golf courses uniquely allow golfers to experience ...
The course, designed by famed architect Rees Jones, has been showcased on Golf Channel, in the pages of GOLF Magazine’s top 100 golf resorts in North America, and on social media feeds around the world. Its 17th hole – a par-3 stunner perched on a rock outcropping 250 feet above the Sea of Cortez –is arguably the most photographed golf hole of 2019.
TPC Danzante Bay – Latin America’s and Mexico’s Best Golf Course of 2019 as recognized by the World Golf Awards –may not have yet hosted a PGA Tour event, it shouldn’t be long before the best golfers in the world grace its fairways.
Clubs either owned outright by an organization affiliated with the PGA Tour, or their owners have licensed the TPC name to be a part of the TPC network of courses.
The PGA Tour can use any TPC course to host a PGA Tour event rent-free.