Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

TPC Sawgrass

Deane Beman wanted a tournament home owned by the PGA TOUR. After an unsuccessful effort to buy Sawgrass Country Club, the Fletcher family sold the TOUR 415 acres of wetlands for one dollar.

Courses: 2 courses
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Courses

Dye's Valley Course18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1987

Stadium Course18 holes · par 72 · Opened 1980

Course design

Alice DyeCo design · Stadium CourseConsulting · Stadium Course

Bobby WeedCo design · Dye's Valley Course

Jerry PateConsulting · Dye's Valley Course

Pete DyeCo design · Dye's Valley CourseOriginal design · Stadium Course

A permanent home for the players

TPC Sawgrass opened in 1980 and first hosted THE PLAYERS in 1982. Jerry Pate won that inaugural championship on the new course.

Championships

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Results and dates 47 editions

1980s

1982
Tournament Players Championship
Jerry Pate
March 18–21, 1982
1983
Tournament Players Championship
Hal Sutton
March 25–28, 1983
1984
Tournament Players Championship
Fred Couples
March 29–April 1, 1984
1985
Tournament Players Championship
Calvin Peete
March 28–31, 1985
1986
Tournament Players Championship
John Mahaffey
March 27–30, 1986
1987
Tournament Players Championship
Sandy Lyle
March 26–29, 1987
1988
Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
Billy Casper
1988
THE PLAYERS Championship
Mark McCumber
March 24–27, 1988
1989
Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
Orville Moody
1989
THE PLAYERS Championship
Tom Kite
March 16–19, 1989

1990s

1990
THE PLAYERS Championship
Jodie Mudd
March 15–18, 1990
1991
THE PLAYERS Championship
Steve Elkington
March 28–31, 1991
1992
THE PLAYERS Championship
Davis Love III
March 26–29, 1992
1993
THE PLAYERS Championship
Nick Price
March 25–28, 1993
1994
THE PLAYERS Championship
Greg Norman
March 24–27, 1994
1994
U.S. Amateur
Tiger Woods
August 22–28, 1994
1995
THE PLAYERS Championship
Lee Janzen
March 23–26, 1995
1996
THE PLAYERS Championship
Fred Couples
March 28–31, 1996
1997
THE PLAYERS Championship
Steve Elkington
March 27–30, 1997
1998
THE PLAYERS Championship
Justin Leonard
March 26–29, 1998
1999
THE PLAYERS Championship
David Duval
March 25–28, 1999

2000s

2000
THE PLAYERS Championship
Hal Sutton
March 23–27, 2000
2001
THE PLAYERS Championship
Tiger Woods
March 22–26, 2001
2002
THE PLAYERS Championship
Craig Perks
March 21–24, 2002
2003
THE PLAYERS Championship
Davis Love III
March 27–30, 2003
2004
THE PLAYERS Championship
Adam Scott
March 25–28, 2004
2005
THE PLAYERS Championship
Fred Funk
March 24–28, 2005
2006
THE PLAYERS Championship
Stephen Ames
March 23–26, 2006
2007
THE PLAYERS Championship
Phil Mickelson
May 10–13, 2007
2008
THE PLAYERS Championship
Sergio Garcia
May 8–11, 2008
2009
THE PLAYERS Championship
Henrik Stenson
May 7–10, 2009

2010s

2010
THE PLAYERS Championship
Tim Clark
May 6–9, 2010
2011
THE PLAYERS Championship
K.J. Choi
May 12–15, 2011
2012
THE PLAYERS Championship
Matt Kuchar
May 10–13, 2012
2013
THE PLAYERS Championship
Tiger Woods
May 9–12, 2013
2014
THE PLAYERS Championship
Martin Kaymer
May 8–11, 2014
2015
THE PLAYERS Championship
Rickie Fowler
May 7–10, 2015
2016
THE PLAYERS Championship
Jason Day
May 12–15, 2016
2017
THE PLAYERS Championship
Si Woo Kim
May 11–14, 2017
2018
THE PLAYERS Championship
Webb Simpson
May 10–13, 2018
2019
THE PLAYERS Championship
Rory McIlroy
March 14–17, 2019

2020s

2021
THE PLAYERS Championship
Justin Thomas
March 11–14, 2021
2022
THE PLAYERS Championship
Cameron Smith
March 10–14, 2022
2023
THE PLAYERS Championship
Scottie Scheffler
March 9–12, 2023
2024
THE PLAYERS Championship
Scottie Scheffler
March 14–17, 2024
2025
THE PLAYERS Championship
Rory McIlroy
March 13–17, 2025
2026
THE PLAYERS Championship
Cameron Young
March 12–15, 2026

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Sources and editorial notes11 references

Sources for this story

History TPC Sawgrass
History and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Passages:Introduction A permanent home for the players, paragraph 2

Record sources10 references

Club mark source
Pete Dye Society: Course Catalog
TPC Sawgrass
PGA TOUR: 2026 PLAYERS Final-Round Notes Official annual summary, printed page 1, establishes completed competition and final results. Actual competition span 2026-03-12 through 2026-03-15. Date evidence: pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com. Competition March 12-15, 2026; Cameron Young 275 and Matt Fitzpatrick 276; Stadium Course.
PGA TOUR: 2026 Media Guide Page 44 identifies THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass as host from 1982 onward. Dye's Valley is not assigned.
THE PLAYERS: 2026 Media Guide Official annual summary, printed page 235, establishes completed competition and final results. Actual competition span 2025-03-13 through 2025-03-17. Date evidence: pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com. Monday March 17 playoff completion. The header March 13-16 is the original schedule, not the final completion date.
PGA TOUR: 2020 THE PLAYERS Media Center Official media center identifies the cancelled 2020 event at THE PLAYERS Stadium Course. The 2026 guide records one round played; this is not a completed championship or a championship win.
USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 10, 1994 result row. Tiger Woods d. Trip Kuehne, 2 up. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
PGA TOUR: official 2006 Champions Tour media guide PDF page 247, printed 5-29, 1989 entry: Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship. Exact competitive-day boundaries remain unverified.
PGA TOUR: official 1991 Senior PGA TOUR media guide PGA TOUR 1991 guide PDF page 193 explicitly locates the 1988–1989 editions at TPC Sawgrass (Valley). The owner identifies this as Dye’s Valley: tpc.com