<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Tournament Players Club (TPC) is a chain of public and private golf courses operated by the PGA Tour . Most of the courses either are or have been hosts for PGA Tour events, with the remainder having frequently hosted events on the second - tier Web.com Tour or the over-50s PGA Tour Champions . </P> <P> The flagship Tournament Players Club for the PGA Tour was TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, designed in 1980 and now the headquarters of the PGA Tour . TPC courses are designed to accommodate the large crowds attracted to high - profile tournaments . One of the drivers for the development of the chain by the PGA Tour, is that by holding tournaments on its own courses, it avoids sharing the proceeds with external course owners . </P>

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