TPC in TPC Sawgrass Stands for…

The Houston Golf Nut Trivia Contest – April 2010 Part 3 (that’s a mouthful) concluded yesterday.  The question was:

What does “TPC” stand for in “TPC Sawgrass”?

The CORRECT answer is “Tournament Players Club”.  The most popular WRONG answers were “Tournament Players Course” and “The Players Championship”.

From the TPC website (http://www.tpc.com/about.html):

Also, from a couple of Wikipedia articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournament_Players_Club
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Players_Championship

Since 1982 The Players Championship has been played across the road from Sawgrass Country Club, on the Stadium Course at the “Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass” (usually referred to as the TPC at Sawgrass). It is not uncommon for “TPC” in this context to be conflated with “The Players Championship” because they happen to have the same initials – in fact, this confusion was the reason why the tournament’s original name was shortened to just “Players Championship” prior to the 1988 event, although some confusion between the two still persists occasionally.

Out of the correct entries, the random winners are:

Glenn Emshoff – Free 4some at Blaketree National Golf Club

Tom Dane – Free round at Clear Creek Golf Club

This picture is a representation of Glenn and Tom winning their free golf.

Thanks to everyone for their participation and the next contest for free golf will be starting soon.