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).

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.

[6] The course has been featured for many years on the best-selling Tiger Woods PGA Tour series of video games.

The course contains many challenging features: narrow fairways lined with hazards like marshes and "waste bunkers" (long strips of sand that groundskeepers never maintain); dozens of deep "pot bunkers," strategically placed to catch even a slightly misplaced shot; thick rough that features craters and mounds; tall, shot-obstructing palm trees; and rock-hard, lightning-fast greens.

[14] When asked if the TPC suited his playing style, Jack Nicklaus replied, "No, I've never been very good at stopping a 5-iron on the hood of a car.

[27] Club selection in the weather conditions at the hole is a huge consideration,[25] as there is nowhere to land the ball but on the green, in the small bunker, or in the water.

The gull found it difficult to hold the ball in its bill, but finally managed to carry it into the air and over the water, where it dropped it.

[35] In the final round of the 2019 Players Championship, Venezuelan golfer Jhonattan Vegas made the longest putt in the history of the hole with a distance of 69 feet, 7 inches.