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Coordinates: 35°03′25″N 89°46′44″W / 35.057°N 89.779°W / 35.057; -89.779
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TPC Southwind
Club information
TPC Southwind is located in the United States
TPC Southwind
Location in the United States
TPC Southwind is located in Tennessee
TPC Southwind
Location in Tennessee
Coordinates35°03′25″N 89°46′44″W / 35.057°N 89.779°W / 35.057; -89.779
LocationMemphis, Tennessee U.S.
Elevation350 feet (110 m)
Established1988; 36 years ago (1988)
TypePrivate
Operated byPGA Tour TPC Network
Total holes18
Events hosted
GreensChampion Bermuda
FairwaysMeyer Zoysia[1]
Websitetpc.com/southwind/
Designed byRon Prichard
Par70
Length7,244 yards (6,624 m)[2]
Course rating75.6
Slope rating149[3]
Course record61 – Jay Delsing (1993)
        Bob Estes (2001)[4]
        Tom Lewis (2020)

TPC Southwind is a private golf club in Shelby County, Tennessee, southern United States,[5] located within the gated community of Southwind in southeast Memphis.

East-southeast of central Memphis, the 18-hole championship golf course was designed by Ron Prichard, in consultation with tour pros Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller. TPC Southwind opened in 1988, and is a member of the Tournament Players Club network operated by the PGA Tour. It is near the world headquarters of FedEx, adjacent to the west.

PGA Tour

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TPC Southwind was the venue for the tour's annual FedEx St. Jude Classic, formerly the Memphis Open, for three decades (1989–2018). The event was previously played at Colonial Country Club in Cordova. TPC Southwind was renovated following the 2004 event.[4]

In 2019, FedEx took over sponsorship of the WGC Invitational and relocated it to Memphis, played at TPC Southwind in late July. The WGC event continued the charitable relationship with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and was renamed WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.[6][7] For the 2022 season, the WGC Invitational was discontinued, and the first FedEx Cup playoff event was relocated to TPC Southwind with FedEx as the new title sponsor and became the FedEx St. Jude Championship, played in mid-August.[8]

Course

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The course length for the first PGA Tour event was 7,006 yards (6,406 m) in 1989,[9] and has played at 7,244 yards (6,624 m) since 2005,[10] except in 2007 and 2008, when it was five yards shorter. With 94 bunkers and ten water hazards, TPC Southwind was ranked ninth in difficulty out of 51 courses on the PGA Tour in 2011.[4] Hole #14 at 239 yards (219 m) consistently ranks as one of the toughest par 3's on the PGA Tour.[11]

The course grass is Bermuda for the greens and rough, with Zoysia on the tees and fairways.[1] Prior to 2005, the greens were bent grass.[4]

Course record

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The course record is 61, achieved twice professionally in the St. Jude Classic. Jay Delsing carded his in the fourth round in 1993 and tied for eighth place.[12] Bob Estes shot his 61 in the first round in 2001,[13] and held on to win the event by a stroke.[14] Estes also has the only hole-in-one at the 14th hole in the tour event, aced in 2002. Amateur golfer Braden Thornberry also shot the score 61 in a local junior event in August 2012.[4]

Scorecard

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TPC Southwind
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
PGA Tour 75.6 / 149
Par 70 		434 401 554 196 485 445 482 178 457 3632 465 162 406 472 239 395 530 490 453 3612 7244
Tournament 73.3 / 146
Par 71 		405 385 520 170 525 425 428 164 425 3447 441 141 370 425 195 350 496 450 438 3306 6753
Players 71.0 / 133
Par 71 		375 351 495 158 475 393 400 159 408 3214 396 127 329 398 176 344 460 400 413 3043 6257
Blended 69.4 / 130
Par 71 		337C 351P 495P 146C 475P 365C 360C 159P 373C 3061 382C 127P 329P 398P 142C 305C 460P 400P 378C 2921 5982
Club M: 68.5 / 123
L: 74.6 / 132
Par 71 		337 316 438 146 451 365 360 146 373 2932 382 117 290 337 142 305 445 372 378 2768 5700
Par 4 4 5 3 4/5 4 4 3 4 35/36 4/5 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 35/36
SI Men's 3 15 5 11 13 9 7 17 1 6 16 10 18 8 12 14 2 4
SI Ladies' 7 15 1 11 5 9 13 17 3 4 18 14 16 12 10 6 2 8
Forward 71.3 / 131
Par 72 		299 292 416 103 433 336 340 131 329 2679 374 93 234 298 105 278 376 372 300 2430 5109
Family 167 180 242 90 230 131 122 118 155 1435 139 67 122 182 71 218 235 170 151 1355 2790
Source:[2][3][15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational" (PDF). GCSAA. (Tournament fact sheets). July 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Interactive Course Tour". TPC Southwind. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Course Rating and Slope Database™: TPC at Southwind". USGA. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Inside the course: TPC Southwind". PGA Tour. June 4, 2012. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  5. ^ "TPC Southwind | United States | Weather | GolfWeather.com". www.golfweather.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  6. ^ "FedEx announced as sponsor of World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational". stjudeclassic.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  7. ^ "PGA Tour to move WGC Bridgestone event from Akron to Memphis". Golf.Com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  8. ^ "PGA Tour to relocate first FedEx Cup Playoffs event to TPC Southwind in Memphis". PGA Tour. September 14, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  9. ^ "Golf: St. Jude Classic results". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). August 7, 1989. p. 2B.
  10. ^ "Golf: PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). May 30, 2005. p. B4.
  11. ^ "Toughest par 3s, 2007". PGA Tour. June 4, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  12. ^ "Price stays hottest item on tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). news services. August 2, 1993. p. 6B.
  13. ^ "Estes fights rain, exhaustion for record round". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 8, 2001. p. 7D.
  14. ^ "Estes finishes what he started". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. June 11, 2001. p. 3C.
  15. ^ "TPC Southwind Scorecard". TPC.com. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Course: TPC Southwind". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
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