TPC_at_Southwind

TPC Southwind

TPC Southwind

Private golf club in Tennessee

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.

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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.

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

Course

The course length for the first PGA Tour event was 7,006 yards (6,406 m) in 1989,[6] and has played at 7,244 yards (6,624 m) since 2005,[7] 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.[8]

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

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.[9] Bob Estes shot his 61 in the first round in 2001,[10] and held on to win the event by a stroke.[11] 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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Source:[2][3][12]

References

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    "WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational" (PDF). GCSAA. (Tournament fact sheets). July 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Interactive Course Tour". TPC Southwind. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
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    "Course Rating and Slope Database™: TPC at Southwind". USGA. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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    "Inside the course: TPC Southwind". PGA Tour. June 4, 2012. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
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    "TPC Southwind | United States | Weather | GolfWeather.com". www.golfweather.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  6. [6]
    "Golf: St. Jude Classic results". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). August 7, 1989. p. 2B.
  7. [7]
    "Golf: PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). May 30, 2005. p. B4.
  8. [8]
    "Toughest par 3s, 2007". PGA Tour. June 4, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  9. [9]
    "Price stays hottest item on tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). news services. August 2, 1993. p. 6B.
  10. [10]
    "Estes fights rain, exhaustion for record round". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 8, 2001. p. 7D.
  11. [11]
    "Estes finishes what he started". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. June 11, 2001. p. 3C.
  12. [12]
    "TPC Southwind Scorecard". TPC.com. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  13. [13]
    "Course: TPC Southwind". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
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