TPC Southwind

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TPC Southwind
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
Club information
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; 37 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

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

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]

Grass Types

TPC Southwind has multiple varieties of grass to maintain playing conditions on the course.

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.[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

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		 4344015541964854454821784573632 46516240647223939553049045336127244
Tournament 73.3 / 146
Par 71		 4053855201705254254281644253447 44114137042519535049645043833066753
Players 71.0 / 133
Par 71		 3753514951584753934001594083214 39612732939817634446040041330436257
Blended 69.4 / 130
Par 71		 337C351P495P146C475P365C360C159P373C3061 382C127P329P398P142C305C460P400P378C29215982
Club M: 68.5 / 123
L: 74.6 / 132
Par 71		 3373164381464513653601463732932 38211729033714230544537237827685700
Par 44534/5443435/36 4/53443454435/36
SI Men's 3155111397171 61610188121424
SI Ladies' 7151115913173 41814161210628
Forward 71.3 / 131
Par 72		 2992924161034333363401313292679 3749323429810527837637230024305109
Family 167180242902301311221181551435 139671221827121823517015113552790
Source:[2][3][15]

References

  1. ↑ "WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational" (PDF). GCSAA. (Tournament fact sheets). July 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Interactive Course Tour". TPC Southwind. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Course Rating and Slope Database™: TPC at Southwind". USGA. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "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. Archived from the original on April 15, 2018. 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.