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.
| Club information | |
|---|---|
  Location in the United States  Location in Tennessee | |
| Coordinates | 35°03′25″N 89°46′44″W / 35.057°N 89.779°W |
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee U.S. |
| Elevation | 350 feet (110 m) |
| Established | 1988 |
| Type | Private |
| Operated by | PGA Tour TPC Network |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted |
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| Greens | Champion Bermuda |
| Fairways | Meyer Zoysia[1] |
| Website | tpc |
| Designed by | Ron Prichard |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,244 yards (6,624 m)[2] |
| Course rating | 75.6 |
| Slope rating | 149[3] |
| Course record | 61 – Jay Delsing (1993) Bob Estes (2001)[4] Tom Lewis (2020) |
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
editTPC 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
editThe 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
editTPC Southwind has multiple varieties of grass to maintain playing conditions on the course.
- Tees and Fairways: Zoysia grass
- Greens: Champion Bermuda Grass
- Rough: Bermuda Grass
Course record
editThe 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
edit| 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 |
- The PGA Tour's FedEx St. Jude Classic used the Tournament tees in June 2012, with 3 yards added to hole #11.[4][16]
References
edit- ^ "WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational" (PDF). GCSAA. (Tournament fact sheets). July 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ a b "Interactive Course Tour". TPC Southwind. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ a b "Course Rating and Slope Database™: TPC at Southwind". USGA. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Inside the course: TPC Southwind". PGA Tour. June 4, 2012. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "TPC Southwind | United States | Weather | GolfWeather.com". www.golfweather.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "FedEx announced as sponsor of World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational". stjudeclassic.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ^ "PGA Tour to move WGC Bridgestone event from Akron to Memphis". Golf.Com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ^ "PGA Tour to relocate first FedEx Cup Playoffs event to TPC Southwind in Memphis". PGA Tour. September 14, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ "Golf: St. Jude Classic results". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). August 7, 1989. p. 2B.
- ^ "Golf: PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). May 30, 2005. p. B4.
- ^ "Toughest par 3s, 2007". PGA Tour. June 4, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "Price stays hottest item on tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). news services. August 2, 1993. p. 6B.
- ^ "Estes fights rain, exhaustion for record round". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 8, 2001. p. 7D.
- ^ "Estes finishes what he started". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. June 11, 2001. p. 3C.
- ^ "TPC Southwind Scorecard". TPC.com. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Course: TPC Southwind". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.