TPC Southwind

TPC Southwind is a private golf club in the southern United States, located within the gated community of Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee.

TPC Southwind

Club information
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Coordinates	35.057°N 89.779°W / 35.057; -89.779
Location	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Elevation	350 feet (110 m)
Established	1988 (1988)
Type	Private
Operated by	PGA Tour TPC Network
Total holes	18
Tournaments hosted	FedEx St. Jude Classic (1989–2018) WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (2019–present)
Greens	Champion Bermuda grass
Fairways	Meyer Zoysia grass[1]
Website	tpc.com/southwind/
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 thirty-two years ago 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,[5] and has played at 7,244 yards (6,624 m) since 2005,[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] Bob Estes shot his 61 in the first round in 2001,[9] and held on to win the event by a stroke.[10] 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	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
Handicap	Men's	3	15	5	11	13	9	7	17	1		6	16	10	18	8	12	14	2	4
Handicap	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][11]

• The PGA Tour's FedEx St. Jude Classic used the Tournament tees in June 2012, with 3 yards added to hole #11.[4][12]

References

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

External links

• Official website