TPC Southwind
{{Short description|Private golf club in Tennessee}}
{{Infobox golf facility
| name = TPC Southwind
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| pushpin_map = USA#Tennessee
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in Tennessee
| coordinates = {{coord|35.057|N|89.779|W|region:US|display=inline,title}}
| location = Memphis, Tennessee U.S.
| elevation = {{convert|350|ft}}
| establishment = {{Start date and age|1988}}
| type = Private
| owner =
| operator = PGA Tour TPC Network
| greens = Champion Bermuda
| fairways = Meyer Zoysia{{cite web |url=https://www.gcsaa.org/docs/default-source/tournament-fact-sheets/pga-tour/2020/7-30-wgc-fed-ex-(pga).pdf?sfvrsn=aa41fd3e_2 |publisher=GCSAA |agency=(Tournament fact sheets) |title=WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational |date=July 2020 |accessdate=August 6, 2020}}
| holes = 18
| tournaments = *FedEx St. Jude Classic
(1989–2018)
- WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
(2019–2021) - FedEx St. Jude Championship
(2022–present)
| website = {{URL|https://tpc.com/southwind/}}
| course1 =
| designer1 = Ron Prichard
| par1 = 70
| length1 = {{convert|7244|yd}}
| rating1 = 75.6
| record1 = 61 – Jay Delsing (1993)
{{spaces|8}}Bob Estes (2001)
{{spaces|8}}Tom Lewis (2020)}}
TPC Southwind is a private golf club in Shelby County, Tennessee, southern United States,{{Cite web|title=TPC Southwind {{!}} United States {{!}} Weather {{!}} GolfWeather.com|url=http://www.golfweather.com/united-states/tennessee/shelby-county/tpc-southwind/163894|access-date=2021-01-13|website=www.golfweather.com}} 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.
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.{{cite web |url=https://stjudeclassic.com/2019wgc/ |title=FedEx announced as sponsor of World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational |publisher=stjudeclassic.com |access-date=April 15, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.golf.com/tour-news/2018/04/13/pga-tour-move-wgc-bridgestone-invitational-memphis |title=PGA Tour to move WGC Bridgestone event from Akron to Memphis |publisher=Golf.Com |access-date=April 15, 2018}} 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.{{cite web |title=PGA Tour to relocate first FedEx Cup Playoffs event to TPC Southwind in Memphis |url=https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/fedex-st-jude-championship/news/2021/08/03/pga-tour-fedexcup-playoffs-fedex-stjude-championship.html |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=October 11, 2021 |date=September 14, 2021}}
Course
The course length for the first PGA Tour event was {{convert|7006|yd}} in 1989,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OztOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZRQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6859%2C2825053 |work=Wilmington Morning Star |location=(North Carolina) |title=Golf: St. Jude Classic results |date=August 7, 1989 |page=2B}} and has played at {{convert|7244|yd}} since 2005,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AGxXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gPADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6668%2C7927090 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Golf: PGA Tour |date=May 30, 2005 |page=B4}} 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. Hole #14 at {{convert|239|yd}} consistently ranks as one of the toughest par 3's on the PGA Tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tournaments/r025/06/04/toughest.par3s/index.html |publisher=PGA Tour |title=Toughest par 3s, 2007 |date=June 4, 2008 |accessdate=June 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213064952/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tournaments/r025/06/04/toughest.par3s/index.html |archivedate=February 13, 2012 }}
=Grass Types=
TPC 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=
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.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZ8nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6876%2C366890 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=news services |title=Price stays hottest item on tour |date=August 2, 1993 |page=6B}} Bob Estes shot his 61 in the first round in 2001,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GghRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AOwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2428%2C1927791 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Estes fights rain, exhaustion for record round |date=June 8, 2001 |page=7D}} and held on to win the event by a stroke.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3wpPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RB8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6674%2C3705098 |work=Wilmington Morning Star |location=(North Carolina) |agency=Associated Press |title=Estes finishes what he started |date=June 11, 2001 |page=3C}} 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.
Scorecard
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{{tee18|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|rssize=smallest|bcolor=#FEFEF2|tcolor=#19326B}}
{{tee18|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|rssize=smallest|bcolor=#FEFEF2|tcolor=#19326B}}
{{tee18|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|rssize=smallest|bcolor=#FEFEF2|tcolor=#19326B}}
{{tee18|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|rssize=smallest|bcolor=#FEFEF2|tcolor=#19326B}}
{{tee18|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|rssize=smallest|bcolor=#FEFEF2|tcolor=#19326B}}
{{par18|4|4|5|3|4/5|4|4|3|4|35/36|4/5|3|4|4|3|4|5|4|4|35/36| |rssize=smallest|bcolor=#F6EADA|tcolor=#19326B}}
{{handicap18|name=Men's|3|15|5|11|13|9|7|17|1|6|16|10|18|8|12|14|2|4|rssize=smallest|bcolor=#F6EADA|tcolor=#19326B}}
{{handicap18|name=Ladies'|7|15|1|11|5|9|13|17|3|4|18|14|16|12|10|6|2|8|rssize=smallest|bcolor=#F6EADA|tcolor=#19326B}}
{{tee18|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|rssize=smallest|bcolor=#FEFEF2|tcolor=#19326B}}
{{tee18|Family | |167|180|242|90|230|131|122|118|155|1435|139|67|122|182|71|218|235|170|151|1355|2790|rssize=smallest|bcolor=#FEFEF2|tcolor=#19326B}}
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:{{small|Source:}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tpcsouthwind.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=288083&ssid=166697&vnf=1 |publisher=TPC Southwind |title=Interactive Course Tour |accessdate=June 7, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://ncrdb.usga.org/courseTeeInfo.aspx?CourseID=3525 |publisher=USGA |title=Course Rating and Slope Database™: TPC at Southwind |accessdate=August 6, 2020}}{{cite web |title=TPC Southwind Scorecard |url=https://tpc.com/southwind/scorecard/ |website=TPC.com |accessdate=25 June 2017}}
- The PGA Tour's FedEx St. Jude Classic used the Tournament tees in June 2012, with 3 yards added to hole #11.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/2012/tournaments/r025/06/04/inside.the.course/index.html |publisher=PGA Tour |title=Inside the course: TPC Southwind |date=June 4, 2012 |accessdate=June 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607231659/http://www.pgatour.com/2012/tournaments/r025/06/04/inside.the.course/index.html |archivedate=June 7, 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r025/course.html |publisher=PGA Tour |title=Course: TPC Southwind |accessdate=June 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606224902/http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r025/course.html |archivedate=June 6, 2012 }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://tpc.com/southwind/}}
{{Tournament Players Clubs}}
Category:Golf clubs and courses in Tennessee
Category:Shelby County, Tennessee