TPC Southwind

TPC Southwind
Club information
Coordinates 35°3′19.7″N 89°46′39.6″W / 35.055472°N 89.777667°W / 35.055472; -89.777667Coordinates: 35°3′19.7″N 89°46′39.6″W / 35.055472°N 89.777667°W / 35.055472; -89.777667
Location Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Established 1988
Type Private
Operated by PGA Tour TPC Network
Total holes 18
Tournaments hosted FedEx St. Jude Classic
(1989-present)
Website tpcatsouthwind.com
Designed by Ron Prichard
Par 70
Length 7,241 yards (6,621 m) [1]
Course rating 75.9
Slope rating 138 [2]
Course record 61 - Jay Delsing (1993) & Bob Estes (2001)[3]

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

The 18-hole championship golf course was designed by Ron Prichard in consultation with Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller. It opened in 1988 and is a member of the Tournament Players Club network operated by the PGA Tour. It 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.[3]

Course

The course length for the first PGA Tour event was 7,006 yards (6,406 m) in 1989, and has played at 7,244 yards (6,624 m) since 2005, 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.[3] Hole #14 at 239 yards (219 m) consistently ranks as one of the toughest par 3's on the PGA Tour.[4]

The course grass is Bermuda for the greens and rough, with Zoysia on the tees and fairways. Prior to 2005, the greens were bent grass.[3]

Course Record

The course record is 61, achieved twice in the St. Jude Classic. Jay Delsing carded his in the fourth round of the 1993 event and finished tied for eighth place. Bob Estes shot his 61 in the first round in 2001 and went on to win the event. Estes also has the only hole-in-one at the 14th hole in the tour event, aced in 2002. Braden Thornberry also shot the score in a local junior event in August 2012.[3]

Scorecard

TPC Southwind [1][2]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Tournament 75.9 / 138 4344015541964854454821784573632 46515940647223939553049045336097241
Par Tournament 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 35 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 35 70
Par Men's 4 4 5 3 5 4 4 3 4 36 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 35 71
Players 72.9 / 131 4083515021584993934001594283298 42814635039819934350742741332116509
Club 69.0 / 126 3753164381454843653601463733002 39612732933717630545440037829025904
Handicap Men's 5153137911171 61814168121024
Forward 70.1 / 123 3352924161034333363401313292717 3749323429813327837637230024585175
Par Women's 4 5 5 3 5 4 4 3 4 36 5 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 36 72
Handicap Women's 7151115913173 418141612101628

References

  1. 1 2 "Interactive Course Tour". TPC Southwind. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Course Rating and Slope Database™: TPC at Southwind". USGA. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Inside the course: TPC Southwind". PGA Tour. June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  4. "Toughest par 3s, 2007". PGA Tour. June 4, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  5. "Course: TPC Southwind". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 7, 2012.

External links

Official website

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