TPC Southwind is a private

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, southern

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, located within the

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of Southwind in Southeast

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. East-southeast of central Memphis, the 18-hole championship

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was designed by

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, in consultation with tour pros

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and

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. TPC Southwind opened in 1988, and is a member of the

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network operated by the

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. It is near the world headquarters of

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, adjacent to the west. TPC Southwind has been the venue for the tour's annual

FedEx St. Jude Classic The FedEx St. Jude Classic was a professional golf tournament held in Memphis, Tennessee as a regular event on the PGA Tour. The tournament was held annually from 1958 through 2018, and was played in June at TPC Southwind (since 1989). In 2019, ...

, formerly the Memphis Open, since

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. The event was previously played at Colonial Country Club in Cordova. TPC Southwind was renovated following the 2004 event.

Course

The course length for the first PGA Tour event was in 1989, and has played at since

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, 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

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. Hole #14 at consistently ranks as one of the toughest par 3's on the PGA Tour. The course grass is

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for the greens and rough, with

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on the tees and fairways. Prior to 2005, the greens were bent grass.

Course record

The course record is 61, achieved twice professionally in the St. Jude Classic.

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carded his in the fourth round in

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and tied for eighth place.

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shot his 61 in the first round in

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, and held on to win the event by a stroke. Estes also has the only

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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

: *The

used the Tournament tees in June

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, with 3 yards added to hole #11.

References

External links

* {{Tournament Players Clubs Golf clubs and courses in Tennessee Shelby County, Tennessee Buildings and structures in Memphis, Tennessee 1988 establishments in Tennessee