Situated half an hour’s drive from downtown Memphis in the gated community of Southwind, the 18-hole layout at TPC Southwind is a private course operating within the Tournament Players Club network of golf facilities.
It’s a Ron Prichard original design (in consultation with Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller) which opened for play in 1988, a year before if first hosted the Federal Express St Jude Classic. Water comes into play at more than half the holes on a very strong test for the professional players.
The layout features rolling zoysia fairways and champion Bermuda greens, with numerous lakes and streams adding to the challenge. There’s also a couple of grain silos and a windmill retained on site, reminders of what was once a dairy farm on this site.
Highlight holes include the 165-yard par three 11th hole, a smaller version of the 17th at TPC Sawgrass, requiring a short iron tee shot to a small island green; the 231-yard par three 14th, played to a narrow green with water to the right of the putting surface; and the 461-yard, par four 18th, featuring… yes, you’ve guessed it, yet more water down the left side of the fairway.
