FedEx St. Jude Classic

FedEx St. Jude Classic

Tournament information
Location	Memphis, Tennessee
Established	1958[1]
Course(s)	TPC Southwind (1989–present)[2]
Par	70
Length	7,244 yards (6,624 m)[3]
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$5.7 million
Month played	June
Tournament record score
Aggregate	258 John Cook (1996)
To par	–26 John Cook (1996)
Current champion
Harris English

TPC Southwind

Location in the United States

The FedEx St. Jude Classic is a professional golf tournament in Memphis, Tennessee, a regular event on the PGA Tour. It has been held annually since 1958, and is currently played in June at TPC Southwind, its home since 1989.

History

The tournament debuted in May 1958 as the Memphis Open and was played annually at Colonial Country Club in Memphis through 1971, then at the club's new home in Cordova through 1988.

In 1969, actor Danny Thomas (1912-91) agreed to lend his name to the tournament in exchange for his St. Jude Children's Research Hospital becoming the tournament's charity. Accordingly, the tournament changed its name the next year to the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic. In 1977, President Gerald Ford, who left office in January, hit a hole-in-one at the tournament's celebrity pro-am. The same year, Al Geiberger shot a PGA Tour record 59 (–13) in the second round with eleven birdies and an eagle.^[4]

In 1986, Federal Express became the title sponsor. For the first three years of their sponsorship, FedEx increased the purse one dollar for each package they shipped on the Friday of the tournament.^[5][6][7] The purses went from $500,000 to $605,912 in 1986, from $600,000 to $724,043 in 1987, and from $750,000 to $953,842 in 1988.

In 1989, the event moved from Colonial Country Club in Cordova to its present location at TPC Southwind in Memphis. In 2007, The Stanford Financial Group took over as the tournament's title sponsor, and it was renamed Stanford St. Jude Championship. In 2009, the tournament changed its name to St. Jude Classic^[8] following accusations that the Stanford Financial Group was a Ponzi scheme. FedEx returned as title sponsor in 2011.^[9]

In 2013, the total purse was $5,700,000, with a winner's share of $1,026,000.

Course

TPC Southwind in 2013^[3]

Winners

A blue and white
seersucker jacket.

The winner of the tournament each year is awarded a blue and white seersucker jacket.

Year	Player	Country	Score	To par	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
FedEx St. Jude Classic
2013	Harris English	United States	268	–12	5,700,000	1,026,000
2012	Dustin Johnson	United States	271	–9	5,600,000	1,008,000
2011	Harrison Frazar	United States	267PO	–13	5,600,000	1,008,000
St. Jude Classic presented by Smith & Nephew
2010	Lee Westwood	England	270PO	–10	5,600,000	1,008,000
St. Jude Classic presented by FedEx
2009	Brian Gay	United States	262	–18	5,600,000	1,008,000
Stanford St. Jude Championship
2008	Justin Leonard (2)	United States	276PO	–4	6,000,000	1,080,000
2007	Woody Austin	United States	267	–13	6,000,000	1,080,000
FedEx St. Jude Classic
2006	Jeff Maggert	United States	271	–9	5,200,000	936,000
2005	Justin Leonard	United States	266	–14	4,900,000	882,000
2004	David Toms (2)	United States	268	–16	4,700,000	846,000
2003	David Toms	United States	264	–20	4,500,000	810,000
2002	Len Mattiace	United States	266	–18	3,800,000	684,000
2001	Bob Estes	United States	267	–17	3,500,000	630,000
2000	Notah Begay III	United States	271	–13	3,000,000	540,000
1999	Ted Tryba	United States	265	–19	2,500,000	450,000
1998	Nick Price (2)	Zimbabwe	268PO	–16	1,800,000	324,000
1997	Greg Norman	Australia	268	–16	1,500,000	270,000
1996	John Cook	United States	258	–26	1,350,000	243,000
1995	Jim Gallagher, Jr.	United States	267	–17	1,250,000	225,000
Federal Express St. Jude Classic
1994	Dicky Pride	United States	267PO	–17	1,250,000	225,000
1993	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	266	–18	1,100,000	198,000
1992	Jay Haas	United States	263	–21	1,100,000	198,000
1991	Fred Couples	United States	269	–15	1,000,000	180,000
1990	Tom Kite	United States	269PO	–15	1,000,000	180,000
1989	John Mahaffey	United States	272	–12	1,000,000	180,000
1988	Jodie Mudd	United States	273	–15	953,842[7]	171,692
1987	Curtis Strange	United States	275	–13	724,043[6]	130,328
1986	Mike Hulbert	United States	280	–8	605,912[5]	109,064
St. Jude Memphis Classic
1985	Hal Sutton	United States	279PO	–9	500,000	90,000
Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
1984	Bob Eastwood	United States	280	–8	500,000	90,000
1983	Larry Mize	United States	274	–14	400,000	72,000
1982	Raymond Floyd	United States	271	–17	400,000	72,000
1981	Jerry Pate	United States	274	–14	300,000	54,000
1980	Lee Trevino (3)	United States	272	–16	300,000	54,000
1979	Gil Morgan	United States	278PO	–10	300,000	54,000
1978	Andy Bean	United States	277PO	–11	250,000	50,000
1977	Al Geiberger	United States	273	–15	200,000	40,000
1976	Gibby Gilbert	United States	273	–15	200,000	40,000
1975	Gene Littler	United States	270	–18	175,000	35,000
1974	Gary Player	South Africa	273	–15	175,000	35,000
1973	Dave Hill (4)	United States	283	–5	175,000	35,000
1972	Lee Trevino (2)	United States	281	–7	175,000	35,000
1971	Lee Trevino	United States	268	–12	175,000	35,000
1970	Dave Hill (3)	United States	267	–13	150,000	30,000
Memphis Open Invitational
1969	Dave Hill (2)	United States	265	–15	150,000	30,000
1968	Bob Lunn	United States	268	–12	100,000	20,000
1967	Dave Hill	United States	272	–8	100,000	20,000
1966	Bert Yancey	United States	265	–15	100,000	20,000
1965	Jack Nicklaus	United States	271PO	–9	60,000	9,000
1964	Mike Souchak	United States	270	–10	50,000	7,500
1963	Tony Lema	United States	270PO	–10	50,000	9,000
1962	Lionel Hebert	United States	267PO	–13	40,000	6,400
1961	Cary Middlecoff	United States	266	–14	30,000	4,300
1960	Tommy Bolt	United States	273PO	–7	30,000	4,300
Memphis Open
1959	Don Whitt	United States	272PO	–8	25,000	3,500
1958	Billy Maxwell	United States	267	–13	20,000	2,800

^PO Indicates a win in a playoff
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Main sources^[10][11][12]

Multiple winners

Five men have won the St. Jude Classic more than once through 2012.

• 4 wins
  • Dave Hill: 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973

• 3 wins
  • Lee Trevino: 1971, 1972, 1980

• 2 wins
  • Nick Price: 1993, 1998
  • David Toms: 2003, 2004
  • Justin Leonard: 2005, 2008

Tournament highlights

• 1958: Billy Maxwell wins the first Memphis Open. He beats Cary Middlecoff by one shot.^[13]
• 1961: Local favorite Cary Middlecoff beats Gardner Dickinson and Mike Souchak by four shots.^[14]
• 1965: Jack Nicklaus, who played in Memphis very infrequently, beats Johnny Pott on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.^[15]
• 1966: Bert Yancey wins by five shots over Gene Littler but only after nearly missing his Sunday tee time. A last moment phone call from his caddy kept Yancey from being disqualified.^[16]
• 1967: Dave Hill goes wire-to-wire for his first Memphis win. He defeats Johnny Pott by two shots.^[17]
• 1970: Dave Hill becomes the first Memphis winner to successfully defend his title. He defeats Homero Blancas, Frank Beard, and Bob Charles by one shot.^[18]
• 1971: Lee Trevino wins in Memphis for the first time. He defeats Jerry Heard, Hale Irwin, Lee Elder and Randy Wolff by four shots.^[19]
• 1973: Dave Hill earns his 4th and final Memphis win. He beats Allen Miller and Lee Trevino by two shots.^[20]
• 1977: Al Geiberger shoots a second round 59 (the first 59 in a PGA Tour event), then holds on to win the tournament by two shots over Gary Player and Jerry McGee.^[21]
• 1980: Lee Trevino triumphs in Memphis for the third and final time. He beats Tom Purtzer by one shot.^[22]
• 1981: After making a birdie on the 72nd hole to win by two shots over Tom Kite and Bruce Lietzke, Jerry Pate leaps into the lake adjoining the 18th green.^[23]
• 1986: Mike Hulbert birdies the 72nd hole for his first ever PGA Tour win. He wins by one shot over his roommate for the week, Joey Sindelar.^[24]
• 1992: Jay Haas shoots 64–64 over the last 36 holes to win by three shots over Dan Forsman and Robert Gamez.^[25]
• 1994: PGA Tour rookie Dicky Pride beats Gene Sauers and Hal Sutton in a playoff with a birdie in the first hole.
• 1996: John Cook shoots a PGA Tour record 189 for 54 holes on his way to a six shot win over John Adams.^[26]
• 1997: Greg Norman birdies the final three holes to beat Dudley Hart by one shot.^[27]
• 2000: Notah Begay III beats Bob May and Chris DiMarco by one shot.^[28] It is his first win after being convicted of drunken driving in March of the same year and having to spend seven days in jail.
• 2003: David Toms shoots a final round 64 to get his first of back-to-back Memphis titles. He beats Nick Price by three shots.^[29]
• 2005: Justin Leonard ties the record for the highest final round score by a Memphis winner, a 73, on his way to a one-shot victory over David Toms.^[30]
• 2010: Lee Westwood defeats Robert Karlsson and Robert Garrigus in a sudden-death playoff after Garrigus comes to the 72nd hole with a three-shot lead before finishing with a triple bogey.^[31]
• 2011: Harrison Frazar won his first PGA Tour event in his 355th start after beating Robert Karlsson in a playoff. Frazar was considering retirement earlier in the season after hip surgery while Karlsson lost in a playoff for the second consecutive season.

References

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on PGA Tour's official site
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• TPC Southwind

Coordinates: 35°03′22″N 89°46′41″W / 35.056°N 89.778°W / 35.056; -89.778