FedEx St. Jude Classic - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The FedEx St. Jude Classic is a regular golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

tournament on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...

. It has been played annually in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

since 1958. It is currently played at TPC at Southwind.

In 2011, the total purse was $5,600,000, with $1,008,000 going to the winner.

An earlier version of the event was played at Chickasaw Country Club in 1945 and 1946. The current tournament was founded in 1958 as the Memphis Open and was played annually at Colonial Country Club first in Memphis, then in Cordova, Tennessee

Cordova, Tennessee

Cordova is a community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. Cordova lies on Memphis' northeast side, north of Germantown, and northwest of Collierville....

until 1989.

In 1969, actor Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy . He was also the founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...

agreed to lend his name to the tournament in exchange for his St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases. It is located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a nonprofit medical corporation chartered as a 501 tax-exempt organization under IRS regulations.In...

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

Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...

, who had just left office, hit a hole-in-one at the tournament's Celebrity Pro-Am. The same year, Al Geiberger

Al Geiberger

Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous golf tournaments.Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California...

shot a PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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record 59 (13-under-par) round.

In 1986, Federal Express became the title sponsor. For the first three years of their sponsorship, they increased the purse $1 for each package they shipped on the Friday of the tournament. 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 to its present location at the TPC at Southwind in Memphis. In 2007, The Stanford Financial Group

Stanford Financial Group

The Stanford Financial Group was a privately held international group of financial services companies controlled by Allen Stanford, until it was seized by United States authorities in early 2009....

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 following accusations that the Stanford Financial Group was a Ponzi scheme. FedEx returned as title sponsor in 2011.

The winner of the tournament each year is given a blue and white seersucker

Seersucker

Seersucker is a thin, puckered, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped or checkered, used to make clothing for spring and summer wear. The word came into English from Hindustani , which originates from the Persian words "shir o shekar", meaning "milk and sugar", probably from the resemblance of its...

jacket.

Winners

Year	Player	Country	Score	To par	Purse ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... )	1st Prize ($)
FedEx St. Jude Classic
2011	Harrison Frazar Harrison Frazar Harrison Frazar is an American professional golfer who has played on the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour.Frazar was born in Dallas, Texas and was raised there and in Abilene, Texas. He attended Highland Park High School, where he won two state golf championships and was a three-time all-Texas...		267^PO	−13	5,600,000	1,008,000
St. Jude Classic presented by Smith & Nephew
2010	Lee Westwood Lee Westwood Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons...		270^PO	-10	5,600,000	1,008,000
St. Jude Classic presented by FedEx
2009	Brian Gay Brian Gay Joseph Brian Gay is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.- Early years :A military brat, Gay was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but was raised primarily at Fort Rucker, Alabama, where his father was a U.S. Army noncomissioned officer involved in flight operations...		262	-18	5,600,000	1,008,000
Stanford St. Jude Championship
2008	Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...		276^PO	-4	6,000,000	1,080,000
2007	Woody Austin Woody Austin Albert Woody Austin II is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Austin was born in Tampa, Florida. He attended the University of Miami, where he was a member of the golf team coached by Norman C. Parsons Jr...		267	-13	6,000,000	1,080,000
FedEx St. Jude Classic
2006	Jeff Maggert Jeff Maggert Jeffrey Allan Maggert is an American professional golfer.Maggert was born in Columbia, Missouri and was raised on a golf course in The Woodlands, Texas, where he attended McCullough High School. He attended Texas A&M University, where he was an All-American member of the golf team.Maggert turned...		271	-9	5,200,000	936,000
2005	Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...		266	-14	4,900,000	882,000
2004	David Toms David Toms David Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won a total of thirteen events on the PGA Tour including the 2001 PGA Championship...		268	-16	4,700,000	846,000
2003	David Toms David Toms David Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won a total of thirteen events on the PGA Tour including the 2001 PGA Championship...		264	-20	4,500,000	810,000
2002	Len Mattiace Len Mattiace Leonard Earl "Len" Mattiace is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Mattiace was born in Mineola, New York. He attended Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1990 with a degree in Sociology. While at Wake Forest, he played on the...		266	-18	3,800,000	684,000
2001	Bob Estes Bob Estes Bob Alan Estes is an American professional golfer.Estes was born in Graham, Texas and reared in Abilene, Texas. He first played golf at age 4 and decided to become a professional golfer at age 12. Estes attended the University of Texas from 1984–1988, and was a member of the golf team...		267	-17	3,500,000	630,000
2000	Notah Begay III Notah Begay III Notah Ryan Begay III is an American professional golfer. He is the only full-blooded American Indian golfer on the PGA Tour. He is currently an analyst with the Golf Channel.-Amateur career:...		271	-13	3,000,000	540,000
1999	Ted Tryba Ted Tryba Ted Tryba is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Tryba was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He played at Ohio State University....		265	-19	2,500,000	450,000
1998	Nick Price Nick Price Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:...		268^PO	-16	1,800,000	324,000
1997	Greg Norman Greg Norman Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...		268	-16	1,500,000	270,000
1996	John Cook John Cook (golfer) John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour....		258	-26	1,350,000	243,000
1995	Jim Gallagher, Jr. Jim Gallagher, Jr. James Thomas Gallagher, Jr. is an American professional golfer and sportscaster.Gallagher was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His father, a career club pro, started him in golf at age 6. He attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Gallagher turned pro in 1983 and joined the PGA Tour in...		267	-17	1,250,000	225,000
Federal Express St. Jude Classic
1994	Dicky Pride Dicky Pride Richard Fletcher "Dicky" Pride III is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour....		267^PO	-17	1,250,000	225,000
1993	Nick Price Nick Price Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:...		266	-18	1,100,000	198,000
1992	Jay Haas Jay Haas Jay Dean Haas is an American professional golfer.Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the...		263	-21	1,100,000	198,000
1991	Fred Couples Fred Couples Frederick Steven Couples is an American professional golfer who competes on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. A former World No. 1, he has won numerous events, most notably the 1992 Masters Tournament. In August 2011 he won his maiden senior major at the Senior Players Championship...		269	-15	1,000,000	180,000
1990	Tom Kite Tom Kite Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....		269^PO	-15	1,000,000	180,000
1989	John Mahaffey John Mahaffey John Drayton Mahaffey, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including 10 PGA Tour events....		272	-12	1,000,000	180,000
1988	Jodie Mudd Jodie Mudd Joseph Martin "Jodie" Mudd is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.Mudd was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, where he developed into an honored amateur golfer.Mudd won four PGA Tour events during his career...		273	-15	953,842	171,692
1987	Curtis Strange Curtis Strange Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-Early years through college:Strange and his...		275	-13	724,043	130,328
1986	Mike Hulbert Mike Hulbert Michael Patrick Hulbert is an American professional golfer and sportscaster.Hulbert was born in Elmira, New York. He grew up in Horseheads, New York, and was a childhood friend and high school golf rival of fellow PGA Tour player Joey Sindelar...		280	-8	605,912	109,064
St. Jude Memphis Classic
1985	Hal Sutton Hal Sutton Hal Evan Sutton is an American professional golfer.Sutton was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. A promising golfer at the Centenary College of Louisiana, he was named Golf Magazines 1980 College Player of the Year...		279^PO	-9	500,000	90,000
Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
1984	Bob Eastwood Bob Eastwood Robert Fred Eastwood is an American professional golfer who has won numerous amateur and professional tournaments.Eastwood was born in Providence, Rhode Island, but spent most of his youth in north-central California. He started playing golf at age 4 as a result of his father being in the golf...		280	-8	500,000	90,000
1983	Larry Mize Larry Mize Lawrence Hogan "Larry" Mize is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour...		274	-14	400,000	72,000
1982	Raymond Floyd Raymond Floyd Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....		271	-17	400,000	72,000
1981	Jerry Pate Jerry Pate Jerome Kendrick "Jerry" Pate is an American golfer.Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Georgia. He attended the University of Alabama, where he played on the golf team. Pate had a distinguished amateur career. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1974, and the following year he was a member of victorious U.S....		274	-14	300,000	54,000
1980	Lee Trevino Lee Trevino Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...		272	-16	300,000	54,000
1979	Gil Morgan Gil Morgan Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD is an American professional golfer.Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. In 1972, Morgan earned a Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee before turning...		278^PO	-10	300,000	54,000
1978	Andy Bean Andy Bean Thomas Andrew Bean is an American professional golfer who previously played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour...		277^PO	-11	250,000	50,000
1977	Al Geiberger Al Geiberger Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous golf tournaments.Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California...		273	-15	200,000	40,000
1976	Gibby Gilbert Gibby Gilbert C.L. "Gibby" Gilbert II is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....		273	-15	200,000	40,000
1975	Gene Littler Gene Littler Gene Alec Littler is an American professional golfer. Known for a solid temperament and nicknamed "Gene the Machine" for his smooth rhythmical swing, he once said that, "Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of the best misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes."-Early years...		270	-18	175,000	35,000
1974	Gary Player Gary Player Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...	South Africa	273	-15	175,000	35,000
1973	Dave Hill Dave Hill (golfer) James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of golfer Mike Hill.Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he...		283	-5	175,000	35,000
1972	Lee Trevino Lee Trevino Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...		281	-7	175,000	35,000
1971	Lee Trevino Lee Trevino Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...		268	-12	175,000	35,000
1970	Dave Hill Dave Hill (golfer) James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of golfer Mike Hill.Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he...		267	-13	150,000	30,000
Memphis Open Invitational
1969	Dave Hill Dave Hill (golfer) James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of golfer Mike Hill.Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he...		265	-15	150,000	30,000
1968	Bob Lunn Bob Lunn Robert J. Lunn is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.Lunn was born in San Francisco, California. He was the 1963 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion. He turned pro in 1965 and won six times on the PGA Tour. In 1968, he was named Most Improved Golfer of...		268	-12	100,000	20,000
1967	Dave Hill Dave Hill (golfer) James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of golfer Mike Hill.Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he...		272	-8	100,000	20,000
1966	Bert Yancey Bert Yancey Albert Winsborough Yancey was an American professional golfer, who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour....		265	-15	100,000	20,000
1965	Jack Nicklaus Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...		271^PO	-9	60,000	9,000
1964	Mike Souchak Mike Souchak Michael Souchak was an American professional golfer who won 15 times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s, and played for the 1959 and 1961 Ryder Cup teams.-Early years, college:...		270	-10	50,000	7,500
1963	Tony Lema Tony Lema Anthony David "Tony" Lema was an American professional golfer, who rose to fame in the beginning of golf's modern era, but had his young life and career cut short in an aircraft accident. His most prestigious victory was the 1964 British Open.-Biography:Lema was born in Oakland, California, to...		270^PO	-10	50,000	9,000
1962	Lionel Hebert Lionel Hebert Lionel P. Hebert was an American golfer. He won five times on the PGA Tour including the 1957 PGA Championship, the last to be held at match play. His older brother Jay won the same event at stroke play in 1960. Lionel also played on the 1957 Ryder Cup team...		267^PO	-13	40,000	6,400
1961	Cary Middlecoff Cary Middlecoff Emmett Cary Middlecoff was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s....		266	-14	30,000	4,300
1960	Tommy Bolt Tommy Bolt Thomas Henry Bolt was an American professional golfer.Bolt was born in Haworth, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Army during World War II and turned professional in 1946. He worked as a caddie and club professional in Shreveport, Louisiana...		273^PO	-7	30,000	4,300
Memphis Open
1959	Don Whitt Don Whitt Donald Whitt was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.Whitt was a student of accomplished black golf instructor Lucius Bateman, teacher of such other multiple-tournament-winning PGA Touring pros as Tony Lema, John McMullin, and Dick Lotz...		272^PO	-8	25,000	3,500
1958	Billy Maxwell Billy Maxwell Billy Joe Maxwell is an American professional golfer.Maxwell was born in Abilene, Texas. He played college golf at North Texas State College and helped them win four consecutive NCAA Division I team championships . Maxwell also won the U.S. Amateur title in 1951...		267	-13	20,000	2,800
Memphis Invitational
1947–57	No tournament
1946	Buck White Buck White (golfer) O'Neal "Buck" White is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.White was born in Memphis, Tennessee. White won three times on the PGA Tour between 1946 and 1951....		277	-11	10,000	2,000
1945	Fred Haas Fred Haas Frederick T. "Freddie" Haas, Jr. was an American professional golfer.Hass was born in Portland, Arkansas... (amateur)		270	-18	13,333	2,667

^PO Indicates a win in a playoff

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Main sources

Multiple winners

Five men have won the St. Jude Classic more than once through 2010.

4 wins
- Dave Hill
  Dave Hill (golfer)
  James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of golfer Mike Hill.Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he...
  
  : 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973

3 wins
- Lee Trevino
  Lee Trevino
  Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...
  
  : 1971, 1972, 1980

2 wins
- Nick Price
  Nick Price
  Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:...
  
  : 1993, 1998
- David Toms
  David Toms
  David Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won a total of thirteen events on the PGA Tour including the 2001 PGA Championship...
  
  : 2003, 2004
- Justin Leonard
  Justin Leonard
  Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...
  
  : 2005, 2008

Tournament highlights

1958: Billy Maxwell
Billy Maxwell
Billy Joe Maxwell is an American professional golfer.Maxwell was born in Abilene, Texas. He played college golf at North Texas State College and helped them win four consecutive NCAA Division I team championships . Maxwell also won the U.S. Amateur title in 1951...

wins the first Memphis Open. He beats Cary Middlecoff
Cary Middlecoff
Emmett Cary Middlecoff was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s....

by one shot.
1961: Local favorite Cary Middlecoff beats Gardner Dickinson and Mike Souchak
Mike Souchak
Michael Souchak was an American professional golfer who won 15 times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s, and played for the 1959 and 1961 Ryder Cup teams.-Early years, college:...

by four shots.
1965: Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

, who played in Memphis very infrequently, beats Johnny Pott on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
1966: Bert Yancey
Bert Yancey
Albert Winsborough Yancey was an American professional golfer, who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour....

wins by five shots over Gene Littler
Gene Littler
Gene Alec Littler is an American professional golfer. Known for a solid temperament and nicknamed "Gene the Machine" for his smooth rhythmical swing, he once said that, "Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of the best misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes."-Early years...

but only after nearly missing his Sunday tee time. A last moment phone call from his caddy kept Yancey from being disqualified.
1967: Dave Hill
Dave Hill (golfer)
James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of golfer Mike Hill.Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he...

goes wire-to-wire for his first Memphis win. He defeats Johnny Pott by two shots.
1970: Dave Hill becomes the first Memphis winner to successfully defend his title. He defeats Homero Blancas
Homero Blancas
Homero Blancas, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour ....

, Frank Beard, and Bob Charles
Bob Charles (golfer)
Sir Robert James Charles, ONZ, KNZM, CBE is a New Zealand professional golfer whose achievements over five decades rank him among the most successful left-handed golfers of all time, being the first lefty to win a golf major, winning more than 70 titles, and beating his age twice during a...

by one shot.
1971: Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...

wins in Memphis for the first time. He defeats Jerry Heard
Jerry Heard
Jerry M. Heard is an American professional golfer who won several PGA Tour events in the 1970s.Heard was born in Visalia, California. He became a professional golfer in 1968 and joined the PGA Tour in 1969. His first professional win came in the American Golf Classic at the Firestone Country Club...

, Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, Lee Elder
Lee Elder
Robert Lee Elder is an American golfer. He is best remembered for becoming the first African-American to play in the Masters Tournament in 1975.-Background and family:...

and Randy Wolff by four shots.
1973: Dave Hill earns his 4th and final Memphis win. He beats Allen Miller
Allen Miller (golfer)
Allen Lane Miller III is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and 1980s.Miller was born in San Diego, California. He had a distinguished amateur career. He attended the University of Georgia, and was a member of the golf team...

and Lee Trevino by two shots.
1977: Al Geiberger
Al Geiberger
Allen Lee Geiberger, Sr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous golf tournaments.Geiberger was born in Red Bluff, California...

shoots a second round 59, then holds on to win the tournament by two shots over Gary Player
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...

and Jerry McGee
Jerry McGee
Jerry McGee is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.McGee was born in New Lexington, Ohio. He attended Ohio State University and was a member of the golf team. He turned pro in 1966 and joined the PGA Tour in 1967.McGee won four PGA Tour events in...

.
1980: Lee Trevino triumphs in Memphis for the third and final time. He beats Tom Purtzer
Tom Purtzer
Thomas Warren Purtzer is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....

by one shot.
1981: After making a birdie on the 72nd hole to win by two shots over Tom Kite
Tom Kite
Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....

and Bruce Lietzke
Bruce Lietzke
Bruce Alan Lietzke is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Lietzke was born in Kansas City, Kansas...

, Jerry Pate
Jerry Pate
Jerome Kendrick "Jerry" Pate is an American golfer.Jerry Pate was born in Macon, Georgia. He attended the University of Alabama, where he played on the golf team. Pate had a distinguished amateur career. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1974, and the following year he was a member of victorious U.S....

leaps into the lake adjoining the 18th green.
1986: Mike Hulbert
Mike Hulbert
Michael Patrick Hulbert is an American professional golfer and sportscaster.Hulbert was born in Elmira, New York. He grew up in Horseheads, New York, and was a childhood friend and high school golf rival of fellow PGA Tour player Joey Sindelar...

birdies the 72nd hole for his first ever PGA Tour win. He wins by one shot over his roommate for the week, Joey Sindelar
Joey Sindelar
Joseph Paul Sindelar is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Sindelar was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky while his father was serving in the Army, but has lived in New York for most of his life...

.
1992: Jay Haas
Jay Haas
Jay Dean Haas is an American professional golfer.Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the...

shoots 64–64 over the last 36 holes to win by three shots over Dan Forsman
Dan Forsman
Daniel Bruce Forsman is an American professional golfer.-Early years:Forsman was born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He grew up in northern California, where he learned to play golf at Los Altos Golf and Country Club. He attended Arizona State University.-Professional career:Forsman turned...

and Robert Gamez.
1996: John Cook
John Cook (golfer)
John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour....

shoots a PGA Tour record 189 for 54 holes on his way to a six shot win over John Adams.
1997: Greg Norman
Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...

birdies the final three holes to beat Dudley Hart
Dudley Hart
Howard Dudley Hart is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years:Hart was born in Rochester, New York...

by one shot.
2000: Notah Begay III
Notah Begay III
Notah Ryan Begay III is an American professional golfer. He is the only full-blooded American Indian golfer on the PGA Tour. He is currently an analyst with the Golf Channel.-Amateur career:...

beats Bob May
Bob May (golfer)
Robert Anthony May is an American professional golfer.May was born in Lynwood, California. He attended Oklahoma State University and was a member of the 1991 U.S. Walker Cup team before turning professional later that year....

and Chris DiMarco
Chris DiMarco
Christian Dean DiMarco is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. DiMarco has won seven tournaments as a pro, including three PGA Tour events.-Early years:...

by one shot. It is his first win after being convicted of drunken driving
Driving under the influence
Driving under the influence is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit...

in March of the same year and having to spend seven days in jail.
2003: David Toms
David Toms
David Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won a total of thirteen events on the PGA Tour including the 2001 PGA Championship...

shoots a final round 64 to get his first of back-to-back Memphis titles. He beats Nick Price
Nick Price
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:...

by three shots.
2005: Justin Leonard
Justin Leonard
Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...

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
David Toms
David Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won a total of thirteen events on the PGA Tour including the 2001 PGA Championship...

.
2010: Lee Westwood
Lee Westwood
Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons...

defeats Robert Karlsson
Robert Karlsson
Robert Karlsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and as of 2011 on the PGA Tour.-Career:...

and Robert Garrigus
Robert Garrigus
Robert Garrigus is an American professional golfer who is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He won the 2010 Children's Miracle Network Classic, to guarantee exempt status on the PGA Tour through the end of the 2012 season....

in a sudden-death playoff after Garrigus comes to the 72nd hole with a three-shot lead before finishing with a triple bogey.

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