St. Jude Classic

The St. Jude Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is held in Memphis Tennessee every June and is currently being played at the Tournament Players Club at Southwind. Brian Gay won the 2009 event with a total score of 262 and earned top prize of $1,008,000. The 2010 event took place from June 7 through June 13 with a total purse of $5,600,000.

An early version of the tournament named the Memphis Invitational was held in 1945 and 1946. The tournament was not held from 1947 through 1957 and in 1958 the tournament was founded under the name Memphis Open. In 1970 is was renamed to the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic. It was named after the actor Danny Thomas in exchange for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital would become the tournament's charity. St. Jude Hospital is one of the world's best for research and treatment of pediatric cancer.http://www.stanfordstjude.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29 In 1985 the name of the tournament was changed to the St Jude Memphis Classic. After just one year the named changed again to the Federal Express St. Jude Classic. The tournament changed names two more times before being known as the St, Jude Classic in 2009. Fred Haas won the first event in 1945 and Billy Maxwell was victorious in 1958. Dave Hill won the even four times. Lee Trevino has won three times. Nick Price, David Toms and Justin Leonard have each won the tournament twice. Other notable winners include Jack Nicklaus, Curtis Strange, Fred Couples and Greg Norman.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r025/winners.html The tournament has generated more than $21.0 million dollars to the charity since St. Jude became the tournaments only beneficiary in 1970.http://www.stanfordstjude.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29

In the first round, Lee Westwood shot round of seven under par to lead the tournament. He was one under par through 11 holes, but had a birdie on number 12, then two more on holes 14 and 15 and an eagle on hole number 16. Westwood scored 29 on the final nine holes.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/pga-tour/2010-st-jude-classic-presented-smith-nephew/scores/?select2=6&select3=0 Casey Wittenberg was a shot behind at six under par and Padraig Harrington was two shots behind after a round of 65. Also on the leaderboard were Phil Tataurangi, Mike Connell, Bob Estes, Tim Petrovic, Garrett Willis, D.J. Trahan and Josh Teater, who all shot rounds of 66.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/pga-tour/2010-st-jude-classic-presented-smith-nephew/scores/

Garrett Willis moved in to a tie for the lead after he shot a 65 in the second round to finish at nine under par. He had five birdies and thirteen pars during his second round.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/pga-tour/2010-st-jude-classic-presented-smith-nephew/scores/?select2=7&select3=0 Lee Westwood was also at nine under par after a two under par round of 68. Casey Wittenberg dropped from second to 27th place after a round of 74. Phil Tataurangi shot a 73 to fall into a tie for 32nd with Padraig Harrington, who shot a 74. Craig Barlow and DA Points had the biggest improvement from the first round as both shot rounds of 66. Eighty one out of one hundred fifty players made the weekend cut, which stood at one over par.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/pga-tour/2010-st-jude-classic-presented-smith-nephew/scores/

In the third round, Brian Day shot the lowest score when he posted a 65. That moved him to five under par and a tie for ninth. Second round leader Lee Westwood struggled to a one over par round and dropped him out of the lead and into a tie for third. Robert Garrigus shot a 66 and moved from fourth into sole posession of first place at eleven under par. Robert Karlsson was two shots behind and Heath Slocum was tied with Westwood at eight under par. Lee Janzen was in a group of four players at six under par and five shots behind the leaders.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/pga-tour/2010-st-jude-classic-presented-smith-nephew/scores/?x=12&y=6

David Toms had the lowest score in the final round with a 65. He finished at two under par and tied for 29th. Third round leader Robert Garrigus shot a round of one over par to finish at ten under par. Lee Westwood and Robert Karlsson also finished at ten under par to force a three way playoff.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/pga-tour/2010-st-jude-classic-presented-smith-nephew/scores/?x=4&y=6 Westwood and Karlsson got a par on the first hole of sudden death playoff and Garrigus scored a bogey and was eliminated. Westwood and Karlsson tied the next two holes before Westwood won with a birdie on the fourth hole of sudden death.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=19012&select=6123 Shaun Micheel and Garrett Willis finished at nine under par and Heath Slocumb was another shot back at eight under par.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/scoring/11508/

• 1945: Fred Haas
• 1946: Buck White
• 1958: Billy Maxwell
• 1959: Don Whitt
• 1960: Tommy Bolt
• 1961: Cary Middlecoff
• 1962: Lionel Hebert
• 1963: Tony Lema
• 1964: Mike Souchak
• 1965: Jack Nicklaus
• 1966: Bert Yancey
• 1967: Dave Hill
• 1968: Bob Lunn
• 1969: Dave Hill
• 1970: Dave Hill
• 1971: Lee Trevino
• 1972: Lee Trevino
• 1973: Dave Hill
• 1974: Gary Player
• 1975: Gene Littler
• 1976: Gibby Gilbert
• 1977: Al Geiberger
• 1978: Andy Bean
• 1979: Gil Morgan
• 1980: Lee Trevino
• 1981: Jerry Pate
• 1982: Raymond Floyd
• 1983: Larry Mize
• 1984: Bob Eastwood
• 1985: Hal Sutton
• 1986: Mike Hulbert
• 1987: Curtis Strange
• 1988: Jodie Mudd
• 1989: John Mahaffey
• 1990: Tom Kite
• 1991: Fred Couples
• 1992: Jay Haas
• 1993: Nick Price
• 1994: Dicky Pride
• 1995: Jim Gallagher Jr.
• 1996: John Cook
• 1997: Greg Norman
• 1998: Nick Price
• 1999: Ted Tryba
• 2000: Notah Begay III
• 2001: Bob Estes
• 2002: Len Mattiace
• 2003: David Toms
• 2004: David Toms
• 2005: Justin Leonard
• 2006: Jeff Maggert
• 2007: Woody Austin
• 2008: Justin Leonard
• 2009: Brian Gay
• 2010: Lee Westwood

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