What is the secret to winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship this week, the first leg in the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs. Start by keeping your golf ball out of the water.
It sounds simple, doesn’t it? PGA Tour players have a great deal of skill at avoiding double and triple bogeys, which often follow splashdowns. TPC Southwind is different from most Tour courses. Water directly impacts 10 holes, making it a challenge for the best players.
TPC Southwind has the most balls in water among all Tour courses since 2023. In that time, players have dropped 6,166 balls in the water. This is more than 1,000 more than any other Tour course.
Lined up, this would be the equivalent of 287.75 yards in golf balls.
Golf balls can only weigh 45.93 grams, but they are often made to be as dense as possible. The total weight of all those golf balls, wet or dry, would be just over 624 pounds. And you thought your carry bag was heavy with those open-in-case-of-emergency 18-packs.
Scroll down to the top three Tour Courses of the last 20 years and you will see the most balls on the water.
