Former Millington football player’s foundation is set to host a benefit golf tournament. It’s another small step in his mission to help those like himself.

Brooke Ehrhart, vice president of development at Make-A-Wish Mid-South, said the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council tournament this year will grant a Senatobia, Mississippi, child’s wish to swim with pigs in Hawaii.

Six months after Quail Ridge Golf Course closed in Bartlett, the owner has called short of maintaining the property and nearby residents wonder what is planned for the site.

Harold Moss reigned as chairman of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament for 15 years — since its inception.

The Memphis-based PGA Tour event’s Positively Memphis Community Fund will aid local organizations with grants ranging from $1,000 to $25,000.

A golf course that has served the Bartlett area and provided nice character for adjacent neighborhoods will close this Saturday after 30 years of operation.

The two-round Memphis Golf Association City Am was decided by one stroke at Memphis Country Club.

The Memphis Golf Association City Amateur was first played in 1914. It was down to only 12 players in 2021. Now it is alive and well.

In an interview last week, Memphis Parks director Nick Walker said the city plans to start work on the new clubhouse in 2025.

Scheffler closed with a 4-under 67 for a four-shot victory over Collin Morikawa at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

For nearly 40 years, FedEx, St. Jude, Memphis and the entire Mid-South have united to spread this lifesaving mission to the world for one week. 

Hideki Matsuyama’s near-collapse gave Memphis the drama it wanted. His victory provided a global win for St. Jude and FedEx.

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Nick Dunlap, who finished tied for fifth Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, credits a former Memphian, CBHS product Josh Gregory, for boosting his big year on the PGA Tour.

Hideki Matsuyama’s victory wasn’t the only drama at TPC Southwind Sunday. Players near the bubble had their season on the line.

After giving up all of his five-stroke lead, he birdies 17 and 18 to fend off hard-charging Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele.

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The golfer and his wife made a donation to support research into treatments for the second most common form of childhood leukemia.

A year ago, 20-year-old Nick Dunlap was trying to win the U.S. Amateur Championship, Sunday he will try to win the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Hideki Matsuyama has a five-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Replacement caddie Taiga Tabuchi made a last-minute trip to Memphis after regular caddie Shota Hayafuji lost his passport.

Hideki Matsuyama leads by five shots after a scintillating 64 in Saturday’s third round.

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A handful of players from the University of Memphis’ new-look basketball roster spoke with reporters during a meet-and-greet event at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.

Here are the FedEx St. Jude Championship scores after Saturday’s third round at TPC Southwind and the pairings for Sunday’s final round. The final group tees off at 12:40 p.m.

Play at the FedEx St. Jude Championship will get underway Saturday a little later than originally anticipated. Tee times will be adjusted to begin at approximately 9:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in threesomes off of Nos. 1 & 10 tees.

Three players, including one of the co-leaders, shoot 63 on a great day for going low at TPC Southwind.

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Three players from the morning wave carded 63s in the second round. Denny McCarthy’s 7-under round moved him into a tie for first with Hideki Matsuyama.