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    Old Memorial Golf Club

    Tampa, FL Private

    Overview

    Architects occasionally get to renovate courses they've built as their design ideas evolve or in response to changing conditions or technology. Donald Ross most famously added to and remodeled Pinehurst No. 2 thoughout his life, and Pete Dye tinkered and enhanced courses like Crooked Stick, TPC Sawgrass and Harbour Town (not always for the better). Steve Smyers had the same opportunity to make important adjustments to Old Memorial in Tampa in 2020. In the 22 years since it opened, Smyers had come to think differently about strategy and how elite players approach the game, enticing him to expand greens and make tweaks to the approaches and surrounds. What hasn't changed are the decorative bunkers that take inspiration from the courses of the Melbourne Sand Belt that Smyers is so fond of.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7510
    Slope 142
    Facility Type Private
    Designer Steven R. Smyers, ASGCA

    Awards

    100 Greatest the Second 100
    Best Courses in Every State

    Second 100 Greatest: Ranked 185th, 2013-'14.

    Best in State: Ranked 10th, 2017-'18. Ranked 13th, 2011-'12. Ranked 15th, 2013-'14. Ranked 17th, 2015-'16, 2019-'20. Ranked 19th, 2021-'22. Ranked inside the top 20, 1999-2009.

    Current ranking: 16th.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.2

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.1775
    Character
    7.2719
    Challenge
    7.3298
    Layout Variety
    7.1814
    Fun
    7.086
    Aesthetics
    7.0801
    Conditioning
    7.16

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