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Memorial Park Golf Course



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 7389
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.

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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