Alright, let’s talk about getting my hands on the TPC Southwind course map. It wasn’t exactly rocket science, but here’s how I went about it.
First off, I needed it. Had a buddy talking about maybe playing there, and I wanted to refresh my memory, you know, see the layout again. Been a while.
So, the obvious first step, I just went online. Typed something like “TPC Southwind course map” into the search bar. Pretty standard stuff. Got a bunch of results back, naturally.
Some were just pictures, kind of low quality, probably pulled from somewhere random. Not super helpful. I skipped past those pretty quick. Then I saw some links that looked like they might be official, maybe from the TPC network site or something similar. Clicked on one of those.
Found what looked like the real deal. It was a downloadable PDF, I think. Or maybe it was just displayed on the page, can’t quite recall exactly. Anyway, it was a proper map, showing all 18 holes.
Opened it up. Looked clean. It had the hole numbers, the pars, the yardages from different tees. That’s the main stuff I look for. You could see the shape of the fairways, where the bunkers were placed, and the water hazards – gotta know where the water is, right?
Looking Closer at the Details
I spent a bit of time just scrolling through it, hole by hole. Tried to visualize the shots. Remembered some of the tougher spots from watching tournaments on TV. It had things like:
- Tee box locations
- Fairway outlines
- Bunker shapes and positions
- Water hazards clearly marked
- Green shapes
- Yardages (usually from back tees, sometimes others)
It gave a decent overview. You get the general flow of the course, see if it’s tight or open, where the trouble lies strategically. For planning, or just for getting familiar, it does the job.
But let’s be honest, a map is just a map. It doesn’t show you the elevation changes much, or how the rough is playing, or the little slopes on the green. You only really get that by walking it. Still, having the map was better than nothing. Helped me picture the round and talk specifics with my buddy.
So yeah, that was pretty much it. Found the site, got the map, looked it over. Simple process, got what I needed. It’s filed away now, ready if I ever need to look at it again.
