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Memphis Country Club was created in 1905 by a group of sportsmen who initially played on a makeshift 9-hole course within the North Memphis Driving Park. The original 9-hole layout by James Foulis opened for membership in 1905, and in 1915 Donald Ross was engaged to expand the course to a full 18 holes. Ross managed to fit the fairways into a 105-acre property in midtown Memphis. The par-70 course stretches 6,717 yards from the championship tees with a demanding 72.7 course rating and 134 slope rating.

The course features Ross's signature design elements including crowned greens, well-protected sand bunkers, and tree-lined fairways with no water hazards, notable highlights include the famous par-3 4th hole with its distinctive "volcano" green and the challenging "triangle of terror" on holes 15-17. The routing ingeniously uses the front nine counter-clockwise around the property perimeter while the back nine creates interior loops, maximizing every yard of the compact 105-acre property. A shallow drainage swale crosses the property as the only water hazard in play.

Memphis Country Club has hosted four USGA championships: the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1937 and 1979, the U.S. Men's Amateur in 1948, and the U.S. Men's Senior Amateur in 1959. Beginning in 2010, Memphis CC undertook a two-phase restoration led by Kris Spence, with phase one (completed 2011–2012) addressing tees and bunkers and phase two (2016) restoring the Ross greens to their original dimensions.