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The tournament was founded in 1958 as the '''Memphis Open''' and was played annually at [[Colonial Country Club (Cordova)|Colonial Country Club]] first in Memphis, then in [[Cordova, Tennessee]] until 1989. In 1969, actor [[Danny Thomas]] agreed to lend his name to the tournament in exchange for his [[St. Jude Children's Research Hospital]] becoming the tournament's charity. Accordingly, the tournament changed its name the next year to the '''Danny Thomas Memphis Classic'''. In 1977, President [[Gerald Ford]], who had just left office, hit a hole-in-one at the tournament's Celebrity Pro-Am. The same year, [[Al Geiberger]] shot a record 59 (13-under-par) round. In 1989, the event moved from [[Colonial Country Club (Cordova)|Colonial Country Club]] to its present location at the TPC at Southwind in Memphis.
[[Image:Seersucker jacket.jpg|thumb|left|A blue and white seersucker jacket.]]
The winner of the tournament each year is given a blue and white [[seersucker]] jacket.
==Winners==
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