Colonial Country Club (Memphis) Colonial Country Club (Memphis) Colonial Country Club is a private golf club in Cordova, Tennessee (USA). For many years, it was host to an annual PGA Tour event. The club was founded in 1913 by some local businessmen in what was then called White Station, Tennessee. The first 18-hole course was opened on August 7, 1914. In 1915 the first clubhouse opened. On December 16, 1919, the clubhouse was destroyed in a fire, blamed on defective wiring. In the summer of 1921, a new clubhouse opened. Colonial Country Club remained in this location for over forty years. In 1968 the
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