The golf community woke Sunday to the sad news that Fred Smith, the visionary founder and longtime Executive Chairman of FedEx, passed away at age 80. Smith’s influence on the sport was profound.

“Fred was not a golf guy in the sense of playing the game,” Fred Perpall, the USGA president, said the other day. Smith invited Perpall to serve on the FedEx board in 2021.

It is not a small feat to say, we are at the level our tournament is at because of Fred Smith and the support of FedEx, and for that we will be eternally grateful,” Joe Tomek said.The executive ...

The golf world mourns the loss of Frederick W. Smith, founder and executive chairman of FedEx, who died at age 80. FedEx and the PGA TOUR have enjoyed a long as ...

Fred Smith, a former minority owner of the Washington NFL franchise and the founder of FedEx Corp., a prominent sponsor ...

FedEx founder Fred Smith died June 21 at the age of 80. He was remembered for transforming Memphis and shaping the city's identity.

It's hard to imagine a Memphis household that wasn't affected in some way, large (employment) or small (the Grizzlies), by FedEx founder Fred Smith.

MEMPHIS — The tributes continue to pour in for the man many people are calling the greatest Memphian of all-time, FedEx founder Fred Smith who passed away on Saturday at the age of 80. The la… ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Community leaders, lawmakers and organizations are reacting after Memphis-based FedEx Founder, Fred Smith, passed away. The 80-year-old founded Federal Express in the 1970s, … ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Fred Smith, founder and executive chairman of FedEx Corporation, has died. Smith died on Saturday, sources confirmed to WREG. He was 80 years old. Smith was born in Marks, Mi… ...

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