PGA Tour Brunch | FedEx Cup
First Round Coverage of the FedEx St. Jude's Championship
MEMPHIS - Welcome to the PLAYOFFS! The 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship will feature 69 of the Top 70 players in the FedExCup standings with only Rory McIlroy sitting the weekend out. McIlroy, No. 2 in the World, is guaranteed his place in the TOUR Championship, three weeks from today.
Matti Schmidt will tee-off by his lonesome at 8:20am today. All others are paired and organized by FedExCup points. No. 1 points earner, Scottie Scheffler, will be grouped with Sepp Straka, rather than McIlroy, and they’ll tee-off at 1:45pm. Scheffler is the reigning FedEx Cup Champion and seeks to become first back-to-back winner of the PGA Tour Playoffs.
Aldrich Potgieter, at No. 43 in the FedEx Cup standings, will make his FedEx Cup Playoffs debut, and of the 35 rookies on the PGA TOUR for the 2025 season, he’s the only rookie to qualify for the Playoffs.
The Top 70 players in the FedExCup standings are eligible for the FedExCup Playoffs with the three events featuring a progressive cut with fields of 70 (FedEx St. Jude Championship), 50 (BMW Championship) and 30 (TOUR Championship).
The Top 50 are guaranteed places in all the PGA Tour signature events for 2026.
FedEx St. Jude Championship | Tournament Facts
COURSE: TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
YARDS/PAR: 7,288 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECT: Ron Pritchard
PRIZE Money - Purse: $20,000,000/$3,600,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Hideki Matsuyama
OVERVIEW: (link)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 2,000
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @FedExChamp
FedEx St. Jude Championship | How to Watch
Thursday, August 7, 2025 (All Times Eastern)
8:15am - 6:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
12 Noon - 6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio on Sirius XM and Online
2:00pm - 6:00pm - Golf Channel
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
FedEx St. Jude Championship | Basics
The Tee Times at FedEx St. Jude today range from 8:20am to 2:15pm (ET).
Weather: Today’s forecast is for mostly sunny skies and temperatures reaching 94-degrees. Humidity decreasing during the day, falling from 92% to 45%. Only a 1% chance of rain.
Tournament Overview: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 8:00am (ET) on Friday.
Field and Tee Times
Field: (link)
Tee Times: (link)
To DONATE to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, click HERE.
What They’re Saying
Renovations at TPC Southward for ‘25 FedEx St. Jude (PGATourCom)
Rory’s Absence is an Issue for PGA Tour (ESPN)
Rest vs Practice for St. Jude Championship? (PGATourCom)
How to Watch the FedEx St. Jude (PGATourCom)
FedEx Cup Standings (PGATourCom)
Sports Gambling and Daily Fantasy News
Expert Picks for FedEx St. Jude - (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks at FedEx - (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
August 7, 1983 - Hal Sutton held off Jack Nicklaus by one shot to win the PGA Championship at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. Sutton led by five strokes but bogeyed three holes in the final round as Nicklaus charged to post a final round (66). - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
Scottie Scheffler is Widening the Gap
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