MEMPHIS - The FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first event of the 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs, will be held at TPC Southwind. The club has hosted PGA Tour events (FedEx St. Jude Classic), a World Golf Championship (WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational) and the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
At the conclusion of the three-week playoff, the 2022 FedEx Cup Champion will receive a bonus of $18 million.
World No. 1 and FedEx Cup leader Scottie Scheffler is making his third appearance in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, advancing to the Tour Championship in each of his first two seasons (No. 5 in 2019-20, No. 22 in 2020-21). Scheffler will make his fifth start at TPC Southwind, having played the FedEx St. Jude Classic twice on a sponsor exemption (MC/2014, T43/2018). Scheffler has won four times this season, including the Masters Tournament, and looks to become the second player to win the Masters and the FedEx Cup in the same season (Jordan Spieth, 2014-15). Scheffler received a $4 million bonus via the Comcast Business Tour Top 10 for holding the top spot in the FedEx Cup standings at the end of the regular season and a $1 million bonus for winning the Aon Risk Reward Challenge. The bonuses do not count towards his official money total of $13,176,910 million, the largest in a single season earnings in Tour history.
Tony Finau has won each of his last two starts on the PGA TOUR and is also the defending champion this week, winning the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs in 2021 at Liberty National Golf Club. Finau is one of three players this season to win in back-to-back starts, along with Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele. The last player to win in three consecutive starts on Tour was Dustin Johnson during the 2016-17 season (The Genesis Invitational, WGC-Mexico Championship, WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play).
FedEx St. Jude Championship | Tournament Facts
COURSE: TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
YARDS/PAR: 7,243 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECT: Ron Pritchard
PRIZE Money - Purse: $15,000,000/$2,700,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Tony Finau
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @FedExChamp
TV COVERAGE: The first two rounds (August 11 and 12) are scheduled for TV coverage from 3:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel. On Saturday, coverage is set for 1:00pm to 3:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel and 3:00 to 6:00pm (ET) on NBC. On Sunday, Golf Channel will be covering from 12 Noon to 2:00pm (ET) and NBC from 2:00pm to 6:00pm (ET).
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: ESPN+ Live streaming coverage will run from 8:15am to 7:00pm (ET) both Thursday and Friday. Weekend streaming on ESPN+ PGA TOUR Live from 8:00am to 6:00pm (ET).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live coverage of the FedEx St. Jude begins at 1:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, coverage will air 1:00pm to 6:00pm (or completion of event). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATourCom.
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
FedEx St. Jude Championship | Basics
The Tee Times at FedEx St. Jude run Thursday from 8:15am to 2:50pm (ET).
Weather: Thursday’s forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms, a 40% chance of rain with temperatures at 80-degrees and humidity at 78%. Winds expected at 8 mph.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post before 8:00am (ET) on Thursday
Field, Updates, Tee Times
Field: (link)
Updates (Qualified but not competing):
Daniel Berger (injury)
Lanto Griffin (injury)
Tommy Fleetwood (personal)
Monday
WD - Nate Lashley (toe)
Tee Times: (link)
To DONATE to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, click HERE.
FedEx St. Jude Championship | Odds
(Odds by CBS Sports)
Rory McIlroy +1100
Scottie Scheffler +1400
Cameron Smith +1600
Jon Rahm +1600
Justin Thomas +1600
Xander Schauffele +1600
Patrick Cantlay +1600
Matt Fitzpatrick +2000
Tony Finau +2000
Sam Burns +2200
Collin Morikawa +2500
Jordan Spieth +2500
Will Zalatoris +2500
Cameron Young +2500
Viktor Hovland +3000
Hideki Matsuyama +3500
Sungjae Im +3500
Shane Lowry +3500
Billy Horschel +4000
Joohyung Kim +4500
Joaquin Niemann +5000
Max Homa +5000
Tyrrell Hatton +5500
Russell Henley +5500
Aaron Wise +6000
Corey Conners +6500
Davis Riley +7500
Taylor Pendrith +7500
Seamus Power +8000
Alex Noren +8000
Sahith Theegala +9000
Cam Davis +9000
Webb Simpson +9000
Harold Varner III +10000
Adam Scott +10000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +10000
Adam Hadwin +10000
Scott Stallings +10000
Keith Mitchell +10000
J.T. Poston +10000
Mito Pereira +10000
Denny McCarthy +10000
Si Woo Kim +10000
Keegan Bradley +10000
Cameron Tringale +12500
Justin Rose +12500
Gary Woodland +12500
Chris Kirk +12500
Brian Harman +12500
Marc Leishman +15000
Matt Kuchar +15000
Maverick McNealy +15000
Jason Day +15000
Lucas Herbert +15000
Adam Long +15000
Alex Smalley +15000
Brendan Steele +15000
Wyndham Clark +17500
Emiliano Grillo +17500
Sebastian Munoz +17500
Tom Hoge +17500
Kevin Kisner +17500
Chez Reavie +17500
Taylor Moore +17500
Anirban Lahiri +20000
Brendon Todd +20000
Jhonattan Vegas +20000
Lee Hodges +20000
Stewart Cink +22500
Luke List +22500
Aaron Rai +22500
Mark Hubbard +22500
Kevin Streelman +22500
K.H. Lee +22500
Kurt Kitayama +22500
Brandon Wu +22500
Callum Tarren +22500
Matthew NeSmith +25000
John Huh +25000
Russell Knox +27500
Adam Svensson +27500
Troy Merritt +27500
Ryan Palmer +30000
J.J. Spaun +30000
Stephan Jaeger +30000
Martin Laird +30000
C.T. Pan +30000
Trey Mullinax +30000
Andrew Putnam +35000
Chesson Hadley +35000
Doug Ghim +40000
Beau Hossler +40000
Danny Lee +40000
Hayden Buckley +40000
David Lipsky +40000
Peter Malnati +40000
Rickie Fowler +40000
Greyson Sigg +40000
Dylan Frittelli +40000
Joel Dahmen +40000
Patrick Rodgers +40000
Tyler Duncan +40000
Michael Thompson +50000
James Hahn +50000
Vince Whaley +50000
Adam Schenk +50000
Mackenzie Hughes +50000
Sam Ryder +50000
Scott Piercy +50000
Chad Ramey +50000
Sepp Straka +50000
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On This Day in Golf History
August 10, 1975 - Jack Nicklaus won his fourth PGA Championship and the 14th of his 18 majors by beating runner-up Bruce Crampton by two shots at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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