PGA Tour Brunch | FedEx St. Jude
Third Round Coverage of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship
Note: : Due to lightning in the area on Friday, play was suspended at 3:30pm (local). Play will resume Saturday at 7:30am (local)/8:30am (ET). To catch up, the third round will feature threesomes off Nos. 1 and 10 with approximate starting times from 9:50am (local)/10:50am (ET) to 11:50am/12:50pm (ET).
MEMPHIS - In the first of three FedEx Cup Playoff events, Tommy Fleetwood (1st/-13) shot a low (127) Thur-Fri which marks his low 36-hole total on the PGA TOUR (previous: 129/2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational).
Fleetwood currently leads the tournament b y four strokes and when R-2 concludes, Fleetwood could hold his sixth 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and second this season (Travelers Championship) where he finished T2.
Fleetwood hit 24/28 (85.71%) fairways thru 36-holes, his highest driving accuracy thru 36-holes in his PGA TOUR career (previous: 69.44%, 2 times, most recent: 2024 BMW Championship).
At No. 9, Fleetwood is the highest-ranked player in the FedEx Cup standings without a victory on the PGA TOUR.
Collin Morikawa (-9) carded a bogey-free (65), tied for his lowest round in seven career starts in the FedEx St. Jude Championship (65/R1/2023/finished T13). The six-time PGA TOUR winner is seeking his first victory since the 2023 Baycurrent Classic.
Our 18-hole leader Akshay Bhatia (-9) followed his career low 8-under (62), with a second round (69). The two-time PGA TOUR winner is making his second career start at the FedEx St. Jude Championship (T12/2024) and has three Top-10 finishes this season (T9/Genesis Invitational, 9th/Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, T3/PLAYERS Championship).
Notes:
11-time PGA TOUR winner Justin Rose currently trails Tommy Fleetwood by four strokes with two holes left to play in his second round. This marks Rose’s 18th time qualifying for the playoffs in his 19th season on TOUR.
Making first start since earning 17th PGA TOUR victory at The Open Championship, World No. 1 and reigning FedExCup Champion Scottie Scheffler (-7) has four occasions with wins in back-to-back starts with the most recent: 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson, PGA Championship).
FedEx St. Jude Championship | Partial Leaderboard (R-2)
1 Tommy Fleetwood 63 64 127 (-13)
T2 Collin Morikawa 66 65 131 (-9)
T2 Akshay Bhatia 62 69 131 (-9)
T2 Justin Rose 64 -3 thru 16 -9 thru 16
Full Leaderboard: (link)
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
Saturday, August 9, 2025 (All Times Eastern)
8:00am - 6:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming (R-3 at 10:30am)
1:00pm - 6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio on Sirius XM and Online
1:00pm - 3:00pm - Golf Channel
3:00pm to 6:00pm - NBC, NBC Sports App Streaming
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
FedEx St. Jude Championship | Basics
The Tee Times at FedEx St. Jude today
Weather: Friday’s forecast, with a 2% chance of rain, fooled the weather forecasters as lightening in area forced stoppage of R-2. Saturday forecast is for mostly sunny skies and temperatures ranging 86-91 degrees. Slight chance of rain. Winds at 8 mph.
Tournament Overview: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post by 9:00am (ET) on Sunday.
Field and Tee Times
Field: (link)
Tee Times: (link) - to be updated after completion of R-2.
To DONATE to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, click HERE.
What They’re Saying
Weather Holds R-2 on Friday (Golf Week)
Morikawa Confidence Remains Intact at FedEx St. Jude (PGATourCom)
Fleetwood Finds his Groove (PGATourCom)
How to Watch the FedEx St. Jude (PGATourCom)
FedEx Cup Standings (PGATourCom)
NBC, USGA Getting Close on new Deal (Golf Week)
On This Day in Golf History
August 9, 2020 - Collin Morikawa closed with a 6-under-par (64) to win the PGA Championship in San Francisco, the first major golf tournament held without spectators (because of COVID-19 pandemic) - 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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