PGA Tour Brunch | FedEx St. Jude
Second Round Coverage of the '26 FedEx St. Jude Championship
MEMPHIS - Five players are tied for the lead in the 2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship. That logjam marks the most 18-hole co-leaders in a FedEx Cup Playoff event, with the previous: 4, most recent: 2020 FedEx St. Jude Championship).
Number of times holding the first-round lead/co-lead:
Michael Thorbjornsen – second time (other: 2024 RSM Classic/finished T8)
Jordan Spieth – 14th time, first since 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship; 3-for-13 to date (2015 Masters Tournament, 2017 Travelers Championship, 2017 Open Championship)
Kurt Kitayama – third time, first since 2022 VidantaWorld Mexico Open; 0-for-2 to date
Jake Knapp – third time, first since 2025 Genesis Scottish Open; 0-for-2 to date
Michael Kim – second time (other: 2022 Puerto Rico Open/finished T16)
Jordan Spieth is the only player in the field bogey-free through 18-holes at TPC Southwind. The 2015 FedExCup Champion enters the week at No. 54 and seeks his first BMW Championship appearance since 2023.
Wins and starts by the first-round leaders:
Michael Thorbjornsen – one win in 65 starts (2026 Rocket Classic)
Jordan Spieth – 13 wins in 321 starts (most recent: 2022 RBC Heritage)
Kurt Kitayama – two wins in 132 starts (most recent: 2025 3M Open)
Jake Knapp – one win in 65 starts (2024 VidantaWorld Mexico Open)
Michael Kim – one win in 277 starts (2018 John Deere Classic)
Tournament Notes:
Reigning FedExCup Champion Tommy Fleetwood (T6/-4) seeks to become first back-to-back winner of the FedExCup; making seventh start at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, highlighted by a pair of T3 finishes (2023, 2025)
2013 FedEx St. Jude Championship winner Adam Scott (T6/-4) cards a 66, his 108th sub-70 round in the FedExCup Playoffs, the most of any player in the since 2007 (next: 102/Rory McIlroy).
Additional opening-round scores:
2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship winner Hideki Matsuyama (T6/-4)
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (T17/-2)
21-year-old Jackson Koivun (T43/+1)
Defending champion Justin Rose (T60/+3)
Winner of last week’s Wyndham Championship Michael Brennan (T60/+3)
30-time PGA TOUR winner Rory McIIroy (68th/+4)
FedEx St. Jude Champ | Leaderboard After 18
T1 Michael Thorbjornsen 65 (-5)
T1 Jordan Spieth 65 (-5)
T1 Kurt Kitayama 65 (-5)
T1 Jake Knapp 65 (-5)
T1 Michael Kim 65 (-5)
T6 Seven players 66 (-4)
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: Justin Rose
OVERVIEW: (link)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 750
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup Tyler Gardner
The FedEx Cup Playoff Schedule
August 13 - FedEx St. Jude Invitational (70 players qualify)
August 20 - BMW Championship (50)
August 27 - TOUR Championship (30)
FedEx St. Jude Championship | How to Watch
Today, August 14, 2025 (All Times Eastern)
8:00am - 6:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
9:00am - 11:00am - ESPN
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 8:10am to 2:05pm (ET).
Weather: Today’s forecast is for sunny skies and hot, hot, hot conditions. Temperatures soaring to 93-degrees. Winds 9mph. No chance of rain.
Tournament Overview: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 9:00am (ET) Saturday.
Field and Tee Times
Field: (link)
Tee Times: (link)
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What They’re Saying
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On This Day in Golf History
August 14, 1994 - Nick Price became the first player since Tom Watson (in 1982) to win back-to-back majors in a season when he won the PGA Championship by six strokes at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, OK. Price, a month earlier, won The Open Championship at Turnberry, also becoming the first player since Walter Hagen in 1924 to win both The Open and the PGA in the same year. - 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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