PGA Tour Brunch | St. Jude Recap
PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs Cut to Top 50 | BMW is Up Next
By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
MEMPHIS - England’s Justin Rose earned his 12th career PGA TOUR title in his 443rd start at the age 45 years, 11 days. The 2018 FedEx Cup Champion clinched second career FedEx Cup Playoff victory in his 57th playoff start (2011 BMW Championship).
The win at St. Jude’s was Rose’s first PGA TOUR victory since the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and it earned 2,000 FedExCup points. Rose climbed from No. 25 to No. 4 in the FedEx Cup standings and he’s projected to move from No. 20 to No. 9 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Tommy Fleetwood (T3/-15) faded down the stretch in Sunday’s final round. Fleetwood recorded the 43rd Top-10 finish of his PGA TOUR career in his 162nd start, the most of any player without a win on TOUR since 1983. Fleetwood was the 36-and-54-hole outright leader and he carded a final-round 69 to earn his sixth Top-10 finish of the season and a cool $1,160,000.
Notes:
Following the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the Top 50 players in the FedEx Cup standings have qualified for this week’s BMW Championship (the second of three events in the FedExCup Playoffs):
Five players moved inside the Top 50:
o Kurt Kitayama (T9), 52nd → 37th
o Bud Cauley (T14), 53rd → 46th
o Rickie Fowler (T6), 64th → 48th
o Jhonattan Vegas (T14), 56th → 49th
o J.T. Poston (T22), 51st → 50th
Five players are moved outside the Top 50:
o Aldrich Potgieter (T59), 43rd → 52nd
o Jordan Spieth (T38), 48th → 54th
o Jake Knapp (T62), 47th → 55th
o Wyndham Clark (T56), 49th → 56th
o Min Woo Lee (T68), 50th → 57th
FedEx St. Jude Championship | Final Leaderboard
P1 *Justin Rose 64 66 67 67 264 (-16)
P2 J.J. Spaun 68 66 65 65 264 (-16)
T3 Scottie Scheffler 67 66 65 67 265 (-15)
T3 Tommy Fleetwood 63 64 69 69 265 (-15)
5 Cameron Young 69 65 71 64 269 (-11)
* Wins in Playoff
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
PGA Tour Brunch | Basics
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PGA Tour Brunch will publish through the conclusion of the TOUR Championship, then take a break in publication until a special series for the Ryder Cup.
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What They’re Saying
Rose Goes on a Birdie Binge (Golf Week)
Fleetwood Falters (PGATourCom)
Cutdown Bubble Came at FedEx St. Jude (Golf Week)
Top 50 (PGATourCom)
Sporting Goods and Golf Industry News
Rose’s Golf Bag (Golf Week)
FedEx St. Jude $ Purse and Points (PGATourCom)
Countdown to the Ryder Cup (Yahoo/Golf Week)
ESPN Golf Coverage (ESPNCom)
On This Day in Golf History
August 11, 1986 - Bob Tway holes a 25-foot bunker shot for birdie on the final hole to stun Greg Norman and win the PGA Championship at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Norman led for the entire tournament, including being up by four stores with eight holes to play. It was Tway’s first and only major. 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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