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@PGATourBrunch Coverage of the FedEx St. Jude Championship Finish
MEMPHIS - Will Zalatoris won his first career PGA Tour title in his 56th Tour start at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. In doing so, Zalatoris became the first player since Camilo Villegas at the 2008 BMW Championship to make a FedEx Cup Playoffs event his maiden Tour title.
Sunday’s playoff marked the eighth playoff this season and the first since the Charles Schwab Challenge. It was the fifth playoff at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in the FedExCup era (2007-present). Most recently, Tony Finau defeated Cameron Smith in a playoff at Liberty National Golf Club in 2021.
In his first playoff on Tour, Sepp Straka finished as runner-up but made his fourth Top-10 of the season, moving to No. 8 in the FedEx Cup overall standings. He has never made it past the first FedEx Cup Playoffs event in three previous seasons.
Four players who entered the week outside of the Top 70 moved inside the cut to qualify for this week’s BMW Championship. They are: Lucas Glover (T-3), Adam Scott (T-5), Andrew Putnam (T-5) and Wyndham Clark (T-28).
Of players who made cut, Brendon Todd finished 67th to move outside the Top 70.
Prior to the start of the final round, Cameron Smith (T13) was assessed a two-stroke penalty for a breach of Rule 14.7 (playing ball from the wrong place) on hole No. 4 during the third round as he was operating under Rule 17.1 (when ball is in penalty area). Smith’s score was adjusted from 199 (-11) to 201 (-9). Smith finished T-13 in his first start since winning The Open Championship.
FedEx St. Jude Championship | Final Leaderboard
*Will Zalatoris 71-63-65-66—265 (-15)
Sepp Straka 64-66-68-67—265 (-15)
Lucas Glover 65-68-69-66—268 (-12)
Brian Harman 66-66-69-67—268 (-12)
Seven players at -11
*Defeated Sepp Straka on the third playoff hole (par-3 No.11) with a bogey-4
Full Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying
Zalatoris Won First PGA Tour event at FedEx St. Jude (PGATourCom)
An Injured Coach Helped Zalatoris (Golf Week/USA Today)
Who’s In and Who’s Out? (Golf Week/USA Today)
FedEx Cup Playoffs Update: Adam Scott In (PGATourCom)
FedEx Cup Standings (Top 70 Advanced) (PGATourCom)
Sporting Goods, Golf Industry News
What was in Zalatoris’ Golf Bag? (PGATourCom)
Prize Money at Fed Ex St. Jude (Golf Week/USA Today)
Odds for PGA Tour players Jumping to LIV (Golf Week/USA Today)
Robbie Shelton Won Korn-Ferry Final (Golf Week/USA Today)
On This Day in Golf History
August 15, 1965 - Dave Marr won his only major title at the PGA Championship at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Legonier, Pennsylvania. He finished two strokes ahead of runners-up Billy Casper and Jack Nicklaus after shooting a final round (71). - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
This Week
First Look at BMW (PGATourCom)
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