PGA Tour Brunch - FedEx/St. Jude
@PGATourBrunch First Look at the FedEx-St. Jude and Barracuda Championship
FedEx St. Jude Invitational Preview
COURSE: TPC Southwind (Memphis, Tenn)
ARCHITECT: Ron Pritchard
YARDS/PAR: 7,233 yards/Par 70
PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $10,500,000/$1,890,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Justin Thomas (2020)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points Total/Winner: 3,240/550
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WGCFedEx
OFFICIAL SITE: (FedEx St. Jude Invitational)
TV COVERAGE: Thursday, August 5 and Friday, August 6: From 12:00pm to 5:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel.
On Saturday, August 7, Round 3 coverage 12:00pm to 2:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. Then, CBS takes over from 2:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, July 18: Golf Channel opens final round coverage 12:00pm to 2:00pm (EDT) and CBS wraps it up from 2:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT).
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: Streaming coverage on Thursday and Friday, from 10:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT) on PGA Tour Live. On Saturday and Sunday, PGA Tour Live will stream 11:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio coverage of the FedEx-St.Jude with Thursday and Friday broadcasts from 11:00am (EDT) to 5:00pm (EDT). Weekend coverage on Sirius XM Radio begins at 1:00pm (EDT) until 6:00pm (EDT) or conclusion. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92)
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
FedEx St. Jude Invitational: Notebook
This week, 48 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are in the field at the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, including nine of the top 10. Only the (2021) Masters Tournament, PGA Championship and (2021) U.S. Open have had more top 50 players in the field during the 2020-21 season.
In each of the last five years (including three prior to the move to TPC Southwind), the winner of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational has entered the week in the top three of both the FedExCup standings and the Official World Golf Ranking. Collin Morikawa (No. 1 FEC, No. 3 OWGR) is the only player in the field that can extend the streak to six.
The FedEx St. Jude Invitational is truly the home stretch of the PGA Tour regular season as it prepares for the FedExCup Playoffs. Three players in the field are between Nos. 120-135 in the FedExCup standings with just two weeks remaining in the regular season: Adam Scott (123), Tommy Fleetwood (133) and Justin Rose (134). Scott and Rose are among the nine players that have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each season since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007. The FedExCup Playoffs begin at The Northern Trust (8/22/21) with the top 125 ranked players in the playoff field.
Also being contested this week is the Barracuda Championship, offering 300 FedExCup points to the winner, which is one of three events remaining in the 2020-21 PGA Tour Regular Season. The field includes three of the nine players who have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in every season since inception of the FedExCup (2007-present) – Brandt Snedeker (No. 91), Matt Kuchar (No. 120) and Ryan Moore (No. 140), as well as 20 of the 25 players between Nos. 126-150 in the standings.
The Basics:
Tournament Tee Times begin Thursday at 9:15am (local)/10:15am (EDT) through 11:05am (local)/12:05pm (EDT).
Weather: Thursday’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the low 80s with only a 10% chance of rain. Relative humidity expected to be 48% and winds N/NE at a low 5 mph.
PGATourBrunch will post at 9:00am (EDT) on Thursday.
Next Week: Wyndham Championship (link)
Last Week: Tokyo Olympics (Info)
FedEx St. Jude’s Field and Tee Times:
The Field - (link)
Tee Times: (link)
Odds for FedEx/St. Jude Invitational
(Odds by William Hill)
Brooks Koepka 12-1
Collin Morikawa 14-1
Xander Schauffele 14-1
Jordan Spieth 16-1
Justin Thomas 16-1
Rory McIlroy 18-1
Dustin Johnson 20-1
Daniel Berger 22-1
Louis Oosthuizen 22-1
Viktor Hovland 25-1
Bryson DeChambeau 25-1
Patrick Cantlay 25-1
Hideki Matsuyama 25-1
Scottie Scheffler 28-1
Paul Casey 30-1
Webb Simpson 35-1
Matthew Fitzpatrick 35-1
Tony Finau 35-1
Patrick Reed 35-1
Cameron Smith 35-1
Shane Lowry 40-1
Harris English 45-1
Tyrrell Hatton 45-1
Abraham Ancer 45-1
Tommy Fleetwood 45-1
Jason Kokrak 45-1
Corey Conners 45-1
Joaquin Niemann 45-1
Will Zalatoris 50-1
Sungjae Im 55-1
Brian Harman 55-1
Sergio Garcia 55-1
Justin Rose 55-1
Adam Scott 55-1
Sam Burns 66-1
Marc Leishman 70-1
Ian Poulter 70-1
Billy Horschel 70-1
Phil Mickelson 70-1
Cameron Champ 70-1
Cameron Davis 80-1
Robert Macintyre 80-1
Ryan Palmer 90-1
Matthew Wolff 90-1
Kevin Kisner 90-1
Max Homa 100-1
Lee Westwood 100-1
Si-Woo Kim 100-1
Stewart Cink 100-1
Carlos Ortiz 100-1
Garrick Higgo 100-1
Kevin Na 125-1
Lucas Herbert 125-1
Lucas Glover 125-1
Min Woo Lee 125-1
Kyoung-Hoon Lee 150-1
Matt Jones 150-1
Martin Laird 200-1
Aaron Rai 200-1
Victor Perez 200-1
Wilco Nienaber 250-1
Wade Ormsby 250-1
Jim Herman 300-1
Ryosuke Kinoshita 300-1
Robert Streb 300-1
Brad Kennedy 500-1
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: Considering my starters for FedEx St. Jude Invitational, I’ll avoid the jet lag crew coming back from Tokyo, as the East-to-West time zone change - coming back - is quite difficult. My PGA Fantasy game foursome will include: Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, Sam Burns and Billy Horschel. The bench players will be: Scottie Scheffler and Patrick Cantlay. For my one and done, I’m going with Horschel.
What They’re Saying:
The First Look at FedEx St. Jude Invitational (PGATourCom)
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How to Watch This Week (PGATourCom)
FedExCup Standings (PGATourCom)
Schauffele to Adjust Tour Schedule after Winning Gold (ESPN)
#SportsBiz, Sports Gambling and Golf Industry News
(Fantasy) Preview of FedEx St. Jude (CBS Sports HQ)
Expert Picks for FedEx St. Jude - (PGATourCom)
Sleeper Picks for FedEx St. Jude - (PGATourCom)
Horses for the Course - FedEx St. Jude (PGATourCom)
PGA Tour 2021-22 Schedule (PGATourCom)
PGA and European Tour to Co-Sanction Events (ESPN)
First Look at the Barracuda Championship (PGATourCom)
Modified Stableford Scoring (link)
Monday Qualifiers (PGATourCom)
Fantasy Golf Look at the Barracuda (PGATourCom)
Barracuda Championship Field (link)
Barracuda Championship Tee Times (link)
Barracuda: Past Champions (link)
“Watch out for those chipmunks.”
On This Day in Golf History:
August 4, 1958 - Ken Venturi won his fourth tournament of the year by shooting a final round (72) at the Gleneagles Chicago Open. He defeated Julius Boros and Jack Burke Jr. by one stroke. - 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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