FedEx St. Jude Championship First-Round Tee Times – The FedEx Cup Playoffs of the PGA Tour are beginning this week just outside Memphis, Tennessee, at TPC Southwind. The Tour has been held at this location every year since 1989, but this is only the third time it has been the opening event for the playoffs. The playoff format changed last season, moving this event from the top 125 to the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings. The top 50 players will move on to next week’s BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club, just outside of Denver, and the top 30 will advance to the Tour Championship at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club. The format for the FedEx Cup Playoffs is not universally loved, especially once we get to East Lake’s staggered scoring, but we do get to see the Tour’s best players competing against each other for a few weeks in a row, so it’s better than nothing.
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The winner of the event has had a finishing score in the teens over the past few years, but TPC Southwind can be more challenging than those scores suggest. The 7,243-yard par-70 course includes multiple doglegs, making it play longer than its yardage indicates. The course features zoysia grass fairways, Bermudagrass rough, and Championship Bermudagrass greens, all native to Southeastern United States golf. As a result, scoring chances are limited if you don’t find the fairway off the tee. Additionally, the rate of hitting greens in regulation and the average proximity to the hole is significantly lower here than at an average Tour course, so golfers hitting their approach shots from the fairway will have a significant advantage this week. The same goes for those who can work effectively on and around the greens, given that missing these small green complexes (which are the third-smallest on the Tour) is inevitable.
The BMW Championship will only include the top 50 players in the FedExCup standings. This is the second year in a row that the tournament won’t have a cut due to the limited field. The course has a long history of hosting PGA Tour events, so there’s plenty of data to analyze. With $20 million in prize money up for grabs, the motivation is high for the top players to perform well. Points are quadrupled in the first two playoff events, giving players outside the top 50 a chance to improve their standings. The winner earns 2,000 points, while the 70th place earns just 12 points.
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As for the 70 players that comprise this field, every eligible player will be in attendance, including each of the top eight ranked players in the world: Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg, Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland and Patrick Cantlay. The biggest names staying home who finished outside the top 70 include Keith Mitchell, Rickie Fowler, Nicolai Hojgaard, and last year’s winner here, Lucas Glover.
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FedEx St. Jude Championship First-Round Tee Times
TIME | TEE | PLAYERS |
8:20 AM EDT | 1 | Justin Rose Ben Griffin |
8:30 AM EDT | 1 | Will Zalatoris Jake Knapp |
8:40 AM EDT | 1 | Max Greyserman Mackenzie Hughes |
8:50 AM EDT | 1 | Tom Kim Cam Davis |
9:00 AM EDT | 1 | Austin Eckroat Alex Noren |
9:10 AM EDT | 1 | Adam Hadwin Si Woo Kim |
9:20 AM EDT | 1 | Stephan Jaeger Thomas Detry |
9:30 AM EDT | 1 | Cameron Young Tommy Fleetwood |
9:40 AM EDT | 1 | Taylor Pendrith Chris Kirk |
9:55 AM EDT | 1 | Billy Horschel Davis Thompson |
10:05 AM EDT | 1 | Justin Thomas Brian Harman |
10:15 AM EDT | 1 | Akshay Bhatia Matthieu Pavon |
10:25 AM EDT | 1 | Sungjae Im Shane Lowry |
10:35 AM EDT | 1 | Wyndham Clark Ludvig Ã…berg |
10:45 AM EDT | 1 | Rory McIlroy Collin Morikawa |
10:55 AM EDT | 1 | Peter Malnati Min Woo Lee |
11:05 AM EDT | 1 | Brendon Todd Seamus Power |
11:15 AM EDT | 1 | Nick Dunlap Jhonattan Vegas |
11:30 AM EDT | 1 | Viktor Hovland Erik van Rooyen |
11:40 AM EDT | 1 | Patrick Rodgers Eric Cole |
11:50 AM EDT | 1 | Harris English Nick Taylor |
12:00 PM EDT | 1 | Denny McCarthy Adam Scott |
12:10 PM EDT | 1 | Keegan Bradley Matt Fitzpatrick |
12:20 PM EDT | 1 | Max Homa J.T. Poston |
12:30 PM EDT | 1 | Sam Burns Corey Conners |
12:40 PM EDT | 1 | Aaron Rai Jason Day |
12:50 PM EDT | 1 | Tom Hoge Christiaan Bezuidenhout |
1:05 PM EDT | 1 | Robert MacIntyre Sepp Straka |
1:15 PM EDT | 1 | Russell Henley Tony Finau |
1:25 PM EDT | 1 | Patrick Cantlay Byeong Hun An |
1:35 PM EDT | 1 | Sahith Theegala Hideki Matsuyama |
1:45 PM EDT | 1 | Scottie Scheffler Xander Schauffele |
1:55 PM EDT | 1 | Maverick McNealy Taylor Moore |
2:05 PM EDT | 1 | Jordan Spieth Mark Hubbard |
2:15 PM EDT | 1 | Emiliano Grillo Victor Perez |