Playoffs? Playoffs? Yes, it’s that time, even though we’re still in the dog days of summer. The FedEx St. Jude Championship is first up at TPC Southwind in steamy Memphis, where 69 of the 70 who qualified are in action. Only Daniel Berger opted out, effectively ending his season as he’s outside the top 50 and will not advance to the BMW Championship next week at Bellerive.
Scottie Scheffler tops the list despite only winning once this season. Only. Rory McIlroy is teeing it up after not playing here last year. It’s the first event since the British Open for the two-time Masters champion. He’s outside the top 10 in FedEx Cup points for the first time in five years. All 69 will be playing for the $20 million purse with the winner taking home $3.6 million.
RELATED: Here is the complete list of the top 70 who qualified for Memphis
Justin Rose is the defending champion and he’s back again. Tommy Fleetwood, of course, is the defending FedEx Cup champion, winning his first and only PGA Tour title at East Lake last year at the Tour Championship.
Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark and Chris Gotterup round out the top five behind Sheffler. Keith Mitchel and Maverick McNearly are Nos. 49-50, while Harris English and Max Homa are Nos. 51-52. Jordan Spieth is No. 54. That’s significant because, as previously mentioned, the top 50 in points after this week move to St. Louis for the BMW Championship. From there, the top 30 advance to the Tour Championship to crown the champion.
Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates.
Here’s the payout in Memphis
WIN: $3.6 million
2: $2.16 million
3: $1.36 million
4: $960,000
5: $800,000
6: $720,000
7: $670,000
8: $621,000
9: $581,000
10: $541,000
11: $501,000
12: $461,000
13: $421,000
14: $381,000
15: $361,000
16: $341,000
17: $321,000
18: $301,000
19: $281,000
20: $261,000
21: $241,000
22: $224,500
23: $208,500
24: $192,500
25: $176,500
26: $160,500
27: $154,500
28: $148,400
29: $142,500
30: $136,500
31: $130,500
32: $124,500
33: $118,500
34: $113,500
35: $108,500
36: $103,500
37: $98,500
38: $94,500
39: $90,500
40: $86,500
41: $82,500
42: $78,500
43: $74,500
44: $70,500
45: $66,500
46: $62,500
47: $58,500
48: $55,300
49: $52,500
50: $51,000
51: $49,800
52: $48,600
53: $47,800
54: $47,000
55: $46,600
56: $46,200
57: $45,800
58: $45,400
59: $45,000
60: $44,600
61: $44,200
62: $43,800
63: $43,400
64: $43,000
65: $42,600
66: $42,200
67: $41,800
68: $41,400
69: $41,000
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
