FedEx St Jude Championship 2025: TPC Southwind course guide, start time and how to watch

Where is the FedEx St Jude Championship?

The FedEx St Jude Championship will be staged at TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee.

When does the FedEx St Jude Championship start?

Tennessee is six hours behind the UK and Ireland. The first group is set to tee off at 1.20pm BST on Thursday.

FedEx St Jude Championship 2025 key details and TV coverage

Live on Sky Sports Golf from 1.20pm on Thursday.

TPC Southwind course details

Length

7,288 yards

Par 70 – two par-five holes; 12 par-fours; four par-threes

Course type

Parkland

Course records

72 holes 258 John Cook (1996) 18 holes 61 Jay Delsing (1993), Bob Estes (2001), Tom Lewis (2020), Justin Rose (2023).

Course winners taking part

Harris English, Justin Thomas, Daniel Berger (twice), Lucas Glover, Hideki Matsuyama.

Course overview

The course was designed by Ron Prichard and has hosted PGA Tour tournaments since 1989, although it undertook a radical redesign after the 2004 St Jude Classic, making it one of the toughest on the circuit.

The last St Jude Classic was held in 2018 and following three WGC-St Jude Invitationals between 2019 and 2021, the course hosted its first FedEx Cup playoff in 2022.

The fairways are of zoysia grass and it is a tight, fiddly track that should pose plenty of problems even for a strong field.

Avoiding the water and bunkers is key to success at TPC SouthwindCredit: Getty Images

What will it take to win the FedEx St Jude Championship?

The tight nature of the course means that accuracy off the tee and strong approach play will be key. Finding greens in regulation is the passport to success and a hot putter can prove the difference in what is often a congested picture at the top of the leaderboard.

TPC Southwind key attribute

Accuracy

FedEx St Jude Championship key stat

Five of the last ten winners finished first in strokes-gained tee to green.

FedEx St Jude Championship weather forecast

It looks set to be a blistering week with temperatures expected to peak at around 33C. Winds should be light and are unlikely to be a big factor.

What is the prize money for the FedEx St Jude Championship?

$20m ($3.6m to the winner)

Who is in the field for the FedEx St Jude Championship?

Field size

A 69-player field will tee off at TPC Southwind on Thursday. The top-50 finishers will go through to the next stage of the FedEx Cup playoffs at the BMW Championship next week.

Scottie Scheffler is the highest-ranked player at the St Jude ClassicCredit: Getty Images

Highest-ranked players in field (world ranking in brackets)

Scottie Scheffler (1), Xander Schauffele (3), Justin Thomas (4), Russell Henley (5), Collin Morikawa (6).

The cut

There are just 69 players in this week's field so there will be no cut.

Who won the 2024 FedEx St Jude Championship?

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama came out on top at the FedEx St Jude Championship 12 months ago, holding off storming final-day challenges from Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland to win by two shots.

Last week's result

Wyndham Championship 1 Cameron Young (55-1), 2 M Meissner 225-1, T3 M Hubbard 125-1, A Noren 70-1, T5 J Koivun 70-1, C Kirk 80-1, A Rai 28-1.

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