2020 WGC Fed-Ex St. Jude Invitational

A stellar field comes to Memphis this week for the season's last World Golf Championship.

FED EX CUP points: 550

Purse: $10,500,000 winners share: $1,890,000

Course: TPC Southwind a par 70 of 7238 yards

OWGR update: first place points of 76 which is higher than last year's total of 72. 45 out of the top 50 in the world are here.

Rahm, Rory or JT can leave here #1 in the world.

Field: https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wgc-fedex-st-jude-invitational/field.html

no I don't know why Chan Kim is a higher alternate than Charles Howell III, Brendan Grace, Rory Sabbitini or Jim Furyk

Tee times: https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wgc-fedex-st-jude-invitational/tee-times.html

FEATURED GROUPS

Bryson DeChambeau/ Jon Rahm/ Rickie Fowler

Webb Simpson/ Rory McIlroy/ Jordan Spieth

Patrick Reed/ Viktor Hovalnd/ Brooks Koepka (our defending champion)

Justin Thomas/ Hideki Matsuyama/ Collin Morikawa (winner at Reno last year the same week as the WGC Memphis)

The PGA Tour continues to have special matches to replace the Wednesday pro ams, this week it is the FedEx Cares Charity Challenge

Brandt Snedeker and Billy Horschel will take on Henrik Stenson and Viktor Hovland in a 9 hole match play exhibition. It will be shown Wednesday on the Golf Channel and elsewhere.

Top 2 not already in the US Open and in the top 10, will qualify for Winged Foot.

** no I don't know why Chan Kim is a higher alternate than Charles Howell III, Brendan Grace, Rory Sabbitini or Jim Furyk **

Alternate list is based off of OWGR ranking as of 7/20/2020. Chan Kim is highest rated alternate as of 7/20/2020. His OWGR as of 7/20 was 76th.

I knew if anyone here had an answer, it would be you. I was thinking it could be one of those grandfathered in global tournament things like finishing second in some Japanese Tour event.

Poor Chan Kim has only played the New Zealand Open so far in 2020. He is from the US, so I hope he's in Memphis.

The PGA Tour extended the alternate list this year to get to the field size to 78 by including players ranked outside of the top 50 in the OWGR. TBH I never heard of Chan Kim until I saw you mention his name.

Featured groups and tee times-

FEATURED GROUPS (FedExCup Rank)Bryson DeChambeau (4), Jon Rahm (8), Rickie Fowler (89)Thursday: 12:40 p.m. ET (No. 10 tee); Friday: 1:40 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee)

• DeChambeau enters the week No. 4 in the FedExCup standings, with one win (Rocket Mortgage Classic) and seven additional top-10s in 12 starts on the season 

• Rahm is making his first start since moving to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, following his win at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide

• Fowler is making his 30th start in a World Golf Championships event where he owns 12 top-10s

Webb Simpson (2), Rory McIlroy (5), Jordan Spieth (91)Thursday: 12:50 p.m. ET (No. 10 tee); Friday: 1:50 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee)Note: McIlroy (2016, 2019) and Spieth (2015) are past FedExCup champions while Simpson is No. 2 in the current FedExCup standings

• Simpson is one of three players (others: Justin Thomas, Brendon Todd) with multiple wins on the season (Waste Management Phoenix Open, RBC Heritage)

• At No. 5, McIlroy is one of three players in the current top 10 of the FedExCup standings that finished inside the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 at the end of the Regular Season in 2018-19 (others: Jon Rahm, Webb Simpson)

• Spieth’s most recent top-10 in a World Golf Championships event came at the 2016 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (T3)

Patrick Reed (6), Viktor Hovland (23), Brooks Koepka (155)Thursday: 1:50 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee ); Friday: 12:40 p.m. ET (No. 10)

• Reed, who won the WGC-Mexico Championship earlier in the season, is looking to become the first player since Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama in 2016-17 to win multiple World Golf Championships titles in a season

• The highest-ranked rookie in the FedExCup standings (No. 23), Hovland is making his first career start in a World Golf Championships event 

• Koepka will be defending a title in consecutive weeks, having won the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational and 2019 PGA Championship; he enters the week No. 155 in the FedExCup standings with just three weeks remaining in the PGA TOUR Regular Season

Justin Thomas (1), Collin Morikawa (7), Hideki Matsuyama (18)Thursday: 1:40 p.m. ET (No. 1 tee); Friday: 12:30 p.m. ET (No. 10 tee)

• Thomas holds the lead in the FedExCup for the 38th week in his career, one shy of Dustin Johnson for third-most since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007

• Morikawa has a win (Workday Charity Open) and a runner-up (Charles Schwab Challenge) since the season resumed, moving from No. 41 to No. 7 in the FedExCup standings over the last seven weeks

• Two of Matsuyama’s five career PGA TOUR wins have come in World Golf Championships events (2016 WGC-HSBC Champions, 2017 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational)

Really wish they never moved this tournament from Firestone CC. That is a great golf course. Memphis not so much.

This is the St. Jude tournament and has been in Memphis since 1958. FedEx took over sponsorship of the WGC-Bridgestone and WGC-NEC tournaments at Firestone, before taking over sponsorship of the St. Jude Classic.

Al Geiberger's great 59 was in the second round of this tournament in 1977. Persimmon woods, blades, over 100F heat, 7,249 yards and 13 under par.

No one on Tour has shot 13 under on a course over 7,000 yards. Two decades later, the two other 13-under 59's (and 12 under 58) were on 6,900 yard courses with metal woods, different balls, etc.

Al is 82, lives in a small apartment and his PGA Tour pension of $128 per month has runout.

One of the most boring courses on Tour.

You've obviously have never been to TPC Scottsdale.

3 months after losing his father in an airplane crash (worst ever; two planes collided) ... dude has had a very up/down life filled with more than his fair share of tragedy ... 40 years after his historic round, Al Geiberger is still 'Mr. 59'

Bones on JT's bag for the next two weeks ...

Agreed but I also grew up 5 minutes from Firestone CC. It all comes down to $ and FedEx headquarters is based in Memphis.

what happens if weather forces the tour to make a decision about 54 holes/playing on monday, pushing into the pga's tournament? ... i'm assuming the pga is letting/using the tour's help in testing protocol/etc, but there are some issues here that could make the two organizations butt heads pretty hard ... and this is a pretty big tournament for the tour ... and the pga is at a new course ...

So I guess we are gonna see a lot of Brooks today.

the way he's playin it may only be for 2 days so...get your fill now lol

It's a no cut event.

...i still stand by it; didn't say he'd be cut. hard to have cameras on you on saturday and sunday if you are playing poorly

Yeah, I was a kid caddy, and saw him up close at a Std Brands corp golf outing in NJ. Red spalding bag, ping putter, spalding persimmon & blades and that sweet swing OMG!

Rickie sticks it !

Rahm from the bunker !

Birdie possibility for Phil .

The Golf marketing personnel and TV ratings people in golf might just get a leaderboard they are really gonna like this weekend .

Rory has switched up putters. I’m surprised, I thought he looked a lot more comfortable with the mallet.

4 birds in a row to start for Koepka, must be feeling healthy again this week.

I see Brooksie came to play...Great looking leaderboard early.

bout friggin time

Rory's punchy wedge swing always makes me nervous.

If DeChambeau finishes #1 in the world a few months from now does every decent Golf course in this country add a real good size gym so golfers can lift weights ?

A tour full of Arnold Schwarzenegger look a likes !!!!!

Thats the Jordan Spieth we see at times lately.