St. Jude Championship

FedEx St. Jude Championship

Tournament information
Location	Memphis, Tennessee
Established	1967
Course(s)	TPC Southwind
Par	70
Length	7,244 yards (6,624 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$20,000,000
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	254 Dustin Johnson (2020)
To par	−30 as above
Current champion
Hideki Matsuyama
Location map
TPC Southwind Location in the United States Show map of the United States TPC Southwind Location in Tennessee Show map of Tennessee

The FedEx St. Jude Championship, founded as the Westchester Classic in 1967, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The Championship has a partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, with the hospital serving as the tournament's designated charity since 1970.^[1] Since 2007, it has been played as the first tournament of the playoff system for the FedEx Cup, with the field limited to the top 70 players on the FedEx Cup points list at the end of the regular season; prior to 2023, the top 125 players were included. For sponsorship reasons, the tournament has previously been titled The Northern Trust, The Barclays, and the Buick Classic.

The Westchester Classic was hosted at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York until 2007, after which it moved around several courses in New York and New Jersey. In 2018, the PGA Tour announced that The Northern Trust, as it was then known, would alternate between the New York/New Jersey and Boston areas from 2019, and in 2020 it was held at TPC Boston.^[2] For the 2021–22 season, the tournament was relocated to TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee with FedEx as the new title sponsor and the event being titled the FedEx St. Jude Championship.^[3]

Many of the world's top players have won the event including Sergio García, Adam Scott, Jason Day, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Reed, Dustin Johnson and 2018 champion Bryson DeChambeau, who captured a four-stroke victory and became the tournament's youngest winner in the FedEx Cup era. Since the tournament's inception in 1967, The Northern Trust has generated nearly $50 million for New York/New Jersey Metropolitan-area charities, including a record $1.865 million in 2018.^[4]

The event can trace its origins back to a Westchester based pro-am tournament that began at The Apawamis Club in Rye, New York.^[5] Founded by William Mitchell "Bill" Jennings,^[6] the popular spectator event drew many top players before leaving Apawamis after 1961 when it was merged into the Thunderbird Classic.^[7] It was next played at the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey (1962, 1966-68) and the neighboring Westchester Country Club (1963-65) also in Rye. Proceeds from the popular event benefited the now defunct United Hospital in Port Chester, New York for many years.Beginning in 1976, the tournament underwent a series of name sponsorships (detailed below), not unlike other PGA Tour stops. The name of the event evolved to the point that, by 1990, it no longer contained the name of its host course or location. However, among golfers on tour and many fans, it was still known by its traditional name, the Westchester Classic.

The tournament was usually played during June of each year, either the week before (in even-numbered years) or the week after (in odd-numbered years) the U.S. Open. It had its greatest attendance in 2001 when Tiger Woods participated, although two days of heavy rains disrupted play. It had one of its more exciting finishes in 2005, when Pádraig Harrington eagled the par-5 final hole with a 65-foot (20 m) putt to win the title. The most frequent winner of the tournament is Vijay Singh, with four trophies.

Beginning in 2008, it left the Westchester Country Club and began being rotated amongst different clubs in the New York metropolitan area (also detailed below).

In 2011, Hurricane Irene shortened the tournament to 54 holes, which was played that year at the Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey. The tournament ended by noontime on Saturday, August 27, allowing ample time for players and spectators to evacuate the golf course.

The tournament has traditionally closed CBS Sports's PGA Tour television schedule, due to the network's commitment to airing SEC and NFL football during the fall months; until 2014, the network also had rights to the U.S. Open tennis tournament, which begins the Monday prior to Labor Day. (The 2019 changes to the PGA Tour calendar, which resulted in The Northern Trust being moved up two weeks due to the PGA Tour's desire to complete the FedEx Cup Playoffs by the end of August, will not affect this tournament ending CBS's golf season, even though the tournament now takes place three weeks before the first week of the college football season.) Jim Nantz, who calls the final two rounds of The Northern Trust on television, is also the lead play-by-play announcer for the NFL on CBS.

In 2017, Chicago-based financial services company Northern Trust replaced Barclays, which had sponsored the tournament since 2005.^[8] Northern Trust had previously been the title sponsor of the Los Angeles Open at Riviera for nine years, known as the "Northern Trust Open" from 2008 through 2016.

In 2019, the FedEx Cup Playoffs featured three events, instead of four, and the Playoffs concluded by the end of August. As a result, The Northern Trust was played earlier in August (August 5–11, 2019), followed by the BMW Championship, August 12-18 (70 players); and the Tour Championship August 19–25 (30 players).^[9]

In 2015, Brian Harman became only the third player in PGA Tour history to record two holes-in-one in the same round.^[10]

In 2020, Scottie Scheffler shot a 12-under-par 59 at TPC Boston in the second round.^[11]

#	Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (US$)	Winner's share ($)	Venue
FedEx St. Jude Championship
58th	2024	Hideki Matsuyama	263	−17	2 strokes	Viktor Hovland Xander Schauffele	20,000,000	3,600,000	TPC Southwind, TN
57th	2023	Lucas Glover	265	−15	Playoff	Patrick Cantlay	20,000,000	3,600,000	TPC Southwind, TN
56th	2022	Will Zalatoris	265	−15	Playoff	Sepp Straka	15,000,000	2,700,000	TPC Southwind, TN
The Northern Trust
55th	2021	Tony Finau	264	−20	Playoff	Cameron Smith	9,500,000	1,710,000	Liberty National, NJ
54th	2020	Dustin Johnson (3)	254	−30	11 strokes	Harris English	9,500,000	1,710,000	TPC Boston, MA
53rd	2019	Patrick Reed (2)	268	−16	1 stroke	Abraham Ancer	9,250,000	1,665,000	Liberty National, NJ
52nd	2018	Bryson DeChambeau	266	−18	4 strokes	Tony Finau	9,000,000	1,620,000	Ridgewood, NJ
51st	2017	Dustin Johnson (2)	267	−13	Playoff	Jordan Spieth	8,750,000	1,575,000	Glen Oaks, NY
The Barclays
50th	2016	Patrick Reed	275	−9	1 stroke	Emiliano Grillo Sean O'Hair	8,500,000	1,530,000	Bethpage Black, NY
49th	2015	Jason Day	261	−19	6 strokes	Henrik Stenson	8,250,000	1,485,000	Plainfield, NJ
48th	2014	Hunter Mahan	270	−14	2 strokes	Stuart Appleby Jason Day Cameron Tringale	8,000,000	1,440,000	Ridgewood, NJ
47th	2013	Adam Scott	273	−11	1 stroke	Graham DeLaet Justin Rose Gary Woodland Tiger Woods	8,000,000	1,440,000	Liberty National, NJ
46th	2012	Nick Watney	274	−10	3 strokes	Brandt Snedeker	8,000,000	1,440,000	Bethpage Black, NY
45th	2011	Dustin Johnson	194[a]	−19	2 strokes	Matt Kuchar	8,000,000	1,440,000	Plainfield, NJ
44th	2010	Matt Kuchar	272	−12	Playoff	Martin Laird	7,500,000	1,350,000	Ridgewood, NJ
43rd	2009	Heath Slocum	275	−9	1 stroke	Ernie Els Pádraig Harrington Steve Stricker Tiger Woods	7,500,000	1,350,000	Liberty National, NJ
42nd	2008	Vijay Singh (4)	276	−8	Playoff	Sergio García Kevin Sutherland	7,000,000	1,260,000	Ridgewood, NJ
41st	2007	Steve Stricker	268	−16	2 strokes	K. J. Choi	7,000,000	1,260,000	Westchester, NY
Barclays Classic
40th	2006	Vijay Singh (3)	274	−10	2 strokes	Adam Scott	5,750,000	1,035,000	Westchester, NY
39th	2005	Pádraig Harrington	274	−10	1 stroke	Jim Furyk	5,750,000	1,035,000	Westchester, NY
Buick Classic
38th	2004	Sergio García (2)	272	−12	Playoff	Pádraig Harrington Rory Sabbatini	5,250,000	945,000	Westchester, NY
37th	2003	Jonathan Kaye	271	−13	Playoff	John Rollins	5,000,000	900,000	Westchester, NY
36th	2002	Chris Smith	272	−12	2 strokes	David Gossett Pat Perez Loren Roberts	3,500,000	630,000	Westchester, NY
35th	2001	Sergio García	268	−16	3 strokes	Scott Hoch	3,500,000	630,000	Westchester, NY
34th	2000	Dennis Paulson	276	−8	Playoff	David Duval	3,000,000	540,000	Westchester, NY
33rd	1999	Duffy Waldorf	276	−8	Playoff	Dennis Paulson	2,500,000	450,000	Westchester, NY
32nd	1998	J. P. Hayes	201[a]	−12	Playoff	Jim Furyk	1,800,000	324,000	Westchester, NY
31st	1997	Ernie Els (2)	268	−16	2 strokes	Jeff Maggert	1,500,000	270,000	Westchester, NY
30th	1996	Ernie Els	271	−13	8 strokes	Steve Elkington Tom Lehman Jeff Maggert Craig Parry	1,200,000	216,000	Westchester, NY
29th	1995	Vijay Singh (2)	278	−6	Playoff	Doug Martin	1,200,000	216,000	Westchester, NY
28th	1994	Lee Janzen	268	−16	3 strokes	Ernie Els	1,200,000	216,000	Westchester, NY
27th	1993	Vijay Singh	280	−4	Playoff	Mark Wiebe	1,000,000	180,000	Westchester, NY
26th	1992	David Frost	268	−16	8 strokes	Duffy Waldorf	1,000,000	180,000	Westchester, NY
25th	1991	Billy Andrade	273	−11	2 strokes	Brad Bryant	1,000,000	180,000	Westchester, NY
24th	1990	Hale Irwin	269	−15	2 strokes	Paul Azinger	1,000,000	180,000	Westchester, NY
Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic
23rd	1989	Wayne Grady	277	−7	Playoff	Ronnie Black	1,000,000	180,000	Westchester, NY
22rd	1988	Seve Ballesteros (2)	276	−8	Playoff	David Frost Ken Green Greg Norman	700,000	126,000	Westchester, NY
21st	1987	J. C. Snead	276	−8	Playoff	Seve Ballesteros	600,000	108,000	Westchester, NY
20th	1986	Bob Tway	272	−12	1 stroke	Willie Wood	600,000	108,000	Westchester, NY
19th	1985	Roger Maltbie	275	−9	Playoff	George Burns Raymond Floyd	500,000	90,000	Westchester, NY
18th	1984	Scott Simpson	269	−15	5 strokes	David Graham Jay Haas Mark O'Meara	500,000	90,000	Westchester, NY
17th	1983	Seve Ballesteros	276	−8	2 strokes	Andy Bean Craig Stadler	450,000	81,000	Westchester, NY
16th	1982	Bob Gilder	261	−19	5 strokes	Peter Jacobsen Tom Kite	400,000	72,000	Westchester, NY
15th	1981	Raymond Floyd	275	−9	1 stroke	Bobby Clampett Gibby Gilbert Craig Stadler	400,000	72,000	Westchester, NY
14th	1980	Curtis Strange	273	−11	2 strokes	Gibby Gilbert	400,000	72,000	Westchester, NY
13th	1979	Jack Renner	277	−7	1 stroke	David Graham Howard Twitty	400,000	72,000	Westchester, NY
American Express Westchester Classic
12th	1978	Lee Elder	274	−10	1 stroke	Mark Hayes	300,000	60,000	Westchester, NY
11th	1977	Andy North	272	−12	2 strokes	George Archer	300,000	60,000	Westchester, NY
10th	1976	David Graham	272	−12	3 strokes	Ben Crenshaw Tom Watson Fuzzy Zoeller	300,000	60,000	Westchester, NY
Westchester Classic
9th	1975	Gene Littler	271	−17	Playoff	Julius Boros	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
8th	1974	Johnny Miller	269	−19	2 strokes	Don Bies	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
7th	1973	Bobby Nichols	272	−16	Playoff	Bob Murphy	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
6th	1972	Jack Nicklaus (2)	270	−18	3 strokes	Jim Colbert	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
5th	1971	Arnold Palmer	270	−18	5 strokes	Gibby Gilbert Hale Irwin	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
4th	1970	Bruce Crampton	273	−15	1 stroke	Larry Hinson Jack Nicklaus	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
3rd	1969	Frank Beard	275	−13	1 stroke	Bert Greene	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
2nd	1968	Julius Boros	272	−16	1 stroke	Bob Murphy Jack Nicklaus Dan Sikes	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
1st	1967	Jack Nicklaus	272	−16	1 stroke	Dan Sikes	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
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Seven men have won the tournament more than once through 2021.

• 4 wins
  • Vijay Singh: 1993, 1995, 2006, 2008
• 3 wins
  • Dustin Johnson: 2011, 2017, 2020
• 2 wins
  • Jack Nicklaus: 1967, 1972
  • Seve Ballesteros: 1983, 1988
  • Ernie Els: 1996, 1997
  • Sergio García: 2001, 2004
  • Patrick Reed: 2016, 2019

• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site

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