2026 FedEx St. Jude’s Championship picks: PGA Tour best bets, odds, predictions for TPC Southwind

Nypost · Aug 12, 2026 · 642 words · By Michael Leboff

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What happened

We’ve reached the postseason on the PGA Tour.

Why it matters

Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn., kicks off a three-tournament playoff, with the finale coming at the Tour Championship in East Lake at the end of the month.

Common ground

Seventy players are in the field this week, but only the top 50 in the FedEx Cup Standings will qualify for the BMW Championship, the middle leg of this end-of-season sprint.

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Claim 1: “Im has posted three top-15 finishes in his last four outings, including a T14 at the Wyndham”

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Claim 2: “Fitzpatrick... he’s got three top-10 finishes in seven starts in Memphis”

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Claim 3: “The South Korean has flirted with his third career win (and first since 2021)”

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Claim 4: “only the top 50 in the FedEx Cup Standings will qualify for the BMW Championship”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state that only the top 50 players in the FedEx Cup standings qualify for the BMW Championship.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that determined the 2025 season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 7–24. It included the following three even…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_FedEx_Cup_Playoffs

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The FedEx Cup is the championship trophy for the PGA Tour. Its introduction in 2007 marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Since its inception, the competition has be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Cup

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following tables list the point distributions used in the FedEx Cup during the regular season and playoffs, as well as the starting score vs par element of the FedEx Cup's Tour Championship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_point_distributions_of…

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Claim 5: “Seventy players are in the field this week”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions for the word 'there' and general tournament descriptions, but no source specifies the exact number of players in the field for the current event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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 Hos…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Jude_Championship

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The FedEx St. Jude Classic was a professional golf tournament held in Memphis, Tennessee, as a regular event on the PGA Tour. The tournament was held annually from 1958 through 2018, and was played in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Jude_Classic

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Claim 6: “Not only did he snag a win at the Scottish Open, but he’s got three top-5 finishes in his most recent six starts, including at last week’s Wyndham Championship”

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Claim 7: “Abraham Ancer was a 50/1 outsider when he took it down in 2021”

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Wikipedia and CBS Sports confirm Abraham Ancer won the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in 2021.

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web search NEUTRAL — WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational after two sudden-death playoff holes against Hideki Matsuyama and Sam Burns.[14] With the win, Ancer became the fourth Mexican player to win on the PGA Tour and the fir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Ancer

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web search NEUTRAL — FedEx St. Jude Championship.Ancer closed with a 2-under 68 to match Matsuyama and Burns at 16-under 264. Matsuyama shot a 63, and Burns had a 64. English, the 2013 champion at TPC Southwind, was a str…
https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/daily-wrapup/2021/08/08…

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web search NEUTRAL — Abraham Ancer of Mexico wins FedEx St Jude Invitational. AP | Aug 08, 2021 11:08 pm • 3 min read.Ancer, who finished second at the Wells Fargo Championship in May, played more aggressively on the seco…
https://www.cbssports.com/golf/leaderboard/pga-tour/26496913…

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Claim 8: “The top 30 after that will make it to East Lake”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that the top 30 players after the BMW Championship qualify for the Tour Championship at East Lake.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The BMW PGA Championship is an annual men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1955 by the Professional Golfers' Association, and originally called the British PGA Ch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_PGA_Championship

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The BMW Championship is a professional golf tournament which is the penultimate FedEx Cup playoff event on the PGA Tour schedule. Introduced in 2007, the BMW Championship was previously known as the W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Championship_(PGA_Tour)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series, developed by BMW's in-house motorsport division, BMW M GmbH. M3 models have been produced for every generation of 3 Series since the E30 M…
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Claim 9: “Scottie Scheffler... is the chalk at +480, more than one-third the price of second-favorite Rory McIlroy at 15/1”

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Claim 10: “Fitzpatrick won three PGA Tour tournaments (one of which was a team event), racked up seven top-5 finishes (including two runners-up), and was 25th or better in 13 of his 18 starts [in 2026]”

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Claim 11: “This week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn., kicks off a three-tournament playoff”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and web search results, confirm the FedEx St. Jude Championship is held at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, and is the first of three events in the FedExCup Playoffs.

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Claim 12: “Scottie Scheffler, still stuck on just one win (and 11 top-5 finishes) in 17 starts in 2026”

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Claim 13: “Will Zalatoris was considered a rising power when he won the St. Jude at 30/1 in 2022”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny that Will Zalatoris won the St. Jude in 2022.

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Claim 14: “Justin Rose made us quite happy when he won this puppy as a 100/1 long shot in 2025”

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Multiple independent news sources (ESPN and others) confirm Justin Rose won the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship in a playoff against J.J. Spaun.

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web search NEUTRAL — Justin Rose wins 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship in playoff duel with J.J. Spaun as Tommy Fleetwood collapses. 8 days ago.2025 St. Jude Championship: Purse, money earned by Rose, Spaun, and other top…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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web search NEUTRAL — Justin Rose made up a three-shot deficit over the last five holes against hard-luck Tommy Fleetwood, and then made two birdies in a playoff against U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun to win the FedEx St. J…
https://www.espn.co.uk/golf/story/_/id/45941301/justin-rose-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Champion’s glow. Justin Rose beams while holding his trophy after winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. /
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/network/rose-outlasts-spaun-in-pl…

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Claim 15: “Lucas Glover was 90/1 in 2023”

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The search results returned information about a 1986 film and the origin of the name Lucas, but no evidence regarding Lucas Glover winning the tournament in 2023.

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web search NEUTRAL — As a professional driver in both drag racing and monster truck competitions, Gauthier brings a unique perspective to the role and helps to reinforce Lucas Oil’s commitment to performance and innovatio…
https://www.lucasoil.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Lucas is a 1986 American coming-of-age romantic sports comedy - drama film written and directed by David Seltzer in his directorial debut, and starring Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen and Court…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_(1986_film)

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web search NEUTRAL — Lucas is a multilingual masculine given name of Latin origin. It is derived from the Latin verb "lucere", meaning "to shine". [dubious – discuss] Lucas is used as a given name in Greek, English, Spani…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_(given_name)

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Claim 16: “Brooks Koepka (2019), Justin Thomas (2020), and Hideki Matsuyama (2024)”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny these specific winners for those years.

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Claim 17: “Before his MC at Royal Birkdale, Fitzpatrick had finished T3 at the Scottish Open, fourth at the Travelers, 22nd at the U.S. Open, and second at the Canadian Open”

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Claim 18: “the finale coming at the Tour Championship in East Lake at the end of the month”

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Cross-references and multiple web search results confirm the Tour Championship is held at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, began on August 27 and ended on September 27. It included the following…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — East Lake Golf Club is a private golf club in the southeastern United States in Atlanta, Georgia, located five miles (8 km) east of downtown. Established 122 years ago in 1904, it is the oldest course…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Lake_Golf_Club

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tour Championship (stylized as the TOUR Championship) is a golf tournament that is part of the PGA Tour. It has historically been one of the final events of the PGA Tour season; prior to 2007, its…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Championship

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Claim 19: “Im finished sixth here in 2023 and has three top-20s in his last three visits”

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Claim 20: “there are 10 golfers between 20/1 and 30/1 at FanDuel Sportsbook”

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