The 2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was the 22nd WGC Invitational held July 30 – August 2 at the TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. Originally planned for July 2–5, it was rescheduled and played with no spectators in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | July 30 – August 2 |
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. 35°03′25″N 89°46′44″W / 35.057°N 89.779°W |
| Course(s) | TPC Southwind |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,244 yards (6,624 m) |
| Field | 78 players |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $10,250,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,745,000 |
| Champion | |
 Justin Thomas | |
| 267 (−13) | |
| Location map | |
  TPC Southwind Location in the United States  TPC Southwind Location in Tennessee | |
FedEx Cup leader Justin Thomas won his second WGC Invitational title, and returned to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking having last held that position in June 2018. Thomas became the third-youngest player to win 13 times on the PGA Tour since 1960, behind Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus.[2]
Venue
editCourse layout
editTPC Southwind was designed by Ron Prichard, in consultation with tour pros Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller. TPC Southwind opened thirty-six years ago in 1988, and is a member of the Tournament Players Club network operated by the PGA Tour.
| Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 434 | 4 | 10 | 465 | 4 | |
| 2 | 401 | 4 | 11 | 162 | 3 | |
| 3 | 554 | 5 | 12 | 406 | 4 | |
| 4 | 196 | 3 | 13 | 472 | 4 | |
| 5 | 485 | 4 | 14 | 239 | 3 | |
| 6 | 445 | 4 | 15 | 395 | 4 | |
| 7 | 482 | 4 | 16 | 530 | 5 | |
| 8 | 178 | 3 | 17 | 490 | 4 | |
| 9 | 457 | 4 | 18 | 453 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,632 | 35 | In | 3,612 | 35 | |
| Source: | Total | 7,244 | 70 | |||
Field
editThe field consists of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.[3][4] In order to ensure a field of 78 players, changes were made to the exemption criteria with the addition of players ranked outside the top-50 in the world rankings. The adjustment was due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
- 1. Playing members of the 2019 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
An Byeong-hun (2), Abraham Ancer (2,3,4), Patrick Cantlay (2,3,4), Bryson DeChambeau (2,3,4,5), Tony Finau (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Adam Hadwin, Im Sung-jae (2,3,4,5), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4,5), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Marc Leishman (2,3,4,5), Li Haotong, Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Joaquín Niemann (5), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,4), Pan Cheng-tsung, Patrick Reed (2,3,4,5), Xander Schauffele (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3,4,5), Cameron Smith (2,3,4,5), Justin Thomas (2,3,4,5), Gary Woodland (2,3,4)
- Adam Scott[6] (2,3,4,5,6) and Tiger Woods[7] (2,3,4,5) did not play.
- 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of March 15, 2020 (rankings frozen for 13 weeks).
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (3,4,6), Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Matt Fitzpatrick (3,4), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4,5), Sergio García (3,4), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4,5), Billy Horschel (3,4), Jazz Janewattananond (3,4,6), Kevin Kisner (3,4), Brooks Koepka (3,4,5), Shane Lowry (3,4), Graeme McDowell (5), Rory McIlroy (3,4,5), Collin Morikawa (3,4,5), Kevin Na (3,4,5), Victor Perez (3,4,5), Jon Rahm (3,4,5), Chez Reavie (3,4), Scottie Scheffler, Brandt Snedeker, Henrik Stenson (3,4), Erik van Rooyen (3,4), Matt Wallace (3,4), Bernd Wiesberger (3,4,5), Danny Willett (3,4,5)
- Shugo Imahira (3,4,6), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Justin Rose (3,4), and Lee Westwood[8] (3,4,5) did not play.
- 3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 20, 2020.
Daniel Berger (4,5), Jason Day (4), Viktor Hovland (4), Ryan Palmer (4), Kevin Streelman (4)
- 4. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 27, 2020.
- 5. Tournament winners, whose victories are considered official, of tournaments from the Federation Tours since the prior season's WGC Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.[a]
Cameron Champ, Tyler Duncan, Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones, Andrew Landry, J. T. Poston, Sebastian Söderberg, Nick Taylor, Michael Thompson, Brendon Todd
- 6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours
- Asian Tour: Indonesian Masters (2019) – Jazz Janewattananond, also qualified under categories 2, 3 and 4.
- PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2019) – Adam Scott, also qualified under categories 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
- Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2019) – Shugo Imahira, also qualified under categories 2, 3 and 4.
- Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2020) – Cancelled
- Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2020) – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, also qualified under categories 2, 3 and 4.
- 7. Alternates to fill field to 78 (if necessary) from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 20, 2020
- Ian Poulter (53)
- Matthew Wolff (55)
- Kang Sung-hoon (58)
- Bubba Watson (59)
- Jordan Spieth (60)
- Corey Conners (63)
- Jason Kokrak (66)
- Tom Lewis (67)
- Joel Dahmen (68)
- Shaun Norris (69)
- Phil Mickelson (70)
- Keegan Bradley (72)
Thomas Pieters(73) – did not play- Max Homa (74)
- Mackenzie Hughes (75)
- Robert MacIntyre (76)
Round summaries
editFirst round
editThursday, July 30, 2020
With only one top-10 finish since August 2019, defending champion Brooks Koepka tied his career-best score with a 62 to take the first-round lead. Koepka has a reputation of peaking during major season, and the first major of the season is due to be held the following week.[9]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Koepka |
62 | −8 |
| T2 | Rickie Fowler |
64 | −6 |
| Brendon Todd
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| 4 |  Kang Sung-hoon |
65 | −5 |
| T5 | Max Homa |
66 | −4 |
| Matt Kuchar
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| Chez Reavie
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| Justin Thomas
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| T9 |  Abraham Ancer |
67 | −3 |
| Bryson DeChambeau
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 Sergio García
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 Viktor Hovland
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| Im Sung-jae
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| Phil Mickelson
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Second round
editFriday, July 31, 2020
Brendon Todd took a 36-hole lead attempting to gain his third victory this PGA Tour season, two strokes ahead of Rickie Fowler who was also aiming for his first World Golf Championship win.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendon Todd |
64-65=129 | −11 |
| 2 | Rickie Fowler |
64-67=131 | −9 |
| T3 | An Byeong-hun |
68-65=133 | −7 |
| Brooks Koepka |
62-71=133 | ||
| Chez Reavie |
66-67=133 | ||
| T6 |  Matt Fitzpatrick |
70-64=134 | −6 |
| Kang Sung-hoon |
65-69=134 | ||
| T8 |  Jason Day |
68-67=135 | −5 |
| Im Sung-jae |
67-68=135 | ||
 Louis Oosthuizen |
68-67=135 | ||
| Webb Simpson |
69-66=135 |
Third round
editSaturday, August 1, 2020
Brendon Todd maintained his 36-hole lead. Tom Lewis tied the tournament and course record with a 9-under 61 to move 47 spots up the leaderboard.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendon Todd |
64-65-69=198 | −12 |
| 2 | An Byeong-hun |
68-65-66=199 | −11 |
| 3 | Rickie Fowler |
64-67-69=200 | −10 |
| 4 | Brooks Koepka |
62-71-68=201 | −9 |
| 5 | Justin Thomas |
66-70-66=202 | −8 |
| T6 | Matt Fitzpatrick |
70-64-69=203 | −7 |
| Phil Mickelson |
67-70-66=203 | ||
| Louis Oosthuizen |
68-67-68=203 | ||
| Chez Reavie |
66-67-70=203 | ||
| T10 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout |
71-69-64=204 | −6 |
| Joel Dahmen |
72-67-65=204 | ||
| Jason Day |
68-67-69=204 | ||
| Im Sung-jae |
67-68-69=204 | ||
| Tom Lewis |
73-70-61=204 | ||
 Shane Lowry |
68-69-67=204 | ||
| Webb Simpson |
69-66-69=204 |
Final round
editSunday, August 2, 2020
Final leaderboard
edit| Champion |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas (c) |
66-70-66-65=267 | −13 | 1,745,000 |
| T2 | Daniel Berger |
71-67-67-65=270 | −10 | 695,000 |
| Brooks Koepka (c) |
62-71-68-69=270 | |||
| Tom Lewis |
73-70-61-66=270 | |||
| Phil Mickelson |
67-70-66-67=270 | |||
| T6 | Jason Day |
68-67-69-67=271 | −9 | 268,333 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick |
70-64-69-68=271 | |||
| Shane Lowry (c) |
68-69-67-67=271 | |||
| Louis Oosthuizen |
68-67-68-68=271 | |||
| Chez Reavie |
66-67-70-68=271 | |||
| Xander Schauffele |
68-70-67-66=271 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
| T12 | An Byeong-hun |
68-65-66-73=272 | −8 | 166,667 | |
| Dustin Johnson (c) |
69-68-68-67=272 | ||||
| Webb Simpson |
69-66-69-68=272 | ||||
| T15 | Abraham Ancer |
67-75-65-66=273 | −7 | 131,400 | |
| Rickie Fowler |
64-67-69-73=273 | ||||
| Ryan Palmer |
69-69-71-64=273 | ||||
| Scottie Scheffler |
69-67-69-68=273 | ||||
| Brendon Todd |
64-65-69-75=273 | ||||
| T20 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout |
71-69-64-70=274 | −6 | 106,200 | |
| Joel Dahmen |
72-67-65-70=274 | ||||
 Hideki Matsuyama (c) |
68-71-67-68=274 | ||||
| Collin Morikawa |
70-71-67-66=274 | ||||
| Erik van Rooyen |
71-70-68-65=274 | ||||
| T25 | Cameron Champ |
71-68-67-69=275 | −5 | 87,200 | |
| Billy Horschel |
70-70-68-67=275 | ||||
| Kevin Kisner |
70-68-72-65=275 | ||||
| Matt Kuchar |
66-72-71-66=275 | ||||
| Bubba Watson |
68-70-71-66=275 | ||||
| T30 |  Corey Conners |
72-68-66-70=276 | −4 | 72,000 | |
| Bryson DeChambeau |
67-73-69-67=276 | ||||
| Andrew Landry |
70-72-66-68=276 | ||||
| J. T. Poston |
70-68-70-68=276 | ||||
| Jordan Spieth |
68-69-68-71=276 | ||||
| T35 | Patrick Cantlay |
73-72-65-67=277 | −3 | 56,111 | |
| Tommy Fleetwood |
72-67-73-65=277 | ||||
| Sergio García |
67-71-68-71=277 | ||||
| Im Sung-jae |
67-68-69-73=277 | ||||
 Graeme McDowell |
68-70-70-69=277 | ||||
| Kevin Na |
72-64-74-67=277 | ||||
 Henrik Stenson |
69-69-70-69=277 | ||||
| Kevin Streelman |
71-66-71-69=277 | ||||
| Nick Taylor |
69-70-67-71=277 | ||||
| T44 | Mackenzie Hughes |
68-71-70-69=278 | −2 | 49,000 | |
| Kang Sung-hoon |
65-69-72-72=278 | ||||
| Jason Kokrak |
69-68-71-70=278 | ||||
| T47 | Rory McIlroy (c) |
73-66-73-67=279 | −1 | 46,500 | |
| Patrick Reed |
71-69-69-70=279 | ||||
| T49 | Tyler Duncan |
74-70-66-70=280 | E | 44,000 | |
| Lucas Herbert |
71-73-69-67=280 | ||||
| Matthew Wolff |
69-74-65-72=280 | ||||
| T52 | Keegan Bradley |
68-70-70-73=281 | +1 | 40,000 | |
| Max Homa |
66-73-72-70=281 | ||||
| Marc Leishman |
70-69-69-73=281 | ||||
 Joaquín Niemann |
73-73-68-67=281 | ||||
| Jon Rahm |
70-74-71-66=281 | ||||
| T57 | Michael Thompson |
70-74-69-69=282 | +2 | 37,250 | |
| Gary Woodland |
71-69-73-69=282 | ||||
| T59 | Viktor Hovland |
67-75-72-69=283 | +3 | 35,250 | |
 Jazz Janewattananond |
75-71-68-69=283 | ||||
| Matt Jones |
71-72-69-71=283 | ||||
 Robert MacIntyre |
71-73-69-70=283 | ||||
| Cameron Smith |
72-72-71-68=283 | ||||
| Matt Wallace |
72-71-73-67=283 | ||||
| T65 | Tony Finau |
70-68-72-74=284 | +4 | 33,250 | |
 Victor Perez |
73-71-70-70=284 | ||||
| T67 | Paul Casey |
71-78-69-67=285 | +5 | 32,625 | |
| Brandt Snedeker |
73-71-72-69=285 | ||||
| T69 | Tyrrell Hatton |
72-69-73-73=287 | +7 | 32,000 | |
| Ian Poulter |
73-69-72-73=287 | ||||
| Danny Willett |
69-70-74-74=287 | ||||
| T72 | Adam Hadwin |
73-71-75-69=288 | +8 | 31,375 | |
 Pan Cheng-tsung |
72-74-70-72=288 | ||||
| 74 |  Bernd Wiesberger |
71-73-75-70=289 | +9 | 31,000 | |
| T75 |  Li Haotong |
68-73-74-75=290 | +10 | 30,625 | |
| Shaun Norris |
73-76-72-69=290 | ||||
| 77 | Sebastian Söderberg |
72-71-75-73=291 | +11 | 30,250 | |
| 78 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello |
73-74-76-72=295 | +15 | 30,000 | |
Notes
edit- ^ The "Strength of Field Rating" is a measure of the overall quality of players in the field. It is used by the Official World Golf Ranking to determine the number of ranking points available at each tournament, subject to tour minimums.
References
edit- ^ "PGA Tour announces schedule adjustments for remainder of 2019–20 FedExCup season, releases fall portion of 2020–21 PGA Tour Regular Season schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Justin Thomas holds off Brooks Koepka to win FedEx-St. Jude Invitational, reclaims No. 1 ranking in golf". Boston Globe. Associated Press. August 2, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ Bolton, Rob. "2020 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- ^ "Inside the Field: WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational". PGA Tour. July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ Hoggard, Rex (July 9, 2020). "WGC-FedEx St. Jude will alter exemptions in order to increase field size". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ Lavner, Ryan (July 23, 2020). "Adam Scott to return in two weeks at PGA Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ Harig, Bob (July 24, 2020). "Tiger Woods opts to skip WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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