The FedExCup Playoffs kick off this week in Memphis with the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship. It’s once again being held at TPC Southwind, though the field size is considerably smaller than in recent years; only the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings qualified, with 125 players previously making it to this stage of the season.
Below, we look at the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
All the big names are in the field this week, from betting favorites Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm to major champions Brian Harman and Wyndham Clark. The defending champ, Will Zalatoris, will not be teeing it up as he’s missed most of the season due to injury.
TPC Southwind is a par 70 and plays at 7,243 yards, featuring an abundance of water hazards around the course. The greens are expected to be firm and fast, while the rough makes missed fairways especially penalizing.
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FedEx St. Jude Championship – Expert picks
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 6:59 p.m. ET.
Matt Fitzpatrick (+3300)
Fitzpatrick — 36th in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings — hasn’t been at his best lately, with no top-10s since June, but this is a course he’s excelled on before. In 4 starts at TPC Southwind, he’s finished 4th, 6th, 57th and 5th, so he’s been near the top of the leaderboard in 3 of his 4 tries. At +3300, you’re getting him at a little bit of a discount because of his poor form as of late.
Collin Morikawa (+2500)
Morikawa is as good a ball striker as they come, which is an essential trait at TPC Southwind. Hitting fairways is critical because when you miss them, the rough is no joke. Morikawa has finished 20th, 26th and 5th in his 3 starts here, so his course history is solid.
Jordan Spieth (+3000)
Spieth bounced back from consecutive missed cuts by finishing 23rd at the Open Championship, but he hasn’t played since. That might not be a bad thing, giving him some time to reset before the playoffs. In 4 TPC Southwind starts since 2019, he has two 12th-place finishes, a 30th-place finish and a missed cut (last year).
FedEx St. Jude Championship picks – Contenders
Brian Harman (+4500)
Harman is still being underrated a little bit by the books, even after winning the Open. At +4500, he’s a great value this week in a tournament where he finished 36th and 3rd in his last 2 appearances. He’s had enough time to come down from his high of winning the Open, too.
J.T. Poston (+4500)
Poston is riding a little bit of a heater coming into the week, finishing T-2 and T-7 in his last 2 starts. He’ll try to continue that momentum at TPC Southwind where he’s finished 18th, 30th and 20th in his last 3 tries.
Also see: FedEx St. Jude Championship prop bet picks and predictions
FedEx St. Jude Championship picks – Long shots
Harris English (+8000)
English is coming off a T-33 at the Wyndham Championship, firing a final-round 66 to move up the leaderboard Sunday. He’s notched 10th- and 4th-place finishes in 2 of his last 3 starts here, with the T-4 coming in 2021. Not many long shots have that sort of tournament success.
Andrew Putnam (+10000)
Putnam finished T-5 here last year, but that wasn’t his only successful performance in this event. He also finished 2nd in 2018 and 24th in 2019, showing Southwind is a good fit for his game.
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