2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
The 2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational will be a professional golf tournament which originally was to be held July 2–5 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. It will be the 22nd WGC Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2020.
On April 16, the PGA Tour announced a new revised schedule in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. This meant that the tournament dates have been rescheduled to July 30 – August 2.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | July 30 – August 2 |
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. 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) |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $10,250,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,745,000 |
| Location Map | |
  TPC Southwind Location in the United States  TPC Southwind Location in Tennessee | |
Venue
Course layout
TPC Southwind was designed by Ron Prichard, in consultation with tour pros Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller. TPC Southwind opened thirty-two 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
The field consists of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.[2]
- 1. Playing members of the 2019 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
An Byeong-hun (2), Abraham Ancer (2), Patrick Cantlay (2), Bryson DeChambeau (2), Tony Finau (2), Rickie Fowler (2), Adam Hadwin, Im Sung-jae (2,5), Dustin Johnson (2), Matt Kuchar (2), Marc Leishman (2,5), Li Haotong, Hideki Matsuyama (2), Joaquín Niemann (5), Louis Oosthuizen (2), Pan Cheng-tsung, Patrick Reed (2,5), Xander Schauffele (2), Adam Scott (2,5,6), Webb Simpson (2,5), Cameron Smith (2,5), Justin Thomas (2,5), Gary Woodland (2), Tiger Woods (2,5)
- 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of March 15, 2020 (rankings frozen for 13 weeks).
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (6), Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey (5), Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood (5), Sergio García, Tyrrell Hatton (5), Billy Horschel, Shugo Imahira (6), Jazz Janewattananond (6), Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka (5), Shane Lowry, Graeme McDowell (5), Rory McIlroy (5), Francesco Molinari, Collin Morikawa, Kevin Na (5), Victor Perez (5), Jon Rahm (5), Chez Reavie, Justin Rose, Scottie Scheffler, Brandt Snedeker, Henrik Stenson, Erik van Rooyen, Matt Wallace, Lee Westwood (5), Bernd Wiesberger (5), Danny Willett (5)
- 3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 20, 2020.
- 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.[3]
Daniel Berger, Cameron Champ, Tyler Duncan, Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones, Andrew Landry, J. T. Poston, Sebastian Söderberg, Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd
- 6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours
- Asian Tour: Indonesian Masters (2019) – Jazz Janewattananond, also qualified under category 2.
- PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2019) – Adam Scott, also qualified under categories 1, 2, and 5.
- Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2019) – Shugo Imahira, also qualified under category 2.
- Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2020) – TBD
- Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2020) – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, also qualified under category 2.
- 7. Alternates to fill field to 78 (if necessary) from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 20, 2020
Past champions expected in the field
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References
- "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.
- "2020 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).