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2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

The 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was a professional golf tournament held July 25–28 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. It was the 21st WGC Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2019. It was the first time the event had been held in Tennessee, having previously been based at Firestone Country Club in Ohio.

World number one, Brooks Koepka, completed a three-stroke victory over Webb Simpson to win his first World Golf Championship event. Koepka had begun the final day one shot behind Rory McIlroy, who led the field. With the win, Koepka earned more PGA Tour regular season FedEx Cup points than any other player and won first-place prize of $2 million in the Wyndham Rewards Top 10.

Venue

Course layout

TPC 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

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.

1. Playing members of the 2018 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Paul Casey (2,3,4), Bryson DeChambeau (2,3,4), Tony Finau (2,3), Tommy Fleetwood (2,3), Sergio García (2,3), Tyrrell Hatton (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Alex Norén (2,3), Thorbjørn Olesen, Ian Poulter (2,3), Jon Rahm (2,3,4), Patrick Reed (2,3), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3), Henrik Stenson (2,3), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Bubba Watson (2,3)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 15, 2019.

Keegan Bradley (3,4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Patrick Cantlay (3,4), Jason Day (3), Matt Fitzpatrick (3), Jim Furyk (3), Justin Harding, Billy Horschel (3), Kevin Kisner (3,4), Matt Kuchar (3,4), Marc Leishman (3,4), Li Haotong (3), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Kevin Na (3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Pan Cheng-tsung (3,4), Eddie Pepperell (3,4), Andrew Putnam (3), Chez Reavie (3,4), Xander Schauffele (3,4), Adam Scott (3), Cameron Smith (3,5), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Matt Wallace (3), Gary Woodland (3,4)

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 22, 2019.

Lucas Bjerregaard (4)

4. 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.

Corey Conners, J. B. Holmes, Max Homa, Kodai Ichihara, Kang Sung-hoon, Nate Lashley, Adam Long, Keith Mitchell, Aaron Rai, Kevin Tway, Danny Willett, Matthew Wolff

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Place Player Score To par
1 Spain Jon Rahm 62 −8
T2 United States Patrick Cantlay 65 −5
Japan Shugo Imahira
Japan Hideki Matsuyama
Australia Cameron Smith
United States Bubba Watson
T7 England Tyrrell Hatton 66 −4
United States Nate Lashley
Sweden Alex Norén
England Ian Poulter
United States Andrew Putnam
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen

Second round

Friday, July 26, 2019

Place Player Score To par
1 England Matt Fitzpatrick 67-64=131 −9
T2 United States Patrick Cantlay 65-68=133 −7
United States Billy Horschel 67-65=133
Spain Jon Rahm 62-71=133
Australia Cameron Smith 65-68=133
6 Japan Shugo Imahira 65-69=134 −6
T7 United States Brooks Koepka 68-67=135 −5
Sweden Alex Norén 66-69=135
England Ian Poulter 66-69=135
England Justin Rose 67-68=135
United States Webb Simpson 69-66=135
United States Bubba Watson 65-70=135

Third round

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Place Player Score To par
1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 69-67-62=198 −12
2 United States Brooks Koepka 68-67-64=199 −11
3 England Matt Fitzpatrick 67-64-69=200 −10
T4 Australia Marc Leishman 69-69-63=201 −9
Sweden Alex Norén 66-69-66=201
Spain Jon Rahm 62-71-68=201
T7 United States Billy Horschel 67-66-69=202 −8
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 66-71-65=202
England Ian Poulter 66-69-67=202
T10 England Tommy Fleetwood 68-70-65=203 −7
United States Webb Simpson 69-66-68=203
United States Justin Thomas 68-69-66=203
United States Bubba Watson 65-70-68=203

Final round

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Final leaderboard

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Brooks Koepka 68-67-64-65=264 −16 1,745,000
2 United States Webb Simpson 69-66-68-64=267 −13 1,095,000
3 Australia Marc Leishman 69-69-63-67=268 −12 602,000
T4 England Matt Fitzpatrick 67-64-69-69=269 −11 384,333
England Tommy Fleetwood 68-70-65-66=269
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (c) 69-67-62-71=269
7 Spain Jon Rahm 62-71-68-69=270 −10 273,000
8 England Ian Poulter 66-69-67-69=271 −9 242,000
T9 United States Billy Horschel 67-66-69-70=272 −8 205,000
United States Bubba Watson 65-70-68-69=272

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
United States Koepka −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16
United States Simpson −7 −7 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13
Australia Leishman −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −11 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12
England Fitzpatrick −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −9 −9 −11 −11 −11
England Fleetwood −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11
Northern Ireland McIlroy −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11
Spain Rahm −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey

References

  1. ^ "Brooks Koepka sees off Rory McIlroy to win his first WGC title by three shots". The Guardian. July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  3. ^ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).