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The FedExCup Playoffs start now.
70 players, one week in Memphis.

The FedEx St. Jude Championship runs August 13–16 at TPC Southwind — $20 million on the line and only 50 spots in next week's BMW Championship. Here's the story, the trivia, and how to watch. Bonus: the LPGA is playing a course that's on our sims.

TPC Southwind · Memphis, Tennessee · August 13–16, 2026
Purse
$20M$3.6M to the winner
Defending champ
RosePlayoff win over Spaun
The course
Par 707,244 yards · 70 players
Watch
ESPN & NBCTimes posted during the week

— About TPC Southwind

TPC Southwind has hosted Memphis's Tour stop since 1989, and it plays nothing like a regular-season birdie-fest. It's a par 70 at 7,244 yards with water on 10 of the 18 holes and close to 100 bunkers — tight fairways, tilted greens, and trouble everywhere you look. For a playoff opener where 20 players are about to see their season end, that's a recipe for Sunday drama.

The two holes everyone talks about: the par-3 11th, a do-or-die shot over water to an island-style green, and the 14th — a 239-yard par 3 that ranks among the toughest on the entire Tour year after year. Survive those two all week and you've earned your check.

— Worth knowing (trivia for the lounge)

  • This is where the playoffs get real: only the top 70 in FedExCup points made it to Memphis, and just 50 move on to next week's BMW Championship. Every shot counts double this week.
  • Memphis has hosted a Tour event since 1958, and FedEx has had its name on it since 1986 — one of the longest-running sponsorships in golf.
  • The first sub-60 round in PGA Tour history happened at this event: Al Geiberger's famous 59 in 1977, back when the Memphis stop played at Colonial Country Club. He's been "Mr. 59" ever since.
  • Defending champ Justin Rose stole it last year — four straight birdies down the stretch to force a playoff, then two more in sudden death to beat J.J. Spaun on the third extra hole.
  • That win made Rose, at 45, the oldest PGA Tour winner since Phil Mickelson's 2021 PGA Championship. Experience travels well in Memphis.

— Last year's winner

Justin Rose turned the 2025 edition into an all-timer — he birdied four consecutive holes late on Sunday to catch J.J. Spaun, then birdied two more in the playoff to win on the third extra hole. It was worth $3.6 million and made him the Tour's oldest winner in four years. He's back this week to defend.

Also this week · LPGA

The Standard Portland Classic, August 13–16

The LPGA heads to Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Oregon — a 1924 classic that has hosted the Portland Classic more than thirty times, making this one of the Tour's most familiar stops. Japan's Akie Iwai defends: she closed with a 66 last year to win by four for her first LPGA title, joining her twin sister Chisato as a rookie winner in the same season. The purse is $2 million.

Play the LPGA's course this week — Columbia Edgewater is on our sims

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— How to watch this week

Thursday, Aug 13FedEx St. Jude · ESPN & ESPN+ — LPGA · Golf Channel
Friday, Aug 14FedEx St. Jude · ESPN & ESPN+ — LPGA · Golf Channel
Saturday, Aug 15FedEx St. Jude · Golf Channel, then NBC & Peacock — LPGA · Golf Channel
Sunday, Aug 16FedEx St. Jude · Golf Channel, then NBC & Peacock — LPGA · Golf Channel

ESPN carries early-round playoff coverage for the first time this year. The networks post exact broadcast times early in the week — we'll update this page once they're confirmed. Or just swing by the clubhouse and catch it on the lounge screen.

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