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2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship tee times, TV coverage, viewer's guide
Stacy Revere
The first event of the 2023 PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs is here. The FedEx St. Jude Championship will feature a smaller field with less room for error. Only 70 tour pros will make the trip to TPC Southwind in Memphis, down from the 125 number in previous years. After the tournament, the top 50 golfers in the FedEx Cup points list move on to the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields, with the top 30 after that event advancing to East Lake in Atlanta for the Tour Championship and the chance to win the $18 million first-place prize money payout.
After a cruel chip shot on No. 18 at the Wyndham Championship did everything but fall, Justin Thomas finished his season in the No. 71 spot. However, even without JT, the field at TPC Southwind will be (of course) loaded featuring the top 10 golfers in the world. Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Max Homa, Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler and Tony Finau will all be partaking in this first playoff tournament with McIlroy looking to defend his FedEx Cup title from a year ago. Lucas Glover also will be playing this week after his Wyndham Championship win last week catapulted him into the top 70. The 43-year-old jumped from No. 112 to No. 49.
The points will be quadrupled for the first two playoff events with 2,000 going to the winner all the way down to just 12 points going to 70th. Unfortunately, last year’s FedEx St. Jude winner, Will Zalatoris, will not have a chance to repeat as he’s still recovering from an April back surgery. Willy Z won last year with a seven-foot bogey putt in the third playoff hole to best Sepp Straka.
The winner also earns a $3.6 million share of the $20 million purse.
TV Schedule
Golf Channel will carry live coverage on Thursday and Friday from 2-6 p.m. EDT. On Saturday, Golf Channel will start the coverage from 1-3 p.m. with CBS taking over with afternoon coverage from 3-6 p.m. On Sunday, Golf Channel will start the coverage from 12 p.m.-2 p.m. with CBS taking over with afternoon coverage from 2-6 p.m.
Streaming Schedule
PGA Tour Live streaming coverage takes place on ESPN+ from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. from Thursday to Sunday.
Leaderboard
Find all live PGA Tour scoring data here.
Tee Times (all times EDT)
THURSDAY/FIRST ROUND
First tee
11:15 a.m. -- Lucas Glover, Nick Hardy, Alex Smalley
11:27 a.m. -- Eric Cole, Andrew Putnam, Harris English
11:39 a.m. -- Byeong Hun An, Adam Svensson, Brendon Todd
11:51 a.m. -- Jordan Spieth, Sungjae Im, Justin Rose
12:03 p.m. -- Chris Kirk, Seamus Power, Corey Conners
12:15 p.m. -- Sam Burns, Russell Henley, Emiliano Grillo
12:27 p.m. -- Xander Schauffele, Tyrrell Hatton, Si Woo Kim
12:39 p.m. -- Tony Finau, Jason Day, Nick Taylor
12:51 p.m. -- Max Homa, Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman
1:03 p.m. -- Keith Mitchell, Mark Hubbard, Matt Kuchar
1:15 p.m. -- Sam Stevens, Aaron Rai, Beau Hossler
1:27 p.m. -- J.J. Spaun, Ben Griffin
10th tee
11:15 a.m. -- Thomas Detry, Taylor Montgomery, Davis Riley
11:27 a.m. -- Tom Hoge, Mackenzie Hughes, Cameron Young
11:39 a.m. -- Patrick Rodgers, Adam Hadwin, J.T. Poston
11:51 a.m. -- Sahith Theegala, Lee Hodges, Matt Fitzpatrick
12:03 p.m. -- Taylor Moore, Tommy Fleetwood, Denny McCarthy
12:15 p.m. -- Collin Morikawa, Kurt Kitayama, Adam Schenk
12:27 p.m. -- Patrick Cantlay, Tom Kim, Sepp Straka
12:39 p.m. -- Viktor Hovland, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler
12:51 p.m. -- Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy
1:03 p.m. -- Brandon Wu, Hayden Buckley, Hideki Matsuyama
1:15 p.m. -- Stephan Jaeger, Cam Davis, Sam Ryder
1:27 p.m. -- Matt NeSmith, Vincent Norrman
FRIDAY/SECOND ROUND
First tee
8:50 a.m. -- Lucas Glover, Nick Hardy, Alex Smalley
9:02 a.m. -- Eric Cole, Andrew Putnam, Harris English
9:14 a.m. -- Byeong Hun An, Adam Svensson, Brendon Todd
9:26 a.m. -- Jordan Spieth, Sungjae Im, Justin Rose
9:38 a.m. -- Chris Kirk, Seamus Power, Corey Conners
9:50 a.m. -- Sam Burns, Russell Henley, Emiliano Grillo
10:02 a.m. -- Xander Schauffele, Tyrrell Hatton, Si Woo Kim
10:14 a.m. -- Tony Finau, Jason Day, Nick Taylor
10:26 a.m. -- Max Homa, Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman
10:38 a.m. -- Keith Mitchell, Mark Hubbard, Matt Kuchar
10:50 a.m. -- Sam Stevens, Aaron Rai, Beau Hossler
11:02 a.m. -- J.J. Spaun, Ben Griffin
11:20 a.m. -- Thomas Detry, Taylor Montgomery, Davis Riley
11:32 a.m. -- Tom Hoge, Mackenzie Hughes, Cameron Young
11:44 a.m. -- Patrick Rodgers, Adam Hadwin, J.T. Poston
11:56 a.m. -- Sahith Theegala, Lee Hodges, Matt Fitzpatrick
12:08 p.m. -- Taylor Moore, Tommy Fleetwood, Denny McCarthy
12:20 p.m. -- Collin Morikawa, Kurt Kitayama, Adam Schenk
12:32 p.m. -- Patrick Cantlay, Tom Kim, Sepp Straka
12:44 p.m. -- Viktor Hovland, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler
12:56 p.m. -- Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy
1:08 p.m. -- Brandon Wu, Hayden Buckley, Hideki Matsuyama
1:20 p.m. -- Stephan Jaeger, Cam Davis, Sam Ryder
1:32 p.m. -- Matt NeSmith, Vincent Norrman