The 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was a professional golf tournament held July 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

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event. Koepka had begun the final day one shot behind

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, 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

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, in consultation with tour pros Hubert Green and

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. TPC Southwind opened in 1988, and is a member of the

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network operated by the PGA Tour.

Field

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the

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and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields. ;1. Playing members of the 2018 United States and European

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teams. Paul Casey (2,3,4),

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(2,3,4),

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(2,3), Tommy Fleetwood (2,3), Sergio García (2,3), Tyrrell Hatton (2,3),

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(2,3,4), Brooks Koepka (2,3,4),

(2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Alex Norén (2,3), Thorbjørn Olesen,

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(2,3), Jon Rahm (2,3,4), Patrick Reed (2,3), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3),

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(2,3), Justin Thomas (2,3,4),

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(2,3) *''

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(2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3,4), and Tiger Woods (2,3,4) did not play.'' ;2. The top 50 players from the

as of July 15, 2019. Keegan Bradley (3,4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Patrick Cantlay (3,4), Jason Day (3),

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(3), Jim Furyk (3), Justin Harding, Billy Horschel (3),

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(3,4), Matt Kuchar (3,4), Marc Leishman (3,4),

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(3), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Kevin Na (3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Pan Cheng-tsung (3,4),

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(3,4),

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(3),

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(3,4), Xander Schauffele (3,4), Adam Scott (3), Cameron Smith (3,5), Brandt Snedeker (3,4),

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(3,4) *'' Shane Lowry (3,4) and

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(3,4) did not play.'' ;3. The top 50 players from the

as of July 22, 2019.

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(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.The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the

calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking). Corey Conners,

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, Max Homa,

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, Kang Sung-hoon,

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, Adam Long, Keith Mitchell,

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, Kevin Tway,

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*''

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did not play.'' ;5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: * Asian Tour:

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(2018) –

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* PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2018) – '' Cameron Smith'', also qualified under categories 2 and 3 * Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2018) – Shugo Imahira * Japan Golf Tour:

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(2019) – Mikumu Horikawa *

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: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2019) –

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Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, July 25, 2019''

Second round

''Friday, July 26, 2019''

Third round

''Saturday, July 27, 2019''

Final round

''Sunday, July 28, 2019''

Final leaderboard

Scorecard

''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''

References

External links

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Coverage on European Tour's official site

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