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The FedEx St. Jude Championship, founded as the Westchester Classic in 1967, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The Championship has a partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , with the hospital serving as the tournament's designated charity since 1970. [ 1 ]
In 2018 — when it was a regular-season tournament and it was known as the FedEx St. Jude Classic — Dustin Johnson earned $1.188 million as the winner. The total purse was just $6.6 million.
2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs; Tournament information; Dates: August 15 – September 1, 2024: Location: TPC Southwind Castle Pines Golf Club East Lake Golf Club: Tour(s) PGA Tour: Statistics; Field: 70 for FedEx St. Jude Ch. 50 for BMW Championship 30 for Tour Championship: Prize fund: $100 million (bonus money) Winner's share: $25 million (bonus ...
FedEx Cup points for signature events were increased to 700 for the winner (from 550 and 500 in 2022–23). The prize pool for the Comcast Business Tour Top 10 (leading regular-season FedEx Cup point earners) was doubled to $40 million. The prize for winning the FedEx Cup was increased to $25 million (from $18 million).
In 2009, the tournament changed its name to St. Jude Classic, [18] following accusations that the Stanford Financial Group was a Ponzi scheme. FedEx returned as title sponsor in 2011 , and has remained though the standard tournament era, the WGC version (2019–2021), and Playoffs era (since 2022).
The FedEx St. Jude Championship was played August 10–13. 70 players were eligible to play in the event. There was no second-round cut. Lucas Glover won the tournament, beating Patrick Cantlay in a playoff. It was Glover's second victory in as many weeks, having won the Wyndham Championship in the final week of the regular season. [5]
Only golfers who make the cut for an event will receive points for that event. Beginning in 2015, playoff tournaments carry four times the points of regular season tournaments, instead of five times, as was the case from 2009 to 2014.
The top 70 will compete at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the top 50 at the BMW Championship, and the top 30 at the Tour Championship. Even with the FedEx Cup changes, the eligibility for those who retain their PGA Tour cards will not change after the remainder of the season, with the top 125 retaining full PGA Tour privileges and non-exempt ...