The PGA Tour heads to TPC Southwind this week for the FedEx St. Jude's Championship, the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The field has been shortened to just 70 players this year, and the event will no longer feature a cut. The FedEx St. Jude's has undergone several structural changes over the years. Up until 2018, it was a regular PGA Tour event, which rarely attracted a strong field. From 2018 through 2021, it was given a WGC title, which yielded an illustrious group of winners (Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Abraham Ancer).
Last year, it debuted as a FedEx Cup playoff event and was won by Will Zalatoris in a playoff over Sepp Straka. The 2022 iteration will once again be the first leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs, albeit on a much more exclusive field. Jon Rahm leads the season-long points race after a four-win season that included his second major championship. Yet Scottie Scheffler is hot on the tail of an impressive season in his own right with 16 straight top-25 finishes, including wins at the elevated Players Championship and Waste Management Phoenix Open. With the 2022-2023 playoffs on the horizon, the race for the FedEx Cup is heating up just in time.
