It took 36 tournaments over seven months (or 30-plus weeks or 214 days, whichever measure of time you prefer) for the 2025 PGA Tour regular season to play out. In that period, 350 different tour pros teed it up. Now 70 remain, having earned enough points to qualify for the first of three events in the PGA Tour postseason, the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis.
Suffice it to say, there is plenty on the line this week at TPC Southwind in Memphis. The purse is $20 million, but of more importance to some are the FedEx Cup points up for grabs, with four times the number given out in regular-season events, including 2,000 to the winner. Players in the top 50 in the points standings after this week’s no-cut tournament get to advance to the second playoff event, the BMW Champions