2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

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2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational logo.png
Tournament information
DatesAugust 5–8, 2021
LocationMemphis, Tennessee, U.S.
35°03′25″N 89°46′44″W / 35.057°N 89.779°W / 35.057; -89.779Coordinates: 35°03′25″N 89°46′44″W / 35.057°N 89.779°W / 35.057; -89.779
Course(s)TPC Southwind
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,244 yards (6,624 m)
Field66
CutNone
Prize fundUS$10,250,000
Winner's shareUS$1,820,000
Champion
Mexico Abraham Ancer
264 (−16)
Location Map
TPC Southwind is located in the United States
TPC Southwind
TPC Southwind
Location in the United States
← 2020

The 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was a professional golf tournament being held August 5–8 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. It was the 23rd and final WGC Invitational tournament, the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2021. It was also the 64th year that the PGA Tour stopped in Memphis; dating back to the 1958 Memphis Open. The WGC Invitational was removed from the schedule in 2022, with the venue of the tournament hosting the FedEx St. Jude Championship, a FedEx Cup playoff event, ultimately replacing The Northern Trust.[1]

Abraham Ancer won the event after making a birdie at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff against Sam Burns and Hideki Matsuyama. The three had tied at 264 after 72 holes, 16-under-par, a stroke ahead of Harris English, the first, second and third round leader.

Venue[]

Main article: TPC Southwind

Course layout[]

TPC Southwind was designed by Ron Prichard, in consultation with tour pros Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller. TPC Southwind opened in 1988, and is a member of the Tournament Players Club network operated by the PGA Tour.

Hole Yards Par   Hole Yards Par
1 434 4 10 465 4
2 401 4 11 162 3
3 554 5 12 406 4
4 196 3 13 472 4
5 485 4 14 239 3
6 445 4 15 395 4
7 482 4 16 530 5
8 178 3 17 490 4
9 457 4 18 453 4
Out 3,632 35 In 3,612 35
Source: Total 7,244 70

Field[]

The field consists of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.[2]

1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 26, 2021.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 2, 2021.

3. 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.[b]

4. The winner of selected tournaments or leaders in tour Order of Merit

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Harris English 62 −8
T2 United States Jim Herman 64 −6
Mexico Carlos Ortiz
England Ian Poulter
United States Matthew Wolff
T6 United States Bryson DeChambeau 65 −5
United States Marc Leishman
United States Scottie Scheffler
T9 United States Daniel Berger 66 −4
United States Sam Burns
United States Max Homa
United States Will Zalatoris

Second round[]

Friday, August 6, 2021

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Harris English 62-65=127 −13
T2 Mexico Abraham Ancer 67-62=129 −11
Australia Cameron Smith 67-62=129
T4 United States Sam Burns 66-64=130 −10
England Ian Poulter 64-66=130
United States Scottie Scheffler 65-65=130
T7 United States Bryson DeChambeau 65-66=131 −9
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 67-64=131
T9 United States Jim Herman 64-68=132 −8
United States Will Zalatoris 66-66=132

Third round[]

Saturday, August 7, 2021

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Harris English 62-65-65=192 −18
T2 United States Bryson DeChambeau 65-66-63=194 −16
Australia Cameron Smith 67-62-65=194
4 Mexico Abraham Ancer 67-62-67=196 −14
T5 England Ian Poulter 64-66-67=197 −13
United States Scottie Scheffler 65-65-67=197
T7 England Paul Casey 68-66-65=199 −11
United States Dustin Johnson 69-65-65=199
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 67-64-68=199
United States Will Zalatoris 66-66-67=199

Final round[]

Sunday, August 8, 2021

Final leaderboard[]

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 Mexico Abraham Ancer 67-62-67-68=264 −16 Playoff
United States Sam Burns 66-64-70-64=264
Japan Hideki Matsuyama (c) 68-69-64-63=264
4 United States Harris English 62-65-65-73=265 −15 515,000
T5 United States Daniel Berger 66-67-67-66=266 −14 380,667
England Paul Casey 68-66-65-67=266
Australia Cameron Smith 67-62-65-72=266
T8 United States Bryson DeChambeau 65-66-63-74=268 −12 272,500
United States Will Zalatoris 66-66-67-69=268
T10 United States Dustin Johnson (c) 69-65-65-70=269 −11 220,000
England Ian Poulter 64-66-67-72=269

Source:[7]

Scorecard[]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
Mexico Ancer −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16
United States Burns −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −16
Japan Matsuyama −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16
United States English −17 −17 −18 −18 −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20 −18 −18 −18 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15
United States Berger −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −12 −12 −13 −14
England Casey −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14
Australia Smith −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 −17 −16 −16 −15 −16 −16 −17 −16 −16 −16 −14
United States DeChambeau −17 −17 −18 −17 −18 −17 −17 −17 −18 −17 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+
Source:[7]

Playoff[]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Mexico Abraham Ancer 4-3 −1 1,820,000
T2 United States Sam Burns 4-4 E 917,500
Japan Hideki Matsuyama 4-4

Source:[7]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Bezuidenhout was ineligible to compete as he had already played in 12 tournaments on the 2020–21 PGA Tour, the maximum allowed for non-members who have not qualified for Special Temporary Membership on that tour.[4]
  2. ^ The "Strength of Field Rating" is a measure of the combined world ranking of players in the field. It is used by the Official World Golf Ranking to determine the number of ranking points available at each tournament, subject to tour minimums.

References[]

  1. ^ "PGA Tour releases full 2021-22 schedule". PGA Tour. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Bolton, Rob. "2020–21 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Lee, Josh (July 21, 2021). "Jon Rahm becomes latest big name to pull out of FedEx Cup event a week before Olympics". Daily Express. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Bolton, Rob. "2020–21 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  5. ^ Bolton, Rob. "2020–21 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  6. ^ Bolton, Rob. "2020–21 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational". ESPN. August 8, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

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