PGA Tour Playoffs 2026: FedEx St. Jude Championship Preview, Odds, Picks And Props

The FedExCup Playoffs begin with three tournaments starting with the FedEx St. Jude Championship 2026 event. The Par 70 and 7,288 yard TPC Southwind in Memphis will challenge the top 70 players who qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs. There will be no cut, so all players will have the security of four full rounds ahead of them. Tournament and playoff preview includes course and player profiles, odds, picks and props with information you can bet on.

FedExCup Playoffs Overview and Eligibility

Check out the FedExCup Points Standings and follow along as the top 70 players perform in the opening event of the PGA Tour playoffs. Much is on the line as the top 50 in the FedExCup Standings that advance past the FedEx St. Jude Championship to the BMW Championship at Bellerive CC in St. Louis also get into all 2027 Signature Events. The final 30 following the BMW Championship will play at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta at the Tour Championship where a winner will be crowned FedExCup champion and $10 million top prize. 

Last Year's playoff winners and top finishers included: 

FedEx St. Jude Championship 2025 

1. Justin Rose: (-16, won in a 3-hole playoff at 90/1 odds)
2. J.J. Spaun 
T3. Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood (-15)
5. Cameron Young
T6. Akshay Bhatia, Rickie Fowler
T9. Aberg, Griffin, Cantlay, Kitayama  

BMW Championship 2025

1. Scottie Scheffler (-15)
2. Robert McIntyre (-13)
3. Maverick McNealy 
T4. Sam Burns, Tommy Fleetwood
6. Harry Hall
7. Aberg, Hovland, Fowler
10. Michael Kim
11. Cameron Young
12. Rory McIlroy, Ben Griffin, Harris English

Tour Championship 2025

1. Tommy Fleetwood (-18) - 25/1 odds
2. Russell Henley, Patrick Cantlay (-15)
T4. Scheffler, Young, Conners
T7. Sam Burns, Justin Thomas
T10: Chris Gotterup, Ben Griffin

TPC Southwind

Ahead of last year’s event, TPC Southwind went through a renovation of all 18 bermuda greens with rebuilding and resurfacing of all green complexes. The course features narrow fairways and gnarly rough with smaller than average greens. Hazards are in play on 11 holes with water on at least eight holes, so stronger Tee-to-Green play is imperative for success along with premium Ball Striking, as penalties for poor shots are more severe. 

Longshot Justin Rose (90/1) won in a playoff over J.J. Spaun (50/1) last year. Rose and Spaun led the field in strokes gained Total. Top players and favorites Scottie Scheffler and 36/54-hole leader Tommy Fleetwood finished T3 one-stroke back with Fleetwood second in Putting for the week behind Sam Burns (T28). Fleetwood led the field in SG: Tee-to-Green and Ball Striking, followed by Aaron Rai, Viktor Hovland, Scottie Scheffler, Hideki Matsuyama, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy and Sam Burns. 

If you check the SG: Tee-to-Green leaders this season on the PGA Tour, you’ll see some of those high finishers in last two year’s FedEx St. Jude Championship. 

Top 15 finishes: Scheffler, Fleetwood, M. Fitzpatrick, Schauffele, Si Woo Kim, Young, Morikawa, Aberg, Spaun, Matsuyama, Hovland, Burns, Cantlay, Min Woo Lee, Ghim, Tom Kim, Gotterup.

FedEx St. Jude Championship 2026 Odds

Leading favorites and contenders golf odds from top online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting. Odds available Monday, Aug. 10. Scheffler was the prohibitive +280 favorite last year followed by Schauffele, Fitzpatrick, Fleetwood and Thomas from 18/1 to 25/1. 

+ Scheffler
+ McIlroy
+ Young
+ Fitzpatrick
+ Fleetwood
+ Aberg
+ Schauffele
+ Morikawa
+ Gotterup
+ Si Woo Kim
+ Thomas
+ Burns
+ Henley
+ Hovland
+ Griffin
+ Matsuyama
+ Spaun
+ Gerard
+ Min Woo Lee

FedEx St. Jude Championship Picks

Fairway’s Favorites: Aberg, Fleetwood, Schauffele, Morikawa 
Fairway’s Longshots: Hovland, Burns, Kevin Yu
Fairway’s Flyers: Wednesday
Tournament matchups: Wednesday (23-14 YTD)
Top 10/20 and Props: Wednesday 

This is the fifth year of the FedExCup Playoffs being played at TPC Southwind as the FedEx St. Jude Championship, and fourth straight year with just 70 players competing and no cut. Here are some of the top players results.

- Scheffler: T3 (2025), 4, T31, Cut
- McIlroy: DNP 2025, T68, T3, Cut
- Young: 5th (2025), T61, T31, T31
- Fitzpatrick: T32 (2025), T18, T66, T5
- Fleetwood: T3 (2025), T22, T3
- Aberg: T9 (2025), T40
- Schauffele: T22 (2025), T2, T24, T52
- Morikawa: T22 (2025), T22, T13, T5
- Si Woo Kim: T14 (2025), 
- Thomas: T28 (2025),T30, T15
- Burns: T28 (2025), T5, T52, T20
- Henley: T17 (2025), T30, T6, Cut
- Hovland: T32 (2025), T2, T13, T20
- Matsuyama: T17, Win, T16
- Clark: T56 (2025), T7, T66, T28
- Gotterup: T54 (2025) 
- Rose: Win (2025), 
- Cantlay: T9 (2025), T12, 2nd, T52
- Spaun: 2nd, T24, T42
- Griffin: T9, T50, T24
- Rai: T16, T49, T51 

Three most recent PGA Tour winners at the 3M Open, Rocket Classic and Wyndham Championship will all be playing in the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time - 19-year-old Jackson Koivun and 24-year-olds Michael Thorbjornsen and Michael Brennan. 

More to follow. 

Over the last 15 PGA events at TPC Southwind and the St. Jude Championship (4 hosting the FedExCup Playoffs), the winner has led the field in Tee-to-Green play nine times, and two others lost in a playoff. Elite ball striking carried the two most recent winners Justin Rose and Hideki Matsuyama. 

Check back for more stats, picks and information you can bet on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

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