# 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

The 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was a professional golf tournament held July 25–28 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. It was the 21st WGC Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2019. It was the first time the event had been held in Tennessee, having previously been based at Firestone Country Club in Ohio.
World number one, Brooks Koepka, completed a three-stroke victory over Webb Simpson to win his first World Golf Championship event. Koepka had begun the final day one shot behind Rory McIlroy, who led the field. With the win, Koepka earned more PGA Tour regular season FedEx Cup points than any other player and won first-place prize of $2 million in the Wyndham Rewards Top 10.

## Venue
### Course layout

TPC Southwind was designed by Ron Prichard, in consultation with tour pros Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller. TPC Southwind opened thirty-six years ago 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: | Source: | Total | Total | Total | 7,244 | 70 |

## Field

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

### 1. Playing members of the 2018 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Paul Casey (2,3,4), Bryson DeChambeau (2,3,4), Tony Finau (2,3), Tommy Fleetwood (2,3), Sergio García (2,3), Tyrrell Hatton (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Alex Norén (2,3), Thorbjørn Olesen, Ian Poulter (2,3), Jon Rahm (2,3,4), Patrick Reed (2,3), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3), Henrik Stenson (2,3), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Bubba Watson (2,3)
* Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3,4), and Tiger Woods (2,3,4) did not play.

### 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 15, 2019.

Keegan Bradley (3,4), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Patrick Cantlay (3,4), Jason Day (3), Matt Fitzpatrick (3), Jim Furyk (3), Justin Harding, Billy Horschel (3), Kevin Kisner (3,4), Matt Kuchar (3,4), Marc Leishman (3,4), Li Haotong (3), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Kevin Na (3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Pan Cheng-tsung (3,4), Eddie Pepperell (3,4), Andrew Putnam (3), Chez Reavie (3,4), Xander Schauffele (3,4), Adam Scott (3), Cameron Smith (3,5), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Matt Wallace (3), Gary Woodland (3,4)
* Shane Lowry (3,4) and Bernd Wiesberger (3,4) did not play.

### 3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 22, 2019.

Lucas Bjerregaard (4)

### 4. 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.

Corey Conners, J. B. Holmes, Max Homa, Kodai Ichihara, Kang Sung-hoon, Nate Lashley, Adam Long, Keith Mitchell, Aaron Rai, Kevin Tway, Danny Willett, Matthew Wolff
* Lee Westwood did not play.

### 5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours

* Asian Tour: Indonesian Masters (2018) – Poom Saksansin
* PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2018) – Cameron Smith, also qualified under categories 2 and 3
* Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2018) – Shugo Imahira
* Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2019) – Mikumu Horikawa
* Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2019) – Philip Eriksson

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, July 25, 2019
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jon Rahm | 62 | −8 |
| T2 | Patrick Cantlay | 65 | −5 |
| T2 | Shugo Imahira | 65 | −5 |
| T2 | Hideki Matsuyama | 65 | −5 |
| T2 | Cameron Smith | 65 | −5 |
| T2 | Bubba Watson | 65 | −5 |
| T7 | Tyrrell Hatton | 66 | −4 |
| T7 | Nate Lashley | 66 | −4 |
| T7 | Alex Norén | 66 | −4 |
| T7 | Ian Poulter | 66 | −4 |
| T7 | Andrew Putnam | 66 | −4 |
| T7 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 66 | −4 |

### Second round

Friday, July 26, 2019
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 67-64=131 | −9 |
| T2 | Patrick Cantlay | 65-68=133 | −7 |
| T2 | Billy Horschel | 67-65=133 | −7 |
| T2 | Jon Rahm | 62-71=133 | −7 |
| T2 | Cameron Smith | 65-68=133 | −7 |
| 6 | Shugo Imahira | 65-69=134 | −6 |
| T7 | Brooks Koepka | 68-67=135 | −5 |
| T7 | Alex Norén | 66-69=135 | −5 |
| T7 | Ian Poulter | 66-69=135 | −5 |
| T7 | Justin Rose | 67-68=135 | −5 |
| T7 | Webb Simpson | 69-66=135 | −5 |
| T7 | Bubba Watson | 65-70=135 | −5 |

### Third round

Saturday, July 27, 2019
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 69-67-62=198 | −12 |
| 2 | Brooks Koepka | 68-67-64=199 | −11 |
| 3 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 67-64-69=200 | −10 |
| T4 | Marc Leishman | 69-69-63=201 | −9 |
| T4 | Alex Norén | 66-69-66=201 | −9 |
| T4 | Jon Rahm | 62-71-68=201 | −9 |
| T7 | Billy Horschel | 67-66-69=202 | −8 |
| T7 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 66-71-65=202 | −8 |
| T7 | Ian Poulter | 66-69-67=202 | −8 |
| T10 | Tommy Fleetwood | 68-70-65=203 | −7 |
| T10 | Webb Simpson | 69-66-68=203 | −7 |
| T10 | Justin Thomas | 68-69-66=203 | −7 |
| T10 | Bubba Watson | 65-70-68=203 | −7 |

### Final round

Sunday, July 28, 2019

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Brooks Koepka | 68-67-64-65=264 | −16 | 1,745,000 |
| 2 | Webb Simpson | 69-66-68-64=267 | −13 | 1,095,000 |
| 3 | Marc Leishman | 69-69-63-67=268 | −12 | 602,000 |
| T4 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 67-64-69-69=269 | −11 | 384,333 |
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood | 68-70-65-66=269 | −11 | 384,333 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy (c) | 69-67-62-71=269 | −11 | 384,333 |
| 7 | Jon Rahm | 62-71-68-69=270 | −10 | 273,000 |
| 8 | Ian Poulter | 66-69-67-69=271 | −9 | 242,000 |
| T9 | Billy Horschel | 67-66-69-70=272 | −8 | 205,000 |
| T9 | Bubba Watson | 65-70-68-69=272 | −8 | 205,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 11 | Justin Rose | 67-68-70-68=273 | −7 | 183,000 |
| T12 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 70-71-67-66=274 | −6 | 143,625 |
| T12 | Patrick Cantlay | 65-68-73-68=274 | −6 | 143,625 |
| T12 | Alex Norén | 66-69-66-73=274 | −6 | 143,625 |
| T12 | Aaron Rai | 72-69-66-67=274 | −6 | 143,625 |
| T12 | Patrick Reed | 73-66-67-68=274 | −6 | 143,625 |
| T12 | Cameron Smith | 65-68-73-68=274 | −6 | 143,625 |
| T12 | Jordan Spieth | 70-70-66-68=274 | −6 | 143,625 |
| T12 | Justin Thomas (c) | 68-69-66-71=274 | −6 | 143,625 |
| T20 | Dustin Johnson (c) | 69-69-69-68=275 | −5 | 113,500 |
| T20 | Nate Lashley | 66-70-71-68=275 | −5 | 113,500 |
| T20 | Li Haotong | 69-69-67-70=275 | −5 | 113,500 |
| T20 | Louis Oosthuizen | 73-69-66-67=275 | −5 | 113,500 |
| T24 | Adam Long | 71-70-67-68=276 | −4 | 103,000 |
| T24 | Andrew Putnam | 66-71-72-67=276 | −4 | 103,000 |
| T24 | Matthew Wolff | 72-70-65-69=276 | −4 | 103,000 |
| T27 | Paul Casey | 70-71-69-67=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Corey Conners | 67-71-70-69=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Tony Finau | 70-71-68-68=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Jim Furyk | 74-65-70-68=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Shugo Imahira | 65-69-71-72=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Kevin Kisner | 77-67-66-67=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 66-71-65-75=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Chez Reavie | 68-70-68-71=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Xander Schauffele | 69-70-69-69=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Brandt Snedeker | 69-73-69-66=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Henrik Stenson | 69-67-72-69=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| T27 | Matt Wallace | 70-69-65-73=277 | −3 | 86,250 |
| 39 | Keith Mitchell | 73-70-71-64=278 | −2 | 76,000 |
| T40 | Jason Day | 72-69-68-70=279 | −1 | 74,000 |
| T40 | Sergio García | 69-71-70-69=279 | −1 | 74,000 |
| T40 | Adam Scott (c) | 70-68-74-67=279 | −1 | 74,000 |
| T43 | Justin Harding | 72-70-64-74=280 | E | 70,000 |
| T43 | Tyrrell Hatton | 66-71-69-74=280 | E | 70,000 |
| T43 | Matt Kuchar | 70-70-71-69=280 | E | 70,000 |
| T43 | Hideki Matsuyama (c) | 65-71-72-72=280 | E | 70,000 |
| T43 | Kevin Na | 70-66-70-74=280 | E | 70,000 |
| T48 | Bryson DeChambeau | 67-74-72-68=281 | +1 | 66,000 |
| T48 | Pan Cheng-tsung | 72-70-70-69=281 | +1 | 66,000 |
| T48 | Danny Willett | 69-72-70-70=281 | +1 | 66,000 |
| T51 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 69-74-72-69=284 | +4 | 63,000 |
| T51 | Philip Eriksson | 73-72-72-67=284 | +4 | 63,000 |
| T51 | Eddie Pepperell | 70-74-66-74=284 | +4 | 63,000 |
| 54 | J. B. Holmes | 76-71-68-70=285 | +5 | 61,000 |
| T55 | Kodai Ichihara | 71-70-75-70=286 | +6 | 59,500 |
| T55 | Gary Woodland | 73-71-70-72=286 | +6 | 59,500 |
| 57 | Phil Mickelson | 68-73-73-74=288 | +8 | 58,000 |
| T58 | Mikumu Horikawa | 75-77-66-72=290 | +10 | 56,500 |
| T58 | Poom Saksansin | 68-73-75-74=290 | +10 | 56,500 |
| 60 | Kang Sung-hoon | 69-75-73-74=291 | +11 | 55,000 |
| T61 | Keegan Bradley (c) | 74-78-65-75=292 | +12 | 53,500 |
| T61 | Max Homa | 74-73-77-68=292 | +12 | 53,500 |
| 63 | Kevin Tway | 76-77-74-70=297 | +17 | 52,000 |

#### 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 |
| Koepka | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −16 | −16 |
| Simpson | −7 | −7 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 |
| Leishman | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −11 | −12 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 |
| Fitzpatrick | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| Fleetwood | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| McIlroy | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| Rahm | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey |