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2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship: Round 3 Saturday tee times, pairings, and featured groups
Midway through the first event of the FedEx Cup playoffs at TPC Southwind, Scottie Scheffler is well placed to claim another PGA Tour title.
World no.1 Scottie Scheffler is in position to strike at the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee after following up his opening 66 with a 65, leaving him just two shots off the lead jointly held by Denny McCarthy and Hideki Matsuyama after round two.
2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship round 2 recap
McCarthy, ranked 40th in the world, was one of three players to card a seven-under par 63 on Friday and the only one to register nine birdies. Matsuyama is alongside the Marylander on 11-under par for the tournament after a second-round 64.
The pair lead by one from Sam Burns, who also went round in 63, with Scheffler a shot further back following his bogey-free 65, which included three birdies in a row on 15, 16 and 17.
Justin Rose and recent PGA Tour winner Nick Dunlap are three strokes off the pace on -8, with Viktor Hovland, the third player to shoot 63 in round two, Robert MacIntyre and Billy Horschel trailing by four going into the weekend.
First-round leader Chris Kirk tumbled down the leaderboard as a result of a level-par 70, which leaves him five back, while Rory McIlroy had a Friday to forget. His three-over par 73 means he is +1 for the tournament and down in joint 58th place in a field of 70.
Why there was no cut in the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship
As only the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings are taking part in the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship, there was no cut at the end of the second round on Friday.
After the conclusion of the event, the top 50 will move on to next week’s BMW Championship, which is followed by the season-ending Tour Championship, where the field will be narrowed down to 30.
FedEx St. Jude Championship: round 3 tee times, Saturday, August 17 (all times ET):
Tee No. 1
10:45 a.m. — Adam Scott, Sepp Straka, Maverick McNealy
10:56 a.m. — Wyndham Clark, Seamus Power, Eric Cole
11:07 a.m. — Austin Eckroat, Justin Thomas, Akshay Bhatia
11:18 a.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Taylor Pendrith, Emiliano Grillo
11:29 a.m. — Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Russell Henley, Ben Griffin
11:40 a.m. — Brendon Todd, Harris English, Nick Taylor
11:51 a.m. — Xander Schauffele, Tom Kim, Brian Harman
12:02 p.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, Aaron Rai, Tony Finau
12:13 p.m. — Erik van Rooyen, Will Zalatoris, Chris Kirk
12:24 p.m. — Viktor Hovland, Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel
12:35 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose, Nick Dunlap
12:46 p.m. — Denny McCarthy, Hideki Matsuyama, Sam Burns
Tee No. 10
10:45 a.m. — Alex Noren, Davis Thompson, Matthieu Pavon
10:56 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Min Woo Lee, Keegan Bradley
11:07 a.m. — J.T. Poston, Corey Conners, Jason Day
11:18 a.m. — Tom Hoge, Patrick Cantlay, Byeong Hun An
11:29 a.m. — Sahith Theegala, Victor Perez, Cam Davis
11:40 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Ludvig Aberg, Collin Morikawa
11:51 a.m. — Peter Malnati, Patrick Rodgers, Stephan Jaeger
12:02 p.m. — Taylor Moore, Mackenzie Hughes, Cameron Young
12:13 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Adam Hadwin, Thomas Detry
12:24 p.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Jordan Spieth, Max Greyserman
12:35 p.m. — Mark Hubbard, Si Woo Kim
12:46 p.m. — Jake Knapp, Max Homa
Due to the threat of thunderstorms and a 40% chance of rain in Memphis on Saturday morning, the PGA Tour has decided to push third-round tee times back a little. Additionally, there will be a two-tee start (1 and 10) and players will play in three-balls to help ensure the schedule isn’t affected for the second week running.
2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship prize money
The fact that this is the first tournament in the FedEx Cup playoffs means the prize purse is significant, with a total of $20m. As for the winner, they will walk away with a healthy sum of $3,600,000. Since there are only 70 players in the field, everyone involved will pocket a portion of the huge purse, with the player in last place netting a tidy $40,000.