FedEx St. Jude Championship Info, Key Stats, and Course Form: FedExCup Playoffs Begin

The 2022-23 PGA Tour season is coming to a close.

This week, the FedExCup Playoffs get underway with the top 70 in the FedExCup rankings earning a spot in the field and trying to get into (or stay in) the top 50 of the rankings to advance to next week's event.

What should we know about the course? Which stats matter most? And who has played best at TPC Southwind in recent seasons?

TPC Southwind Course Info

• Par: 70
• Distance: 7,243 (around 20 yards longer than the average par 70)
• Fairway Width: 29.1 yards (15th of 85 courses)
• Average Green Size: 4,300 square feet (tiny)
• Green Type: Bermuda
• Stimpmeter: N/A
• Recent Winning Scores: -15, -16, -13, -16, -19
• Recent Cut Lines: E, N/A, N/A, N/A, E

TPC Southwind Course Key Stats

• Strokes Gained: Approach
• Strokes Gained: Off the Tee
• Birdie or Better Rate
• Putting From 5 to 15 Feet
• Total Strokes Gained

TPC Southwind has been a long-time host on the PGA Tour, but that comes with some recent shifts in the events/formats that the course has hosted.

The 2018 iteration was the final FedEx St. Jude Classic, a full-field event won by Dustin Johnson (-19) with only Andrew Putnam (-13) also better than -9.

Then, for three years, it hosted a World Golf Championship -- a no-cut event (the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational).

In 2022, the course hosted the FedEx St. Jude Championship, a FedExCup Playoff event won in a playoff by Will Zalatoris at -15.

As for the key stats here, it's a lot of ball-striking with a greater-than-usual emphasis on strokes gained: approach. Driving distance is not a must-have skill, and accuracy off the tee is actually a bit more important at the par 70.

The key stats I'm using are almost unchanged from last week's Wyndham Championship, where accuracy is more important.

Best Golfers at TPC Southwind

These golfers have the best strokes gained numbers in recent years at this course.

Past winners at TPC Southwind in the field include just Harris English (2013).

Other recent winners are not in the field for one reason or another:

• 2022: Will Zalatoris (injured)
• 2021: Abraham Ancer (not on the PGA Tour)
• 2020: Justin Thomas (did not qualify)
• 2019: Brooks Koepka (not on the PGA Tour)
• 2018: Dustin Johnson (not on the PGA Tour)
• 2017: Daniel Berger (injured)
• 2016: Daniel Berger (injured)

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