The PGA Tour season is down to 70 players and three playoff weeks to decide the FedExCup champion. The first playoff event is here, with the FedEx St. Jude Championship starting Thursday at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn. Justin Rose is the defending champion, while World No. 1 and FedEx standings No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the favorite, according to user picks on PrizePicks.
Only the top 70 got into this event, while just the top 50 after Sunday’s final putt will advance to Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis next week for the BMW Championship. The Tour Championship in Atlanta is the following week, featuring the top 30 golfers.
When following along with the action, you can pick a lot more than just golfers to win the event. Other options on PrizePicks Team Picks include top-10 finishes, top-20 finishes, first-round leaders, top finishers in each round, and much more.
Let's break down our top picks for the FedEx St. Jude Championship sleepers and top-10 picks to consider on PrizePicks Team Picks, where you can earn money if you're right by picking golfers to win, finish top 5, top 10, and more.
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FedEx St. Jude Championship Sleepers, Picks for Top 10 Finish
TPC Southwind is hosting a PGA event for the 39th consecutive year. Like most TPC hosts, it’s a positional course that values accuracy off the tee more than distance, has its share of water and bunker hazards throughout, and demands a quality tee-to-green game to score well.
Only Daniel Berger (injured) of the top 70 is not here this week, with the field including past FedExCup champions Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, and Viktor Hovland.
With that in mind, let's examine three golfers to consider for your FedEx St. Jude Championship top 10 picks on PrizePicks Team Picks.
three golfers to consider for your FedEx St. Jude Championship top 10 picks on PrizePicks Team Picks.
The FedExCup Championship payouts listed below indicate real-money earnings if a prediction is correct; for example, a 2x on a $100 entry pays out $200 on PrizePicks Team Picks.
The lower the payout multiplier, the higher the chance of the outcome occurring, according to user picks.
Collin Morikawa FedEx St. Jude Championship Prediction
Collin Morikawa Top 10 Finish Payouts: Yes 3.12x | No 1.29x
Collin Morikawa Winner Payout: Yes 22.22x | No 1.01x
- Morikawa is known as one of the best ball strikers in the game, and the stats show it, as he is second on the Tour in approach, sixth tee-to-green, and fourth overall.
- Add in that he is seventh on Tour in driving accuracy, and the metrics are as perfect for this course as they're going to get.
- The issue with Morikawa has always been putting, but he's gained strokes putting in five straight events. It's been his work around the greens that has cost him this season.
- We haven't seen him since the Open in Birkdale, but he has three straight top-20s on his resume.
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Patrick Cantlay FedEx St. Jude Championship Prediction
Patrick Cantlay Top 10 Finish Payouts: Yes 3.33x | No 1.28x
Patrick Cantlay Winner Payout: Yes 22.22x | No 1.01x
- Cantlay finished eighth last week in Greensboro, which was his third top-20 finish in his last six events.
- He’s played very well at TPC Southwind, with four straight top-25 finishes, including losing in a playoff in 2023 and finishing ninth last year.
- He’s gained strokes overall and on approach in 11 of his last 12 events while getting positive strokes putting in each of the last four events.
- Cantlay is currently 41st in the FedExCup standings, with the top 50 advancing to St. Louis.
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Si Woo Kim FedEx St. Jude Championship Prediction
Si Woo Kim Top 10 Finish Payouts: Yes 3.44x | No 1.28x
Si Woo Kim Winner Payout: Yes 33.3x
- Kim is second on Tour in strokes gained per round (1.32) out of all players without a win this season.
- He’s third in strokes gained on approach, third tee-to-green, fifth in strokes gained total, and 10th in driving accuracy.
- Kim has gained strokes on approach in seven straight events and off the tee in 20 of 21 events this season.
- The star owns a pair of top-20 finishes in the last three appearances at TPC Southwind.
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2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship Sleeper Pick to Win
Everyone loves a long shot, even if they don’t cash in that often. While the FedEx St. Jude Championship has crowned Justin Rose and Hideki Matsuyama over the last two years, it has seen its share of long-shot winners, including Lucas Glover three years ago.
Here is one long-shot sleeper to play for this week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Ryan Gerard FedEx St. Jude Championship Prediction
Ryan Gerard Top 20 Finish Payouts: Yes 3.12x | No 1.33x
Ryan Gerard Winner Payout: Yes 33.33x
- Gerard has been hit-or-miss all season, starting with runner-up finishes in the first two events and an 11th-place finish at Farmers, then 13 consecutive finishes outside the top 20 before turning it back on. He had a loss in a playoff at the Memorial and was ninth at The Open and eighth at Rocket Mortgage.
- He missed the cut last week in Greensboro, which has helped move his number longer and may make him an even better sleeper pick.
- He's one of the top putters on Tour, ranking 26th while also being 25th in shots gained total and 27th on approach, including second on approach from 75-100 yards.
- Gerard was 44th in his lone appearance at this event last season.
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Can Patrick Cantlay lock up a top-50 spot in next week’s event with a strong showing in Memphis, or will Si Woo Kim finally go from strong finishes to winner’s circle?
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