FedEx St. Jude Championship 2026 Golf Odds, Picks And Props

The FedExCup Playoffs begin with three tournaments starting with the FedEx St. Jude Championship 2026 event, which I initially post and preview at Off Shore Gaming Association. 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

FedEx St. Jude Championship 2026 Odds

Leading favorites and contenders golf odds from Circa Sports Las Vegas and 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.

• +500: Scheffler
• +1500: McIlroy
• +1800: Schauffele
• +2100: Burns, Young
• +2300: Fleetwood
• +2600: Aberg, Morikawa
• +2700: Matsuyama
• +2850: M. Fitzpatrick
• +3100: Henley, Si Woo Kim
• +3200: J. Thomas
• +3300: Cantlay
• +3900: Hovland
• +4200: Koivun
• +4600: Gotterup, Spaun
• +4700: Tom Kim
• +4800: Thorbjornsen
• +5100: Brennan
• +6200: Clark, MacIntyre
• +6300: Gerard
• +6600: McNealy
• +6800: Rose, Min Woo Lee
• +7000: Kitayama, Griffin, Fowler
• +7800: Bhatia, Spieth
• +8500: Rai
• +8800: A. Fitzpatrick
• +9000: A. Scott
• +9500: Sunjae Im, Bridgeman
• +10000-125000: Smalley, Mitchell, Knapp, Conners, Cauley, N. Hojgaard, Harman, Cole, English, Reitan

72-hole winning score: 263.5 (Par 70)

FedEx St. Jude Championship 2026 Picks

Fairway’s Favorites: Schauffele, Fleetwood, Morikawa, Matsuyama, Burns
Fairway’s Longshots: Aberg, Si Woo Kim, Hovland, Tom Kim
Fairway’s Flyers: A. Fitzpatrick, Sungjae Im, Conners, Harman

Tournament Match-ups (23-14 YTD)

• Fleetwood (-125) over Young (also -1.5 strokes +110)
• Fleetwood (-122) over M. Fitzpatrick
• Cantlay (-1.5 strokes) -106 over Gotterup

Top 10/20 and Props: Fleetwood top 10 (+185), top 20 (-120)

I evaluate strokes gained data to assist with my research and handicapping, along with additional tools and sources below.

Top Player Results and Stats Leaders

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), T50, T16, T22
– 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), T22, T20, Cut
– Cantlay: T9 (2025), T12, 2nd, T52
– Spaun: 2nd, T24, T42
– Tom Kim: DNP 2025, T50, T24, T13
– 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.

Since the U.S. Open in June, these are some of the top players and strokes gained stats leaders, per Bamford Golf. Additional player profiles and stats in the U.S. Open link as comparison.

SG: Tee-to-Green: Burns (1), Young, Fleetwood, Aberg, Tom Kim (5), Matsuyama, Scheffler, Thorbjornsen, Si Woo Kim, A. Fitzpatrick (10), Lowry, Koivun, Brennan, Gotterup, Conners (15), McIlroy, Morikawa, Hovland, M. Fitzpatrick, Fowler (20).

SG: Approach: Burns (1), Tom Kim, Morikawa, Hovland, Young (5), Lowry, Si Woo Kim, A. Fitzpatrick, Scheffler, Conners (10), Brennan, J. Smith, Theegala, M. Fitzpatrick, Aberg (15), Mitchell, Fleetwood, Thorbjornsen, Griffin, Matsuyama (20).

SG: Total: Burns (1), Fleetwood, Morikawa, Scheffler, MacIntyre (5), Matsuyama, J. Smith, McIlroy, Fowler, Conners (10), Tom Kim, Thorbjornsen, Fox, Young, Aberg (15), Brennan, Bridgeman, M. Fitzpatrick, Aberg, Gerard/Gotterup (20).

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 by Wednesday.

Next week the FedExCup Playoffs continue with the BMW Championship where the top 50 golfers in the FedExCup Standings will compete. Then the top 30 continue to the season finale at East Lake Golf Club for the Tour Championship.

You can bet on it.

FedEx St. Jude Championship update: PGA Tournament matchups picks went 3-0 and now 26-14 YTD. Added props/finishing position 2-0.

Since going 1-1 in tournament matchups on two underdogs at The U.S. Open, our weekly PGA Tournament picks went 1-0 at both the Travelers Championship and John Deere Classic, and then 0-1 at The Open Championship with top player profiles, but had the outright winner Ryan Fox (175/1) bet at 400/1, and also top finishing position winners on Tommy Fleetwood (T4). Tournament matchups are now 26-14 following the FedEx St. Jude Championship, including 14-10 in all Majors, Signature Events and Playoffs initially posted at Off Shore Gaming Association and then to Vegas Sports Zone. Additional props went 4-1 in both the Travelers and John Deere tournaments recently, and 2-0 in FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Golf Betting Notes and History from FairwayJay

FairwayJay 2026 tournament matchups 26-14 into the BMW Championship.

My golf coverage and research includes use and references from sites at Data Golf along with Fantasy National, and others. I gain added information from handicappers, analysts, colleagues and media members while researching course stats and previews with previous weekly coverage in my PGA tournament updates in Forbes. That includes top golf insider Justin Ray Golf, who contributes to PGA Tour (dot com) and The Athletic with insightful stats. The site GolfStats has also has player performance charts and a player competitor tool plus added stats and previews.

I’ve added my own player profiles pieces for select majors and events including 2026 Masters, 2026 Players Championship,  2025 Masters, 2025 Players Championship and trends. You can review those along with others from 2024 in Forbes for The Player Championship and Masters top 9 and top 18 golfers plus 12 top golfers at the Open Championship at Royal Troon.