St. Jude Championship

Template:Short description Template:Infobox golf tournament The FedEx St. Jude Championship, founded as the Westchester Classic in 1967, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The Championship has a partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, with the hospital serving as the tournament's designated charity since 1970. Since 2007, it has been played as the first tournament of the playoff system for the FedEx Cup, with the field limited to the top 70 players on the FedEx Cup points list at the end of the regular season; prior to 2023, the top 125 players were included. For sponsorship reasons, the tournament has previously been titled The Northern Trust, The Barclays, and the Buick Classic.

The Westchester Classic was hosted at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York until 2007, after which it moved around several courses in New York and New Jersey. In 2018, the PGA Tour announced that The Northern Trust, as it was then known, would alternate between the New York/New Jersey and Boston areas from 2019, and in 2020 it was held at TPC Boston. For the 2021–22 season, the tournament was relocated to TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee with FedEx as the new title sponsor and the event being titled the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Many of the world's top players have won the event including Sergio García, Adam Scott, Jason Day, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Reed, Dustin Johnson and 2018 champion Bryson DeChambeau, who captured a four-stroke victory and became the tournament's youngest winner in the FedEx Cup era. Since the tournament's inception in 1967, The Northern Trust has generated nearly $50 million for New York/New Jersey Metropolitan-area charities, including a record $1.865 million in 2018.

History

The event can trace its origins back to a Westchester based pro-am tournament that began at The Apawamis Club in Rye, New York. Founded by William Mitchell "Bill" Jennings, the popular spectator event drew many top players before leaving Apawamis after 1961 when it was merged into the Thunderbird Classic. It was next played at the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey (1962, 1966-68) and the neighboring Westchester Country Club (1963-65) also in Rye. Proceeds from the popular event benefited the now defunct United Hospital in Port Chester, New York for many years.Beginning in 1976, the tournament underwent a series of name sponsorships (detailed below), not unlike other PGA Tour stops. The name of the event evolved to the point that, by 1990, it no longer contained the name of its host course or location. However, among golfers on tour and many fans, it was still known by its traditional name, the Westchester Classic.

The tournament was usually played during June of each year, either the week before (in even-numbered years) or the week after (in odd-numbered years) the U.S. Open. It had its greatest attendance in 2001 when Tiger Woods participated, although two days of heavy rains disrupted play. It had one of its more exciting finishes in 2005, when Pádraig Harrington eagled the par-5 final hole with a Template:Convert putt to win the title. The most frequent winner of the tournament is Vijay Singh, with four trophies.

Beginning in 2008, it left the Westchester Country Club and began being rotated amongst different clubs in the New York metropolitan area (also detailed below).

In 2011, Hurricane Irene shortened the tournament to 54 holes, which was played that year at the Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey. The tournament ended by noontime on Saturday, August 27, allowing ample time for players and spectators to evacuate the golf course.

The tournament has traditionally closed CBS Sports's PGA Tour television schedule, due to the network's commitment to airing SEC and NFL football during the fall months; until 2014, the network also had rights to the U.S. Open tennis tournament, which begins the Monday prior to Labor Day. (The 2019 changes to the PGA Tour calendar, which resulted in The Northern Trust being moved up two weeks due to the PGA Tour's desire to complete the FedEx Cup Playoffs by the end of August, will not affect this tournament ending CBS's golf season, even though the tournament now takes place three weeks before the first week of the college football season.) Jim Nantz, who calls the final two rounds of The Northern Trust on television, is also the lead play-by-play announcer for the NFL on CBS.

In 2017, Chicago-based financial services company Northern Trust replaced Barclays, which had sponsored the tournament since 2005. Northern Trust had previously been the title sponsor of the Los Angeles Open at Riviera for nine years, known as the "Northern Trust Open" from 2008 through 2016.

In 2019, the FedEx Cup Playoffs featured three events, instead of four, and the Playoffs concluded by the end of August. As a result, The Northern Trust was played earlier in August (August 5–11, 2019), followed by the BMW Championship, August 12-18 (70 players); and the Tour Championship August 19–25 (30 players).

Highlights

In 2015, Brian Harman became only the third player in PGA Tour history to record two holes-in-one in the same round.

In 2020, Scottie Scheffler shot a 12-under-par 59 at TPC Boston in the second round.

Winners

	PGA Tour (FedEx Cup Playoffs)	2007–
	PGA Tour (Regular)	1967–2006

#	Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (US$)	Winner's share ($)	Venue
FedEx St. Jude Championship
58th	2024	Template:Flagicon Hideki Matsuyama	263	−17	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Viktor Hovland Template:Flagicon Xander Schauffele	20,000,000	3,600,000	TPC Southwind, TN
57th	2023	Template:Flagicon Lucas Glover	265	−15	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Patrick Cantlay	20,000,000	3,600,000	TPC Southwind, TN
56th	2022	Template:Flagicon Will Zalatoris	265	−15	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Sepp Straka	15,000,000	2,700,000	TPC Southwind, TN
The Northern Trust
55th	2021	Template:Flagicon Tony Finau	264	−20	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Cameron Smith	9,500,000	1,710,000	Liberty National, NJ
54th	2020	Template:Flagicon Dustin Johnson (3)	254	−30	11 strokes	Template:Flagicon Harris English	9,500,000	1,710,000	TPC Boston, MA
53rd	2019	Template:Flagicon Patrick Reed (2)	268	−16	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Abraham Ancer	9,250,000	1,665,000	Liberty National, NJ
52nd	2018	Template:Flagicon Bryson DeChambeau	266	−18	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Tony Finau	9,000,000	1,620,000	Ridgewood, NJ
51st	2017	Template:Flagicon Dustin Johnson (2)	267	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jordan Spieth	8,750,000	1,575,000	Glen Oaks, NY
The Barclays
50th	2016	Template:Flagicon Patrick Reed	275	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Emiliano Grillo Template:Flagicon Sean O'Hair	8,500,000	1,530,000	Bethpage Black, NY
49th	2015	Template:Flagicon Jason Day	261	−19	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Henrik Stenson	8,250,000	1,485,000	Plainfield, NJ
48th	2014	Template:Flagicon Hunter Mahan	270	−14	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Stuart Appleby Template:Flagicon Jason Day Template:Flagicon Cameron Tringale	8,000,000	1,440,000	Ridgewood, NJ
47th	2013	Template:Flagicon Adam Scott	273	−11	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Graham DeLaet Template:Flagicon Justin Rose Template:Flagicon Gary Woodland Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods	8,000,000	1,440,000	Liberty National, NJ
46th	2012	Template:Flagicon Nick Watney	274	−10	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Brandt Snedeker	8,000,000	1,440,000	Bethpage Black, NY
45th	2011	Template:Flagicon Dustin Johnson	194Template:Efn	−19	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Matt Kuchar	8,000,000	1,440,000	Plainfield, NJ
44th	2010	Template:Flagicon Matt Kuchar	272	−12	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Martin Laird	7,500,000	1,350,000	Ridgewood, NJ
43rd	2009	Template:Flagicon Heath Slocum	275	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington Template:Flagicon Steve Stricker Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods	7,500,000	1,350,000	Liberty National, NJ
42nd	2008	Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh (4)	276	−8	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Sergio García Template:Flagicon Kevin Sutherland	7,000,000	1,260,000	Ridgewood, NJ
41st	2007	Template:Flagicon Steve Stricker	268	−16	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon K. J. Choi	7,000,000	1,260,000	Westchester, NY
Barclays Classic
40th	2006	Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh (3)	274	−10	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Adam Scott	5,750,000	1,035,000	Westchester, NY
39th	2005	Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington	274	−10	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jim Furyk	5,750,000	1,035,000	Westchester, NY
Buick Classic
38th	2004	Template:Flagicon Sergio García (2)	272	−12	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington Template:Flagicon Rory Sabbatini	5,250,000	945,000	Westchester, NY
37th	2003	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Kaye	271	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon John Rollins	5,000,000	900,000	Westchester, NY
36th	2002	Template:Flagicon Chris Smith	272	−12	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon David Gossett Template:Flagicon Pat Perez Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts	3,500,000	630,000	Westchester, NY
35th	2001	Template:Flagicon Sergio García	268	−16	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Scott Hoch	3,500,000	630,000	Westchester, NY
34th	2000	Template:Flagicon Dennis Paulson	276	−8	Playoff	Template:Flagicon David Duval	3,000,000	540,000	Westchester, NY
33rd	1999	Template:Flagicon Duffy Waldorf	276	−8	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Dennis Paulson	2,500,000	450,000	Westchester, NY
32nd	1998	Template:Flagicon J. P. Hayes	201Template:Efn	−12	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jim Furyk	1,800,000	324,000	Westchester, NY
31st	1997	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els (2)	268	−16	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jeff Maggert	1,500,000	270,000	Westchester, NY
30th	1996	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els	271	−13	8 strokes	Template:Flagicon Steve Elkington Template:Flagicon Tom Lehman Template:Flagicon Jeff Maggert Template:Flagicon Craig Parry	1,200,000	216,000	Westchester, NY
29th	1995	Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh (2)	278	−6	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Doug Martin	1,200,000	216,000	Westchester, NY
28th	1994	Template:Flagicon Lee Janzen	268	−16	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els	1,200,000	216,000	Westchester, NY
27th	1993	Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh	280	−4	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Mark Wiebe	1,000,000	180,000	Westchester, NY
26th	1992	Template:Flagicon David Frost	268	−16	8 strokes	Template:Flagicon Duffy Waldorf	1,000,000	180,000	Westchester, NY
25th	1991	Template:Flagicon Billy Andrade	273	−11	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Brad Bryant	1,000,000	180,000	Westchester, NY
24th	1990	Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin	269	−15	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Paul Azinger	1,000,000	180,000	Westchester, NY
Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic
23rd	1989	Template:Flagicon Wayne Grady	277	−7	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Ronnie Black	1,000,000	180,000	Westchester, NY
22rd	1988	Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros (2)	276	−8	Playoff	Template:Flagicon David Frost Template:Flagicon Ken Green Template:Flagicon Greg Norman	700,000	126,000	Westchester, NY
21st	1987	Template:Flagicon J. C. Snead	276	−8	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros	600,000	108,000	Westchester, NY
20th	1986	Template:Flagicon Bob Tway	272	−12	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Willie Wood	600,000	108,000	Westchester, NY
19th	1985	Template:Flagicon Roger Maltbie	275	−9	Playoff	Template:Flagicon George Burns Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	500,000	90,000	Westchester, NY
18th	1984	Template:Flagicon Scott Simpson	269	−15	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon David Graham Template:Flagicon Jay Haas Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara	500,000	90,000	Westchester, NY
17th	1983	Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros	276	−8	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Andy Bean Template:Flagicon Craig Stadler	450,000	81,000	Westchester, NY
16th	1982	Template:Flagicon Bob Gilder	261	−19	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Peter Jacobsen Template:Flagicon Tom Kite	400,000	72,000	Westchester, NY
15th	1981	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	275	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Bobby Clampett Template:Flagicon Gibby Gilbert Template:Flagicon Craig Stadler	400,000	72,000	Westchester, NY
14th	1980	Template:Flagicon Curtis Strange	273	−11	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Gibby Gilbert	400,000	72,000	Westchester, NY
13th	1979	Template:Flagicon Jack Renner	277	−7	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon David Graham Template:Flagicon Howard Twitty	400,000	72,000	Westchester, NY
American Express Westchester Classic
12th	1978	Template:Flagicon Lee Elder	274	−10	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Mark Hayes	300,000	60,000	Westchester, NY
11th	1977	Template:Flagicon Andy North	272	−12	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon George Archer	300,000	60,000	Westchester, NY
10th	1976	Template:Flagicon David Graham	272	−12	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw Template:Flagicon Tom Watson Template:Flagicon Fuzzy Zoeller	300,000	60,000	Westchester, NY
Westchester Classic
9th	1975	Template:Flagicon Gene Littler	271	−17	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Julius Boros	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
8th	1974	Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller	269	−19	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Don Bies	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
7th	1973	Template:Flagicon Bobby Nichols	272	−16	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
6th	1972	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (2)	270	−18	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jim Colbert	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
5th	1971	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer	270	−18	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Gibby Gilbert Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
4th	1970	Template:Flagicon Bruce Crampton	273	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Larry Hinson Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
3rd	1969	Template:Flagicon Frank Beard	275	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Bert Greene	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
2nd	1968	Template:Flagicon Julius Boros	272	−16	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY
1st	1967	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	272	−16	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes	250,000	50,000	Westchester, NY

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
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External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site