‘Freight 59’ to offer Memphis-based clubhouse experience at FedEx St. Jude Championship
The new venue is “giving people a taste of what we know is incredible Southern hospitality and culture through the lens of the golf tournament.”
Topic: FedEx St. Jude Championship
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July 2023
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June 2023
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Calkins: What the stunning PGA-LIV truce means for Memphis
Jack Sammons was as surprised as anyone by the merger of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. He’s happy it could lead to the return of past champions like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson. Beyond that, what does it mean for Memphis?
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FedEx Cup focuses on August as PGA Tour, LIV merger blindsides golf world
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FedEx Cup focuses on August as PGA Tour, LIV merger blindsides golf world
PGA/LIV merger is likely to bring changes to the golf world, but executive director of Memphis golf event says his priority is another strong tournament in August.
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January 2023
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Calkins: LIV golfers have everything money can buy. Except Memphis.
Remember when it was a struggle to get the best golfers in the world to come to Memphis? Now it requires a federal judge to keep them out of here.
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September 2022
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Calkins: Will Drennan died a hero. His friends want everyone to know.
Volunteers at the FedEx St. Jude Championship will be given purple ribbons to celebrate the life of Will Drennan — a former volunteer who died saving a child from a sudden flood Tuesday night.
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August 2022
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FESJC final round scores and prize money
Here are Sunday’s scores from the final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind, plus how much cash each player will receive.
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Hill: It was about dang time for Will Zalatoris, a worthy winner with a Memphis connection
“I couldn’t dream of anything better,” said the winner’s performance coach Josh Gregory of Memphis. “This is home. This will always be home. To see him win at home, you couldn’t write a better script.”
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Zalatoris overcomes Straka in a playoff for first career victory
This season, he’s won the most money of any player in the history of the PGA Tour without actually winning a tournament. Now he has that tournament title, along with a lead in the FedEx Cup standings.
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Spaun hanging on at FESJC but plenty are in pursuit
The Californian leads at 13-under, but 23 others are within five strokes.
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FESJC third-round scores; final-round pairings
Here are Saturday’s third-round scores from the FedEx St. Jude Championship, along with Sunday’s pairings for the final round at TPC Southwind.
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‘Hospitality on steroids:’ Tournament, Elvis Week are tourism gold for Memphis
“Two signature events that bring lots of people to town who spend millions and millions of dollars in our community,” said Kevin Kane of Memphis Tourism.
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Scores stay low at TPC Southwind — and Spaun stays in front
J.J. Spaun is at 11-under heading into the weekend. He’ll take a 1-stroke lead into Saturday’s third round of the FedEx Cup playoff opener over Sepp Straka and Troy Merritt.
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Second-round scores from the FESJC; third-round pairings
The third round will get underway at 7:15 a.m. Saturday at TPC Southwind. The final group of J.J. Spaun and Sepp Straka will tee off at 1 p.m.
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Calkins: A golf story that isn’t all about the money. At long, long last.
You sick of all the money talk in sports these days? This is the story for you. A golf story without dollar signs attached. And it’s 100% true!
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St. Jude patient honored during FedEx St. Jude Championship
This year marked the 10th anniversary of FedEx’s Purple Eagle program, an annual event in which the Memphis-based company honors a St. Jude patient who is also the child or grandchild of a FedEx team member.
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Calkins: Ten years of airplanes — and miracles
For 10 years, FedEx has named an airplane after a St. Jude kid. But the best part of the story? It’s what has happened since.
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Conaway: Weekend’s golf tournament has everything to do with us
This weekend, the top 125 players on the PGA tour are in Memphis for the the first step to winning professional golf’s biggest prize but, for us, it’s personal.
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FedEx St. Jude Championship first-round scores
First-round scores were low during Thursday’s first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.
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Friday’s FESJC pairings and tee times
Here are the second round pairings and tee times for the FedEx St. Jude Championship, on Friday, Aug. 12, at TPC Southwind.
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Kim, Spaun share lead after a low-scoring first round at FESJC
Conditions were ideal for low scoring on Thursday and the field at the FedEx St. Jude Championship took full advantage.
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The To-Do List: Warm up at Shangri-La, cool down at Woodruff-Fontaine and see Hitchcock on a really big screen
This week, travel back to 1987 with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey at Malco Theatres, watch a woman swallow swords at Lafayette’s Music Room and catch the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history at the Orpheum Theatre.
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Grizzlies Insider: Golf week in Memphis features plenty of hoops flavor
If you’re headed to the FedEx St. Jude Championship this weekend, you might want to be on the lookout. You never know who you might see.
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Red-hot Finau looking to break through in Memphis
On the heels of two victories, 32-year-old Tony Finau is after his first win in Memphis — even though he’s the “defending champ” this week.
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McIlroy: Tuesday’s LIV ruling takes focus off ‘sideshow’ and returns it to golf
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McIlroy: Tuesday’s LIV ruling takes focus off ‘sideshow’ and returns it to golf
FESJC favorite says efforts of three golfers to seek an injunction allowing them to play this week is “personal” to him.
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Herrington: FESJC is a good time, even if you don’t know a bogey from Bogie
The tournament’s new “Soul-in-One Celebration” was canceled Wednesday, but that didn’t stop Chris Herrington (who hasn’t played a round of golf since he was 15) from hanging out and having fun.
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