Volunteers at the World Golf Championship-FedEx St. Jude Invitational are known for their unwavering dedication. But the COVID-19 pandemic means there will be no fans on the course and, this year, just 225 volunteers instead of the usual 1,600-plus. To still be on site now is to be a WGC-FESJI essential worker.
Despite efforts to get fans to the local professional golf tournament this month, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will prevent spectators at TPC-Southwind.
The PGA TOUR is not immune to positive COVID-19 tests. But with the WGC-FESJI five weeks away, executive tournament director Darrell Smith hopes some fans can attend.
Brooks Koepka, the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational champion, just withdrew from a tournament because his caddie tested positive for COVID-19. It's a scene that could play out at TPC Southwind as the virus cuts down the field one by one. Also, AAC launches Racial Equality Action Group.
Coronavirus has thrown off everything in sports, including the local WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Reports of a revamped schedule have the local PGA stop moving to the end of July.
The FedEx-St. Jude Invitational remains scheduled for July 2-5, despite PGA Tour schedule changes.
Dakota Cunningham is the St. Jude patient who sank a 5-foot putt for $50,000 at the World Golf Championship-FedEx St. Jude Invitational last summer. This past Thursday, he did better than that.
Organizers strive for enhancement of WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational after successful first year, starting with next year's Fourth of July week scheduled midway between the U.S. and British opens.
Green Mountain Technology is so enthusiastic about the future of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, it spent nearly half a million dollars to buy a house on the first tee.
Already looking forward to the second WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational? It'll be over the July 4 weekend.
Next year's WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational could move to July 4 weekend.
Brooks Koepka's victory in the inaugural WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was another St. Jude moment.
Brooks Koepka was a winner at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, but so was the golf course, which was praised by many of the competitors.
Webb Simpson shot low round on Sunday to surge into runner-up spot.
A list of the final scores and money earnings for the field in the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
Brooks Koepka took the lead after a sixth-hole birdie, never relinquished it and grabbed his first WGC title.
The three-time Master's champion will be 50 years old when the tournament returns to Memphis next year.
With Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka atop the leaderboard, the new Memphis golf tournament has delivered on all its promises. And the message about it all is coming from a voice known all over the country.
Fourteen balls have ended up in the water at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational this week on hole No. 14.
"It'll be fun," Brooks Koepka said of the fourth round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. "It is exciting," said Rory McIlroy. They both made it that way Saturday.
Tommy Fleetwood contended in last week's British Open, but the past is the past and he's focused on playing well this week.
Jordan Spieth entered the clubhouse after his round Saturday tied for 22nd and his chances of being in contention on Sunday are slim. But he has a larger goal: qualifying for the end-of-season championship in Atlanta.
Justin Harding's 64 not only moved him up the leaderboard, it may have strengthened his drive for a spot on the International team for the President's Cup.