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2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

The 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was a professional golf tournament being held August 5–8 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. It was the 23rd and final WGC Invitational tournament, the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2021. It was also the 64th year that the PGA Tour stopped in Memphis; dating back to the 1958 Memphis Open. The WGC Invitational was removed from the schedule in 2022, with the venue of the tournament hosting the FedEx St. Jude Championship, a FedEx Cup playoff event, ultimately replacing The Northern Trust.[1]

2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 5–8, 2021
LocationMemphis, Tennessee, U.S.
35°03′25″N 89°46′44″W / 35.057°N 89.779°W / 35.057; -89.779
Course(s)TPC Southwind
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,244 yards (6,624 m)
Field66
CutNone
Prize fundUS$10,250,000
Winner's shareUS$1,820,000
Champion
Mexico Abraham Ancer
264 (−16)
Location map
TPC Southwind is located in the United States
TPC Southwind
TPC Southwind
Location in the United States
TPC Southwind is located in Tennessee
TPC Southwind
TPC Southwind
Location in Tennessee
← 2020

Abraham Ancer won the event after making a birdie at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff against Sam Burns and Hideki Matsuyama. The three had tied at 264 after 72 holes, 16-under-par, a stroke ahead of Harris English, the first, second and third round leader.

Venue edit

Main article: TPC Southwind

Course layout edit

TPC Southwind was designed by Ron Prichard, in consultation with tour pros Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller. TPC Southwind opened in 1988, and is a member of the Tournament Players Club network operated by the PGA Tour.

Hole Yards Par   Hole Yards Par
1 434 4 10 465 4
2 401 4 11 162 3
3 554 5 12 406 4
4 196 3 13 472 4
5 485 4 14 239 3
6 445 4 15 395 4
7 482 4 16 530 5
8 178 3 17 490 4
9 457 4 18 453 4
Out 3,632 35 In 3,612 35
Source: Total 7,244 70

Field edit

The field consists of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.[2]

1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 26, 2021.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 2, 2021.

3. Tournament winners, whose victories are considered official, of tournaments from the Federation Tours since the prior season's WGC Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.[b]

4. The winner of selected tournaments or leaders in tour Order of Merit

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Place Player Score To par
1   Harris English 62 −8
T2   Jim Herman 64 −6
  Carlos Ortiz
  Ian Poulter
  Matthew Wolff
T6   Bryson DeChambeau 65 −5
  Marc Leishman
  Scottie Scheffler
T9   Daniel Berger 66 −4
  Sam Burns
  Max Homa
  Will Zalatoris

Second round edit

Friday, August 6, 2021

Place Player Score To par
1   Harris English 62-65=127 −13
T2   Abraham Ancer 67-62=129 −11
  Cameron Smith 67-62=129
T4   Sam Burns 66-64=130 −10
  Ian Poulter 64-66=130
  Scottie Scheffler 65-65=130
T7   Bryson DeChambeau 65-66=131 −9
  Louis Oosthuizen 67-64=131
T9   Jim Herman 64-68=132 −8
  Will Zalatoris 66-66=132

Third round edit

Saturday, August 7, 2021

Place Player Score To par
1   Harris English 62-65-65=192 −18
T2   Bryson DeChambeau 65-66-63=194 −16
  Cameron Smith 67-62-65=194
4   Abraham Ancer 67-62-67=196 −14
T5   Ian Poulter 64-66-67=197 −13
  Scottie Scheffler 65-65-67=197
T7   Paul Casey 68-66-65=199 −11
  Dustin Johnson 69-65-65=199
  Louis Oosthuizen 67-64-68=199
  Will Zalatoris 66-66-67=199

Final round edit

Sunday, August 8, 2021

Final leaderboard edit

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1   Abraham Ancer 67-62-67-68=264 −16 Playoff
  Sam Burns 66-64-70-64=264
  Hideki Matsuyama (c) 68-69-64-63=264
4   Harris English 62-65-65-73=265 −15 515,000
T5   Daniel Berger 66-67-67-66=266 −14 380,667
  Paul Casey 68-66-65-67=266
  Cameron Smith 67-62-65-72=266
T8   Bryson DeChambeau 65-66-63-74=268 −12 272,500
  Will Zalatoris 66-66-67-69=268
T10   Dustin Johnson (c) 69-65-65-70=269 −11 220,000
  Ian Poulter 64-66-67-72=269

Source:[7]

Scorecard edit

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
  Ancer −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16
  Burns −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −16
  Matsuyama −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16
  English −17 −17 −18 −18 −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20 −18 −18 −18 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15
  Berger −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −12 −12 −13 −14
  Casey −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14
  Smith −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 −17 −16 −16 −15 −16 −16 −17 −16 −16 −16 −14
  DeChambeau −17 −17 −18 −17 −18 −17 −17 −17 −18 −17 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+
Source:[7]

Playoff edit

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Abraham Ancer 4-3 −1 1,820,000
T2   Sam Burns 4-4 E 917,500
  Hideki Matsuyama 4-4

Source:[7]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Bezuidenhout was ineligible to compete as he had already played in 12 tournaments on the 2020–21 PGA Tour, the maximum allowed for non-members who have not qualified for Special Temporary Membership on that tour.[4]
  2. ^ The "Strength of Field Rating" is a measure of the combined world ranking of players in the field. It is used by the Official World Golf Ranking to determine the number of ranking points available at each tournament, subject to tour minimums.

References edit

  1. ^ "PGA Tour releases full 2021-22 schedule". PGA Tour. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Bolton, Rob. "2020–21 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Lee, Josh (July 21, 2021). "Jon Rahm becomes latest big name to pull out of FedEx Cup event a week before Olympics". Daily Express. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Bolton, Rob. "2020–21 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  5. ^ Bolton, Rob. "2020–21 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  6. ^ Bolton, Rob. "2020–21 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational". ESPN. August 8, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

External links edit

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