2015 FedEx St. Jude Classic Picks

Our PGA Tour coverage takes us to TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee for the annual FedEx St. Jude Classic. This is a special tournament for a few reasons. First and most importantly, the tournament's main charity provides support for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which benefits children all over the world. Secondly, this tournament comes one week before golf's second major, the US Open. Due to this, many players (some who might not normally play this tournament) in the field will be honing their skills for the upcoming major. The tournament also carries a purse of $6 million.

The tournament has been hosted by TPC Southwind since 1989, moving for Colonial Country Club. The course is over 7,200 yards long and was designed by Ron Prichard. However, it was recently renovated in 2004 and in 2011 was ranked the 9th most difficult course played on tour that year. A notable hole is #14, a 239 yard par 3 (that qualifies as a par 4 on some courses around Toronto!).

As I said before we have an interesting field this week. We have everyone from high ranked elite players to PGA Tour rookies this week, each having different goals in mind, although they all share a common goal of winning. Given that, here's our picks for the week:

1) Phil Mickelson
2) Dustin Johnson
3) Brenden De Jonge

Phil's game always seems to improve in the few weeks around a major. He's determined as ever to win the US Open and maybe that determination will result in a win this week. Dustin Johnson is a safe bet and playing great golf at the moment. Finally, I've said before that De Jonge is probably the best player on the PGA Tour who hasn't won yet. I think this week might be his. We'll also keep an eye on Graeme McDowell, who's a favourite around here.

Play kicks off early tomorrow morning and be sure to check out our Weekend Update post this Friday!


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Can Brenden De Jonge win for the first time this week?