PGA FedEx St. Jude Championship golf odds, trends: Jordan Spieth among those needing good result to advance
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- Michael Brennan won last week's Wyndham Championship at age 24, jumping from No. 105 to No. 47 in FedExCup points — the third straight PGA Tour winner under 25 after Jackson Koivun (3M Open) and Michael Thorbjornsen (Rocket Classic), a streak not seen since 2017.
- Jordan Spieth sits 54th in FedExCup points and needs no worse than a solo 23rd-place finish Sunday at TPC Southwind to advance to the BMW Championship; he hasn't recorded a top-10 all year and his best Memphis result is sixth in 2023.
- Max Homa (52nd) and Sungjae Im (53rd) also sit outside the top-50 cut — Homa needs a two-way T-25, Im needs a two-way T-24 — while 60th-ranked Daniel Berger won't advance due to injury.
- Jackson Koivun made the playoffs at exactly 70th in points despite making just six Tour starts this season, the fewest by any playoff qualifier since Tiger Woods' five starts in 2019-20; he's listed at +4200 to win this week.
- Scottie Scheffler enters as a +460 favorite with 11 top-five finishes this season — the most by a player without multiple wins since Tony Lema in 1963 — and five runner-up results, one shy of Jack Nicklaus's 1964 single-season record of six.
- Si Woo Kim, ranked No. 7 in the FedExCup standings, is the highest-ranked player without a victory this season and is listed at +3300, though his best Memphis finish is 14th from last year.
- TPC Southwind, a par-70 at 7,288 yards, has required at least 15 under to win each of the past four years and produced playoffs in three of the four, with Justin Rose beating JJ Spaun in a playoff in 2025.
Why it matters: Top-50 bubble players Jordan Spieth, Max Homa, and Sungjae Im face elimination stakes at TPC Southwind. Scottie Scheffler, the +460 favorite, has 11 top-fives but no win since January — and rookie Jackson Koivun at +4200 would set the record as the youngest-ever FedExCup playoff winner with a victory.
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