Golf betting tips: FedEx St Jude Championship 2025 preview
How best to side with Scottie
There's no getting away from it, Scottie Scheffler is much the best player in this field. He's the world No.1 and the only golfer close to him on pure ability, Rory McIlroy, is sitting out the tournament.
This will be the American's first appearance since winning The Open at Royal Portrush by four strokes last month.
Still, rather than backing Scheffler at skinny odds to win the event, he can be backed for a first-round top-10 finish at odds against with bet365, which seems pretty fair.
Scheffler finished 'only' fourth in this event in 2024, but he was tied for fifth, just two strokes off the lead, after day one and it's hard to think he will be too far off the action this time either.
Finally for Fleetwood?
Tommy Fleetwood is still seeking a maiden win on the PGA Tour, but he tied for third in this event in 2023, missing out on competing in a play-off by one stroke.
The Englishman finished in a tie for 22nd last year, but that came soon after a tough one-shot loss to Scottie Scheffler at the Olympics. That was a tough defeat, but it was also a big, sudden return to form off a missed cut at The Open.
There was another tough loss for Fleetwood at the Travelers in June, when he was three shots clear going into the final day but lost by one, finishing in a tie for second.
That will have been another hard one for him to take, so middling performances at the Scottish Open and The Open again this time around shouldn't be held against him, and he ought to have regathered himself now for an assault on a course that suits his game down to the ground.
Fleetwood is not a big hitter but he does everything else well. While he won't beat Scheffler if the American is on form, he is certainly tempting each-way – and he is a seven-time winner on the DP World Tour, so it's not like he can't get over the line, albeit the biggest tournaments have eluded him.
Bet 2: 1pt each-way Tommy Fleetwood outright @ 22/1 with bet365 (each-way 1/4 odds, five places)
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What is the FedEx St Jude Championship?
All year long the world's top golfers have been earning FedExCup points. Now, the regular season is over and it's play-off time. The FedEx St Jude Championship is for the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings, although World No.2 Rory McIlroy is absent. There is no halfway cut in this event.
After that the top 50 in the standings will contest the BMW Championship before the 30 go on to the Tour Championship, where the FedExCup champion will be crowned.
Course overview
TPC Southwind has hosted the FedEx St Jude Championship since 2022 and it has been renovated in the past year. The greens are a bit bigger now – but new greens tend to mean firmer surfaces, albeit it has been a wet year. Regardless, you have to find the fairways at this course. The rough is up this year and Southwind favours driving accuracy and a good short game.
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FedEx St Jude Championship – bet365 outright odds
(Each-way 1/4 odds, five places; alternative prices and place terms also available)
Scottie Scheffler 14/5
Xander Schauffele 16/1
Ludvig Aberg 22/1
Matt Fitzpatrick 22/1
Tommy Fleetwood 22/1
Justin Thomas 25/1
Russell Henley 25/1
Viktor Hovland 25/1
Collin Morikawa 28/1
Sepp Straka 30/1
33/1 bar
(odds correct at time of writing)
Last year's FedEx St Jude Championship
Hideki Matsuyama began the final round with a five-shot lead. He nearly blew it but birdied the final two holes to win by two strokes from Viktor Hovland and Xander Schauffele.
Highest-ranked players in the FedEx St Jude Championship field
1. Scottie Scheffler
3. Xander Schauffele
4. Justin Thomas
5. Russell Henley
6. Collin Morikawa
7. Harris English
8. JJ Spaun
9. Ludvig Aberg
10. Keegan Bradley
11. Sepp Straka
FedEx St Jude Championship – winners at TPC Southwind
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