The FedEx St. Jude Championship seems to deliver a surprise or two every year. Pencil the number one and two ranked PGA players not making it to the weekend in that category.
Scottie Scheffler and Rory McElroy, first and second respectively, both missed the cut in the Memphis-based tourney that this year is the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Still, both will advance to next week’s BMW Classic and likely will appear in the championship round in Atlanta in two weeks.
J.J. Spaun, the No. 28-ranked player on tour, held the round-one lead at the FedEx St. Jude lead and still had a share of it (-11) on day two, coming in one stroke ahead of Troy Merritt and Sepp Straka. The top 70 golfers will advance to the second round of the playoffs and only 30 will compete in the championship round.
Si Woo Kim, who was tied for the lead after the first round, shot 3 over par to finish at -5 and was tied for 27th place – and within sight of the leaders – entering the third round on Saturday. He parred every hole except one, seven, and thirteen.
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Tony Finau, who has won his last two tournaments, endured a ball in the water on the par 5 No. 16 hole and finished 2-under in round two. At 8-under, he is only three strokes off the lead.
The golfers are getting a break from the hot and humid weather that can punctuate August in Memphis. Still, temperatures will be in the lower nineties for the final two rounds.
Morning coverage can be seen on the Golf Channel, with the afternoon rounds televised on NBC.
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