The PGA Tour kicks off the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs with the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, as a 69-man field gets underway at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, with tee times starting at 8:20 a.m. ET.
With the top 70 players on the PGA Tour competing, every group this weekend is must-watch. The St. Jude Championship has a history of surprise winners, and with a $20 million purse on the line, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Players will need to brace for the hot and humid Memphis conditions. While rain chances remain low, especially in the mornings, temperatures are expected to hover in the low 90s throughout the weekend.
Find the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship tee times, featured groups, and weather forecast for all four days at TPC Southwind.
2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship Featured Groups
- 8:40 a.m. ET — Jordan Spieth and Wyndham Clark
- 12:10 p.m. ET — Xander Schauffele, Aldrich Potgieter
- 1:15 p.m. ET — Ludvig Aberg and Robert MacIntyre
- 1:45 p.m. ET — Scottie Scheffler and Sepp Straka
The top 69 players on the PGA Tour are competing this weekend, making every single pairing feel like a featured group. Still, a few stand out as extra special pairings that include past champions or some of the world’s biggest names in golf.
As always, all eyes will be on Scottie Scheffler, who comes in as the overwhelming favorite. He currently leads the standings with 4,806 FedEx Cup points, putting him more than 2,200 points ahead of second-ranked Sepp Straka. The pair is set to tee off at 1:45 p.m. ET.
2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship Round 1 Tee Times
Tee times for the FedEx St. Jude Championship begin around 8:20 a.m. ET, with Matti Schmid getting things started. There will be 35 total pairings this weekend, but with Rory McIlroy opting out of the event, the field is down to 69 players, leaving Schmid to tee off solo to begin the first round.
Groups will go off roughly every 10 minutes, with the final pairing of Kevin Yu and Emiliano Grillo scheduled for 2:15 p.m. ET. Since this is a limited-field event, there will be no cut, and all players are guaranteed to play all four rounds. After this week, only the top 50 in the FedEx Cup standings will move on to compete in next weekend’s BMW Championship.
Check out the chart below for Round 1 of the FedEx St. Jude Championship tee times.
Tee Times (ET)
Pairings
8:20 a.m.
Matti Schmid
8:30 a.m.
Min Woo Lee, J.T. Poston
8:40 a.m.
Jordan Spieth, Wyndham Clark
8:50 a.m.
Harry Hall, Akshay Bhatia
9:00 a.m.
Tom Hoge, Matt Fitzpatrick
9:10 a.m.
Taylor Pendrith, Denny McCarthy
9:20 a.m.
Brian Campbell, Thomas Detry
9:30 a.m.
Ryan Fox, Jacob Bridgeman
9:40 a.m.
Sam Stevens, Sungjae Im
9:55 a.m.
Sam Burns, Justin Rose
10:05 a.m.
Brian Harman, Hideki Matsuyama
10:15 a.m.
Cameron Young, Shane Lowry
10:25 a.m.
Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy
10:35 a.m.
Ben Griffin, Harris English
10:45 a.m.
Russell Henley, Justin Thomas
10:55 a.m.
Nico Echavarria, Patrick Rodgers
11:05 a.m.
Rickie Fowler, Davis Riley
11:15 a.m.
Erik van Rooyen, Cam Davis
11:30 a.m.
Jhonattan Vegas, Max Greyserman
11:40 a.m.
Joe Highsmith, Aaron Rai
11:50 a.m.
Kurt Kitayama, Bud Cauley
12:00 p.m.
Si Woo Kim, Jake Knapp
12:10 p.m.
Xander Schauffele, Aldrich Potgieter
12:20 p.m.
Michael Kim, Jason Day
12:30 p.m.
Daniel Berger, Ryan Gerard
12:40 p.m.
Viktor Hovland, Lucas Glover
12:50 p.m.
Chris Gotterup, Patrick Cantlay
1:05 p.m.
Nick Taylor, Collin Morikawa
1:15 p.m.
Ludvig Åberg, Robert MacIntyre
1:25 p.m.
Andrew Novak, Corey Conners
1:35 p.m.
J.J. Spaun, Tommy Fleetwood
1:45 p.m.
Scottie Scheffler, Sepp Straka
1:55 p.m.
Stephan Jaeger, Mackenzie Hughes
2:05 p.m.
Tony Finau, Chris Kirk
2:15 p.m.
Kevin Yu, Emiliano Grillo
2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship Weather Forecast
PGA Tour players teeing it up at TPC Southwind for the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship will face classic Memphis summer weather, meaning hot, humid, and occasionally stormy. Temperatures will hover in the low 90s°F each day, peaking at 93°F on both Friday and Saturday, with sticky morning lows in the upper 70s.
Thursday and Friday afternoons present the highest chance of showers or thunderstorms at 40%, despite calm morning conditions and minimal early rain risk. Winds will stay light throughout the tournament, generally in the 4–8 mph range with modest gusts up to 12 mph on Sunday morning, blowing mainly from the southeast. Saturday and Sunday look the most favorable for scoring, with low rain chances (10%) and steady breezes.
Check out the chart below for the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship weather forecast at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee.
| Day | Temp (°F) | AM Winds (Gusts) | % AM Rains | PM Winds (Gusts) | %PM Rains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 91 / 77 | E 6 mph (4 mph) | 0% | NE 6 mph (9 mph) | 40% |
| Friday | 93 / 79 | S 6 mph (9 mph) | 20% | E 4 mph (6 mph) | 40% |
| Saturday | 93 / 79 | SE 7 mph (11 mph) | 0% | SE 7 mph (10 mph) | 10% |
| Sunday | 91 / 77 | SE 8 mph (12 mph) | 10% | SE 6 mph (9 mph) | 10% |
