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Sungjae Im stands on the tee box as we look at the FedEx St. Jude Classic odds
Sungjae Im stands on the tee box at Sedgefield Country Club. Photo Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports.

TPC Southwind in Memphis welcomes a 70-man field for the opening event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, with Scottie Scheffler (+390) and Xander Schauffele (+850) locked in as betting favorites by the FedEx St. Jude Championship odds from our best golf betting sites.

It's far from surprising to see Scheffler and Schauffele as this week's favorites to win outright. They've occupied those spots throughout much of the 2024 PGA Tour season and remain heavy favorites by the FedEx Cup odds as the PGA Tour's lone six-time winner and two-time major winner, respectively.

That said, TPC Southwind - and its copious water hazards - has a way of leveling the playing field.

This has helped produce two 60-1 winners in this event over the past three years. Who could emerge from this year's 70-man field to greatly improve their ranking in the FedEx Cup standings and ensure they'll be in the top 50 of the season-long race and head to next week's BMW Championship?

Lucas Glover is not back to defend last year's win in this event after failing to qualify for the FEC Playoffs.

FedEx St. Jude Championship odds

FedEx St. Jude Championship odds from our best sports betting sites as of Wednesday at 8:05 a.m. ET. | 🔥 = best available odds | ❄️ = worst available odds

NameDraftKingsFanDuelBetMGMCaesarsbet365
Scottie Scheffler 🇺🇸+330+330+400 🔥+330+375
Xander Schauffele 🇺🇸+800+800+800+800+800
Rory McIlroy (NI)+1000+1000+1000+1000+1000
Collin Morikawa 🇺🇸+1200+1200+1200+1200+1400 🔥
Ludvig Aberg 🇸🇪+2000+2200 🔥+1800 ❄️+2000+2000
Patrick Cantlay 🇺🇸+2200+2500+2500 🔥+1500 ❄️+2200
Tommy Fleetwood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿+2500+3000+2200+3000 🔥+2200
Hideki Matsuyama 🇯🇵+2500+2500+2500+2200 ❄️+2500
Corey Conners 🇨🇦+3000+3500+3500+3500+2800 ❄️
Viktor Hovland 🇳🇴+3000+3500+3500 +3000+3500

FedEx St. Jude Championship picks: My first click

Sungjae Im (+4500)

Firmly among this week's tertiary tier of contenders, we're seeing great discrepancy in the odds for Im to win outright. Caesars has the South Korean star at +4500 for a return of $450 in profit on a winning $10 bet. DraftKings has market-low odds of +3500 all bettors will want to avoid.

Prior to a disappointing T-41 finish in last week's Wyndham Championship, Im tied for seventh in the British Open and for fourth in the Genesis Scottish Open. He enters this week at ninth in the FEC standings and is safely though to the BMW Championship.

He's looking for his first PGA Tour victory since 2021 and will look to claim it at a venue where he has averaged 1.45 true strokes gained on the field per round through four appearances in this event. He tied for sixth last year while averaging 1.45 strokes gained: tee-to-green.

Im is fourth among qualified golfers with 2.55 strokes gained: total across everyone's last 20 measured rounds. He's been greatly improved with his putter of late and we're safe to assume a bounce back in his regularly elite iron play from last week's flop at Sedgefield Country Club.

Best odds: +4500 via Caesars | Implied probability: 2.17%

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FedEx St. Jude Championship favorite

Scottie Scheffler (+400)

Scheffler is given a 20.00% implied probability of winning this week by the market-best +400 odds available through BetMGM. That would return an extra $7 in profit on a winning $10 wager vs. the +330 odds available elsewhere.

A six-time PGA Tour winner - and Olympic gold medalist - this year, Scheffler carries odds of -130 (56.52% implied probability) via Caesars to win the FedEx Cup.

He has never finished better than 14th in six professional trips to TPC Southwind despite the fact his elite iron play should be well suited to the venue and its hazards. Putting has often held him back at this course, as it did during the British Open en route to his T-7 finish in the year's final major.

Schauffele is available with better than double the odds this weeks and would be my preferred choice if you're intending to back one of the top two names on the oddsboard.

Best odds: +400 via BetMGM | Implied probability: 20.00%

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FedEx St. Jude Championship power rankings

Odds via bet365 as of Wednesday.

RankGolferOdds
10Sungjae Im+3500
9Tommy Fleetwood+2200
8Ludvig Aberg+2000
7Tony Finau+3500
6Shane Lowry+4000
5Rory McIlroy+1000
4Hideki Matsuyama+2500
3Collin Morikawa+1400
2Scottie Scheffler+375
1Xander Schauffele+800

FedEx St. Jude Championship info

  • Where: TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
  • When: Thursday, Aug. 15 - Sunday, Aug. 18
  • Field: 70
  • Favorite: Scottie Scheffler (+400 via BetMGM)
  • 2023 champion: Lucas Glover (-15)
  • Purse: $20 million
  • FedEx Cup points: 2,000

TPC Southwind course profile

  • Par: 70
  • Length: 7,243 yards
  • Greens: Bermuda
  • Architect: Ron Prichard

TPC Southwind has long been a PGA Tour venue. Before securing the FedEx St. Jude Championship as the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, it hosted the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational from 2019-2021. It hosted the FedEx St. Jude Classic (and tournaments by several other names) from 1958-2018.

TPC Southwind is best know for its number of water hazards, which regularly claim more balls - and penalty strokes - than any other stop on the PGA Tour schedule. This has helped lead to exciting finishes with each of the last two editions of the tournament going to a playoff.

Past FedEx St. Jude Championship winners

Note: The FedEx St. Jude Championship was known as The Northern Trust from 2017-2021 and was played at several venues in New York, New Jersey, and Boston. It was called The Barclays from 2007-2016 and was held at several venues in New York and New Jersey.

YearWinnerPre-tournament oddsScore to par
2023Lucas Glover+6000-15 (playoff)
2022Will Zalatoris+2000-15 (playoff)
2021Tony Finau+6000-20 (playoff)
2020Dustin Johnson+2000-30
2019Patrick Reed+4000-16
2018Bryson DeChambeau+8000-18
2017Dustin Johnson+1200-13 (playoff)
2016Patrick Reed+4000-9
2015Jason DayOFF-19
2014Hunter Mahan+4000-14

Historical odds via golfodds.com

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