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Sunday 10 August 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Rose wins FedEx St. Jude Championship
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 August 2025 · Justin Rose’s win no. 12 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 USD · FedEx · first event of the FedEx Cup playoffs; no cut
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/21°C · wind 7 km/h ESE, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/23°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 22 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/23°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/22°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- J.J. Spaun USA · 264birdied 17 to tie and closed with 65, holed a 30-footer on the second extra hole, lost to Rose's birdie on the third playoff hole Justin Rose rallies, beats J.J. Spaun in playoff to win FedEx St. Jude Championship (AP via CBS Sports recap)
69 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
FedEx St. Jude Championship
TPC Southwind, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Rose
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
10 August 2025
An amazing last 90 minutes. I played unbelievable golf down the stretch. When I bring my best, I know I’m good enough to play and to compete, and to now win against the best players in the world.
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
10 August 2025
I hung in there the best I could, and he beat me to the hole first. Just wasn’t meant to be
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
10 August 2025
There’s a lot of positives to take, as much as I won’t feel like that right now. I’m just going to look at what I feel like I could have done and how close it was
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Rose | 64 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 264 | −16 |
| 2 | J.J. Spaun | 68 · 66 · 65 · 65 | 264 | −16 |
| T3 | Scottie Scheffler | 67 · 66 · 65 · 67 | 265 | −15 |
| T3 | Tommy Fleetwood | 63 · 64 · 69 · 69 | 265 | −15 |
| 5 | Cameron Young | 69 · 65 · 71 · 64 | 269 | −11 |
| T6 | Rickie Fowler | 66 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T6 | Akshay Bhatia | 62 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T6 | Andrew Novak | 68 · 64 · 67 · 71 | 270 | −10 |
| T9 | Ludvig Åberg | 67 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T9 | Kurt Kitayama | 69 · 63 · 72 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T9 | Patrick Cantlay | 70 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T9 | Chris Kirk | 68 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 271 | −9 |
| T9 | Ben Griffin | 66 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-30, Johannesburg, South Africa; ENG; turned pro 1998; age 45 that week; tour wins to date: 12; majors to date: 1; world No. 20 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the FedEx St. Jude Championship (week 32, 2025), OWGR player profile API).
What’s in the bag
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