World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler Claims Eight-Shot FedEx Cup Victory at St Jude Championship
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This content is not available in your location. There was an error World number one Scottie Scheffler cruises to an eight-shot victory at the first FedEx Cup play-off event at the St Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.
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Sky SportsSunday 16 August 2026 22:59, UK Scottie Scheffler produced a clinical performance at TPC Southwind to claim an emphatic eight-shot victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Sunday evening.
ESPNScheffler opens playoffs with dominant 8-shot win Scottie Scheffler was back to his dominant form Sunday, winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship by 8 shots to open the PGA Tour postseason.
Yonhap SportsKim Si-woo finished a distant runner-up to world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday (local time). Kim shot a bogey-free two-under 68 in the final round to finish at nine-under 271, eight strokes behind Scheffler.
CBS SportsOf course, in a weird twist of fate, Kim finished runner up to Scheffler at the St. Jude Championship, a full eight strokes behind in the first tournament of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
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Rory McIlroy: 'So far away from where I need to be' in return at St. Jude - Reuters Rory McIlroy: 'So far away from where I need to be' in return at St. Jude Reuters
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ESPN'Lost' McIlroy feels 'far away' after finishing 66th Rory McIlroy expressed concerns about the state of his game after finishing above only two other players in the FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship, saying he felt "lost."
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Kim's countryman Im Sung-jae tied for fifth at seven-under, after carding a 74 in the final round. Im was tied for second place through three rounds, just two back of Scheffler, but recorded only one birdie against five bogeys in the final round to fall back.
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Sky SportsSi Woo Kim finished as the solo runner-up at nine under par, while a bogey on the 18th would see Sam Burns drop back to tied-third with Alex Noren.
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All of this has Kim ranked No. 4 in the FedEx Cup standings heading into the BMW Championship. He is assured of making his way to the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club for only the third time in his career and the first since the 2023 season.
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Yonhap SportsKim moved up three spots to No. 4 in the FedEx Cup standings, the highest position by a winless player this season.
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01 ESPN Mitchell, Spieth find water, out of Tour playoffs Keith Mitchell and Jordan Spieth hit shots into the water on the final few holes Sunday, preventing them from advancing in the FedEx Cup postseason.
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02 Sky Sports Scheffler took a two-shot lead heading into the final round, but as his challengers faltered in the boiling Memphis heat, the 31-year-old four-time major winner held his cool as he surgically dismantled the course to post a final-round score of 66 to finish on 17 under.
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03 CBS Sports One of the most electric personalities and personas on the PGA Tour has harnessed his energy for good in 2026. Si Woo Kim has ascended into being one of the very best the game has to offer this year, completing the best regular season of his career to date.
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04 Yonhap Sports By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean veterans have opened the PGA Tour playoffs by finishing in the top five and climbing up the crucial points standings.
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