FedEx St. Jude Championship 2024

The annual FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee brings together world-class golfers, St. Jude patients, fans and supporters.

Aug. 15 – 18, 2024 | Memphis, Tennessee

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St. Jude patients Allie, Mabry, Quincy, Azalea, Maelin and Alana stand on the course with 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship Champion Lucas Glover.

St. Jude patients (L to R) Allie, Mabry, Quincy, Azalea, Maelin and Alana with 2023 FedEx St. Jude Champion Lucas Glover

 
 

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What is the FedEx St. Jude Championship (FESJC)?

In 1970, St. Jude founder Danny Thomas partnered with Memphis leaders to make St. Jude Children's Research Hospital the designated charity of the Memphis Open golf tournament. The tournament became the St. Jude Classic.

In 1986, FedEx became the title sponsor. In 2019, the name changed to World Golf Championships–FedEx St. Jude Invitational. In 2022, the PGA Tour elevated the tournament to be part of the FedEx Cup, a three-tournament playoff to determine the champion of the year, and named the tournament the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The tournament has taken place at TPC Southwind since 1989.

Since the Memphis tournament initally partnered with St. Jude in 1970, it has raised more than $60 million for St. Jude, helping to advance the research hospital’s lifesaving mission. When it comes to golf in Memphis, it’s always been more than just a game.

See the Tournament Timeline

 
St. Jude founder Danny Thomas shakes hands with tournament winner Lee Trevino.

St. Jude founder Danny Thomas (right) with Lee Trevino, a three-time tournament winner.

 
 

Birdies for St. Jude Auction

Don’t miss your chance to bring home a piece of FedEx St. Jude Championship history! As part of Birdies for St. Jude, you can bid on memorabilia in our online auction. Check back in summer 2025 for more info.

 
Golf bags, flags, and other memoribilia that visitors can bid on during the Fedex St. Jude Championship.
 
 

A mission bigger than competition

The FedEx St. Jude Championship is more than a tournament. It’s also:

Friendship bracelets between St. Jude patients and PGA Tour players …

A double thumbs up to a St. Jude patient before a Championship-winning putt …

A hug three years in the making …

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St. Jude patient Mabry with J.T. Poston

St. Jude patient Mabry with J.T. Poston

 
St. Jude patient Calvin meets Max Homa.

St. Jude patient Calvin with Max Homa

 
St. Jude patients Azalea and Maelin walk alongside Taylor Moore.

St. Jude patients Azalea and Maelin with Taylor Moore

 
 
 
 
 
 

2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship Events

While golf is the main course at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, it isn't the only way to celebrate St. Jude patients. From live music to fine cuisine to the FedEx Classic Car Build, you can support St. Jude in whichever way most interests you.

Events you can attend

 
Attendees dance and mingle while a band plays on stage at the St. Jude JAM.
 

St. Jude Jam

The St. Jude JAM is a concert fundraiser leading up to the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Throughout the years, it has featured musicians from Journey, R.E.M., Sugar Ray and more.

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Chefs Andrew and Michael, hosts of the annual St. Jude Courses and Cocktails event.
 

Courses & Cocktails

Memphis-based chefs and mixologists prepare unique tastings for supporters of St. Jude.

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Events you can follow

 
Patient Azalea on the green with Pro Golfer Collin Morikawa at the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee.

St. Jude patient Azalea
 

Golf-A-Round

St. Jude patients get to put their putting skills to the test and play with professional golfers — all while sharing laughs, smiles and fun times on the course.

 
 
 
FedEx pilots pose with a classic car they built during the FedEx St. Jude Classic Car Build.
 

Classic Car Build

FedEx pilots team up to build a classic car from the ground up in a fundraiser to support St. Jude.

 
 
 
St. Jude patient Maelin swings a golf club and a small crowd cheers her on at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

St. Jude patient Maelin
 

Little Loopers

During the Danny Thomas Pro-Am, St. Jude patients serve as Little Looper honorary caddies for celebrities. Past celebrities include Gerald Ford, Terrell Owens, Kathryn Newton and Ozzie Smith.

 
 
 
Patient Riley holds a FedEx Purple Eagle banner in front of a plane named for them as part of the Purple Eagle program.

St. Jude patient Riley (2022)
 

Purple Eagle

During the annual tournament, a plane features the name of a St. Jude patient who is the child or grandchild of a FedEx team member.

Meet the Purple Eagle Honorees

 
 
 
 

Our 2024 FedEx Purple Eagle honoree

 
St. Jude patient and FedEx Purple Eagle honoree Micah with his grandfather, Craig

St. Jude patient and FedEx Purple Eagle honoree Micah with his grandfather, Craig.

Meet St. Jude patient Micah, the recipient of the FedEx Purple Eagle honor in 2024.

Each year since 2012, a St. Jude patient has been honored as a FedEx Purple Eagle honoree, a program in which a plane features the name of a child or a grandchild of a FedEx team member.

Read Micah's Story

 
 

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Why donate to St. Jude?

 
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Families never receive a bill

No matter what, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.

 
St. Jude has helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to 80%

We won't stop™

When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.

 
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We're saving children all over the world

St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from around the world.

 
 

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FedEx St. Jude Championship Tournament History

The PGA TOUR brought professional golf to Memphis in 1958, debuting as the Memphis Open at Colonial Country Club. In 1970, the tournament became the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, named after entertainer and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital founder Danny Thomas. Since then, the golf tournament's prestige has continually been elevated to its current status — the opening tournament of the FedExCup Playoffs.

Danny Thomas shakes the hand of Lee Trevino at the St. Jude Golf Classic.

St. Jude founder Danny Thomas (right) with Lee Trevino, a three-time tournament winner.

Tournament Timeline

1958 - Tournament begins

The PGA TOUR's debut in Memphis came in May at the Memphis Open. The Colonial Country Club hosted the inaugural Memphis event, which began with a purse of $20,000. Texas native Billy Maxwell earned his fourth career tour win at the event, taking home a $2,800 winner's check.

  

1961 - Dr. Middlecoff wins hometown event

Memphis golf legend Dr. Cary Middlecoff carded a final-round 67 en route to winning his hometown event. The victory marked his 39th career win on the PGA TOUR and his last victory before he retired later that same year.

  

1970 - St. Jude joins the cause

Twelve years following the inaugural tournament, the Memphis Open became the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, named after entertainer and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® founder Danny Thomas. Thomas agreed to lend his name to the tournament in exchange for St. Jude to become the tournament's primary beneficiary. Since then, Memphis' annual tour stop has raised more than $60 million for St. Jude, helping ensure patients' families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.

  

1972 - The move to Colonial

The Memphis Open moved from Colonial Country Club in Memphis-proper to Cordova, where the "new" Colonial was bigger and better than ever.

  

1986 - FedEx becomes title sponsor

Twenty-eight years after the PGA TOUR arrived in the Bluff City, Memphis-based courier Federal Express became title sponsor of the TOUR's annual stop, which was renamed the Federal Express St. Jude Classic. The sponsorship marked FedEx's first in the sports industry. With the support of FedEx, this hometown event became a mainstay on the PGA TOUR schedule.

  

1989 - The move to Southwind

TPC Southwind was named the new home for the Federal Express St. Jude Classic and marked a new chapter for Memphis' annual TOUR stop following a 31-year run at Colonial Country Club. Texas native John Mahaffey was crowned the first TOUR winner at TPC Southwind.

  

1995 - The rebrand to FedEx St. Jude Classic

Following nine years of the Federal Express St. Jude Classic, the tournament was renamed to the FedEx St. Jude Classic, ushering in a new era of golf in Memphis.

  

2007 - FedExCup Playoffs begin

Established in 2007, the FedExCup is a season-long points competition offering $75 million in bonus money and culminating with the FedExCup Playoffs in August. Players vie to become the FedExCup champion, the one player who not only performs well during the PGA TOUR regular season but also excels through the pressure of the FedExCup Playoffs. 

  

2019 - World Golf Championships comes to Memphis

Thirty years following the move to TPC Southwind, the annual PGA TOUR event was named a World Golf Championships event. Memphis' hometown event took on a new identity as the World Golf Championships–FedEx St. Jude Invitational, which garnered one of the most global fields on the TOUR schedule with 45 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking teeing it up at TPC Southwind.

  

2022 - Elevated to a FedExCup Playoffs event

Renamed the FedEx St. Jude Championship in 2022, the tournament became the kickoff event for the FedExCup Playoffs, welcoming the PGA TOUR golfers who quality for the TOUR's postseason and fight to keep their seasons alive.

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