FedEx St Jude Championship Leaderboard: Matsuyama Begins Final Round With Lead

Open champion Xander Schauffele climbs into potential contention

Troon hero Xander Schauffele is -2 today for three holes and -10 in total as the in-form American makes an early move.

SCHEFFLER HANDS SHOT STRAIGHT BACK AT SECOND

After an opening birdie, Scheffler has made a mess of the second and handed his gain straight back. Scheffler missed the fairway on the right off the tee, found sand and splashed out past the flag to 20 feet.

MATSUYAMA FINDS THE FAIRWAY OFF THE FIRST

Matsuyama is underway with a three-wood off the first with a 274 yard drive which he drills in close from 141 yards in an impressive start but his putt slides by from about eight feet as playing partner Nick Dunlap makes birdie from close range to cut the lead to four. 

SCHEFFLER WITH AN EARLY BIRDIE LOOK ON THE FIRST

World No.1 and new Olympic champion Scheffler has fired in a wedge from 148 yards to eight feet at the first which he converts. That will boost his confidence with the flat-stick. 

Wyndham Clark is on a tear

Clark is up to -9 following a -3 start for five holes today. 

SCHEFFLER UNDERWAY AS FINDS FAIRWAY

Scottie Scheffler has begun his hunt. He has split the fairway with a 268-yard drive and has 147 yards to the pin. If he comes from behind to win today that would eclipse his best comeback to triumph which was from five shots back earlier this year over Brian Harman at the Players. Scheffler is 40 yards behind playing partner Viktor Hovland who took driver instead.

GREAT START FOR BURNS

Burns has started with a bang and a birdie in his bid to put Matsuyama under pressure. After a 302-yard drive down the fairway, he put his wedge from 107 yards to 18 feet and drained the putt. Boom.

Welcome

Hello to all and welcome to Golf Monthly’s coverage of the FedEx St Jude Championship final round at TPC Southwind.

The first round of the FedEx Cup Playoffs is heading towards its conclusion, and although it appears as if Matsuyama will be claiming the title, there is no shortage of storylines and interesting threads to follow for the other 69 players involved. 

The leaders are due off at 12:40pm CT (6:40pm BST), so sit back and enjoy as we bring you all…