2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship: Round 2 tee times, pairings and featured groups

The FedEx Cup playoffs got underway on Thursday with the first round of the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. World no. 39 Chris Kirk leads the way after a six-under par 64, although the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele and Tommy Fleetwood have also made strong starts.

The highlight of Kirk’s bogey-free opening round undoubtedly came at the 205-yard par 3 14th, where he had a hole in one, helping him take a one-stroke lead over Taylor Pendrith, Mathieu Pavon and Hideki Matsuyama into round two.

Scheffler, Schauffele, Fleetwood and Justin Rose are among the seven players two shots off the lead, with Justin Thomas one further back. Rory McIlroy opened his tournament with a two-under par 68, as did Billy Horschel, Wyndham Clark, Collin Morikawa and Jordan Spieth.

Is there a cut in the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship?

As only the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings are taking part in the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship, there will be no cut at the end of the second round on Friday.

After the conclusion of the event, the top 50 will move on to next week’s BMW Championship, which is followed by the season-ending Tour Championship, where the field will be narrowed down to 30.

FedEx St. Jude Championship: round 2 tee times, Friday, August 16 (all times ET):

8:20 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Erik van Rooyen

8:30 a.m. – Patrick Rodgers, Eric Cole

8:40 a.m. – Harris English, Nick Taylor

8:50 a.m. – Denny McCarthy, Adam Scott

9:00 a.m. – Keegan Bradley, Matt Fitzpatrick

9:10 a.m. – Max Homa, J.T. Poston

9:20 a.m. – Sam Burns, Corey Conners

9:30 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Jason Day

9:40 a.m. – Tom Hoge, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

9:55 a.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Sepp Straka

10:05 a.m. – Russell Henley, Tony Finau

10:15 a.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Byeong Hun An

10:25 a.m. – Sahith Theegala, Hideki Matsuyama

10:35 a.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele

10:45 a.m. – Maverick McNealy, Taylor Moore

10:55 a.m. – Jordan Spieth, Mark Hubbard

11:05 a.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Victor Perez

11:15 a.m. – Justin Rose, Ben Griffin

11:30 a.m. – Will Zalatoris, Jake Knapp

11:40 a.m. – Max Greyserman, Mackenzie Hughes

11:50 a.m. – Tom Kim, Cam Davis

12:00 p.m. – Austin Eckroat, Alex Noren

12:10 p.m. – Adam Hadwin, Si Woo Kim

12:20 p.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Thomas Detry

12:30 p.m. – Cameron Young, Tommy Fleetwood

12:40 p.m. – Taylor Pendrith, Chris Kirk

12:50 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Davis Thompson

1:05 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Brian Harman

1:15 p.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Matthieu Pavon

1:25 p.m. – Sungjae Im, Shane Lowry

1:35 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg

1:45 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa

1:55 p.m. – 7qaKBO7pNhyYZlqbnIer Malnati, Min Woo Lee

2:05 p.m. – Brendon Todd, Seamus Power

2:15 p.m. – Nick Dunlap, Jhonattan Vegas

Runway world no. 1 Scheffler and Schauffele, who has won both the US and British Opens in 2024, are out together in the pick of the groups at 10:35 a.m ET. Two more pairings feature two major champions, with Thomas heading out with Brian Harman (1:05 p.m. ET), and McIlroy playing alongside Collin Morikawa (1:45 p.m. ET).

2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship prize money

The fact that this is the first tournament in the FedEx Cup playoffs means the prize purse is significant, with a total of $20m. As for the winner, they will walk away with a Healthy sum of $3,600,000. Since there are only 70 players in the field, everyone involved will pocket a portion of the huge purse, with the player in last place netting a tidy $40,000.