Who won the FedEx St. Jude Championship last year — and every PGA Tour winner in Memphis
Lucas Glover, the defending FedEx St. Jude Championship winner, shot 15-under-par at TPC Southwind in Memphis in August 2023 and beat Patrick Cantlay in a playoff to capture the signature event that kicks off the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
In doing so, Glover joined a long line of big names who have been crowned champion of the PGA Tour event held annually in Memphis since 1958. It was played at Colonial Country Club until 1989, when it moved to TPC Southwind.
The event has undergone multiple name changes over the years. It also has seen its stakes elevated. In 2019, it became a World Golf Championship event and was renamed the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. In 2021, it was designated a FedEx Cup playoff tournament and was changed to the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
This year's tournament begins Thursday.
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All of the shuffling might make for some confusing research. But here is the list of golfers who have a PGA Tour victory in Memphis on their résumé:
FedEx St. Jude Championship
2023: Lucas Glover
2022: Will Zalatoris
WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
2021: Abraham Ancer
2020: Justin Thomas
2019: Brooks Koepka
FedEx St. Jude Classic
2018: Dustin Johnson
2017: Daniel Berger
2016: Daniel Berger
2015: Fabian Gomez
2014: Ben Crane
2013: Harris English
2012: Dustin Johnson
2011: Harrison Frazar
St. Jude Classic
2010: Lee Westwood
2009: Brian Gay
Stanford St. Jude Championship
2008: Justin Leonard
2007: Woody Austin
FedEx St. Jude Classic
2006: Jeff Maggert
2005: Justin Leonard
2004: David Toms
2003: David Toms
2002: Len Mattiace
2001: Bob Estes
2000: Notah Begay III
1999: Ted Tryba
1998: Nick Price
1997: Greg Norman
1996: John Cook
1995: Jim Gallagher Jr.
Federal Express St. Jude Classic
1994: Dicky Pride
1993: Nick Price
1992: Jay Haas
1991: Fred Couples
1990: Tom Kite
1989: John Mahaffey
1988: Jodie Mudd
1987: Curtis Strange
1986: Mike Hulbert
St. Jude Memphis Classic
1985: Hal Sutton
Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
1984: Bob Eastwood
1983: Larry Mize
1982: Raymond Floyd
1981: Jerry Pate
1980: Lee Trevino
1979: Gil Morgan
1978: Andy Bean
1977: Al Geiberger
1976: Gibby Gilbert
1975: Gene Littler
1974: Gary Player
1973: Dave Hill
1972: Lee Trevino
1971: Lee Trevino
1970: Dave Hill
Memphis Open Invitational
1969: Dave Hill
1968: Bob Lunn
1967: Dave Hill
1966: Bert Yancey
1965: Jack Nicklaus
1964: Mike Souchak
1963: Tony Lema
1962: Lionel Hebert
1961: Cary Middlecoff
1960: Tommy Bolt
Memphis Open
1959: Don Whitt
1958: Billy Maxwell
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This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: FedEx St. Jude Championship winners, plus PGA Tour events in Memphis
