The first leg of the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs saw Tommy Fleetwood once again put himself in position to win his first PGA Tour title.
The Englishman played flawless golf through 36 holes and entered Sunday’s final round at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn., with a one-shot lead over Justin Rose and a two-shot edge over Scottie Scheffler.
“I just think I would way rather be there and fail than not be there at all,” Fleetwood said after the third round of giving himself another chance at a win. “So either way, like, it’s a good thing. Yeah, it hurts when it doesn’t happen for you … Obviously, it’s not my favorite time, like walking off the 18th at that point. But I practice so hard at my game, and I work so hard and I enjoy being out here for days like this, Sunday going tomorrow. All the times when you’re in 40th place going into Sunday, 30th, 20th, you might have a great day and you might feel good, but it’s just not the same as being in contention.
“As I say, I just look forward to the opportunities and continue to give myself a chance, chasing my dreams, and whether they happen or not tomorrow or the next week or the week after, that’s another story. But I’m looking forward to it nonetheless.”
Fleetwood played scratchy golf early and lost the lead to J.J. Spaun and Scheffler as he made the turn. But Fleetwood canned a 33-foot birdie putt on the 12th hole to pull even with Spaun and Scheffler. He followed that with another birdie at 13 to retake sole possession of the lead with five holes to play.
But it was once again not to be Fleetwood’s day.
Spaun caught Fleetwood with a birdie on 17 while Rose poured in four birdies in a row to tie the two at 16 under. A sloppy bogey on 17 put Fleetwood one shot behind Rose and Spaun heading to 18.
Both Rose and Fleetwood made par at the 18th, which ended Fleetwood’s tournament and sent Rose to a sudden-death playoff against Spaun.
Rose and Spaun both parred the first playoff hole and traded birdies on the second.
Then, with a new hole cut on the third, Rose rolled in another birdie while Spaun’s attempt to match just slid by the hole, giving Rose his first win since the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Below is a breakdown of what everyone in the field earned this week in Memphis. The tournament has a $20 million purse with $3.6 million going to the winner.
What every player made at the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship
WIN. Justin Rose, $3.6 million
2. J.J. Spaun, $2.16 million
T3. Tommy Fleetwood, $1.16 million
Scottie Scheffler, $1.16 million
5. Cameron Young, $800,000
T6. Rickie Fowler, $670,000
Akshay Bhatia, $670,000
Andrew Novak, $670,000
T9. Ludvig Åberg, $500,000
Patrick Cantlay, $500,000
Kurt Kitayama, $500,000
Chris Kirk, $500,000
Ben Griffin, $500,000
T14. Si Woo Kim, $360,000
Bud Cauley, $360,000
Jhonattan Vegas, $360,000
T17. Hideki Matsuyama, $280,000
Russell Henley, $280,000
Sepp Straka, $280,000
Sungjae Im, $280,000
Jacob Bridgeman, $280,000
T22. Brian Harman, $185,666
Aaron Rai, $185,666
Harry Hall, $185,666
J.T. Poston, $185,666
Xander Schauffele, $185,666
Collin Morikawa, $185,666
T28. Justin Thomas, $139,000
Sam Burns, $139,000
Maverick McNealy, $139,000
Taylor Pendrith, $139,000
T32. Viktor Hovland, $110,666
Davis Riley, $110,666
Denny McCarthy, $110,666
Matt Fitzpatrick, $110,666
Max Greyserman, $110,666
Kevin Yu, $110,666
T38. Jordan Spieth, $84,000
Nico Echavarria, $84,000
Patrick Rodgers, $84,000
Matti Schmid, $84,000
Thomas Detry, $84,000
Robert MacIntyre, $84,000
T44. Keegan Bradley, $64,000
Ryan Gerard, $64,000
Nick Taylor, $64,000
Lucas Glover, $64,000
T48. Harris English, $53,400
Stephan Jaeger, $53,400
T50. Cam Davis, $48.700
Corey Conners, $48.700
Ryan Fox, $48.700
Emiliano Grillo, $48.700
T54. Sam Stevens, $46,200
Chris Gotterup, $46,200
T56. Wyndham Clark, $45,200
Jason Day, $45,200
Mackenzie Hughes, $45,200
T59. Aldrich Potgieter, $44,000
Shane Lowry, $44,000
Michael Kim, $44,000
T62. Erik van Rooyen, $43,000
Jake Knapp, $43,000
T64. Tom Hoge, $42,000
Brian Campbell, $42,000
Tony Finau, $42,000
67. Joe Highsmith, $41,200
T68: Daniel Berger, $40,600
Min Woo Lee, $40,600
