The FedEx St. Jude Championship , founded as the Westchester Classic in 1967, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour . The Championship has a partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , with the hospital serving as the tournament's designated charity since 1970. Since 2007, it has been played as the first tournament of the playoff system for the FedEx Cup , with the field limited to the top 70 players on the FedEx Cup points list at the end of the regular season; prior to 2023, the top 125 players were included. For sponsorship reasons, the tournament has previously been titled The Northern Trust , The Barclays , and the Buick Classic .
17-647: The Westchester Classic was hosted at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York until 2007, after which it moved around several courses in New York and New Jersey. In 2018, the PGA Tour announced that The Northern Trust, as it was then known, would alternate between the New York/New Jersey and Boston areas from 2019, and in 2020 it was held at TPC Boston . For the 2021–22 season , the tournament
34-486: A stand-alone beach, outdoor pool and restaurant facility on Manursing Island. The Westchester Biltmore Country Club was the dream of hotelier John McEntee Bowman . Bowman purchased the former 650-acre Hobart Park Estate and planned a place to which businessmen from the New York metropolitan area could commute easily and pursue golf, riding, polo, tennis and more. The West Course was designed for championship play and has hosted PGA tournaments since 1963. The South Course
51-600: Is a private country club located in Harrison, New York . Founded in 1922 as a destination for sportsmen, it was known to professional golfers and spectators for more than four decades as the home of the Westchester Classic ," a PGA Tour favorite. Amenities include an historic clubhouse designed by architects Warren and Wetmore and two championship caliber 18-hole golf courses designed by Walter Travis . The club also boasts one nine-hole golf course, an indoor swimming pool, squash courts, grass tennis courts and
68-603: The U.S. Open tennis tournament, which begins the Monday prior to Labor Day . (The 2019 changes to the PGA Tour calendar, which resulted in The Northern Trust being moved up two weeks due to the PGA Tour's desire to complete the FedEx Cup Playoffs by the end of August, will not affect this tournament ending CBS's golf season, even though the tournament now takes place three weeks before the first week of
85-724: The WGC-Bridgestone and PGA Championship ), and the tournament's subsequent low TV ratings and low attendance. On January 26, a compromise agreement was made between the club and the PGA Tour at a town hall meeting at the club; WCC was paid $ 1.1 million to move the event from Harrison to Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey , for 2008 . The tournament name has changed several times since then due to sponsorship switches. 40°59′54″N 73°42′0″W / 40.99833°N 73.70000°W / 40.99833; -73.70000 2017 PGA Tour The 2016–17 PGA Tour
102-663: The "Northern Trust Open" from 2008 through 2016 . In 2019, the FedEx Cup Playoffs featured three events, instead of four, and the Playoffs concluded by the end of August. As a result, The Northern Trust was played earlier in August (August 5–11, 2019), followed by the BMW Championship, August 12-18 (70 players); and the Tour Championship August 19–25 (30 players). In 2015, Brian Harman became only
119-585: The FedEx Cup era. Since the tournament's inception in 1967, The Northern Trust has generated nearly $ 50 million for New York/New Jersey Metropolitan-area charities, including a record $ 1.865 million in 2018. The event can trace its origins back to a Westchester based pro-am tournament that began at The Apawamis Club in Rye, New York . Founded by William Mitchell "Bill" Jennings, the popular spectator event drew many top players before leaving Apawamis after 1961 when it
136-537: The Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey . The tournament ended by noontime on Saturday, August 27, allowing ample time for players and spectators to evacuate the golf course. The tournament has traditionally closed CBS Sports 's PGA Tour television schedule, due to the network's commitment to airing SEC and NFL football during the fall months; until 2014, the network also had rights to
153-544: The college football season.) Jim Nantz , who calls the final two rounds of The Northern Trust on television, is also the lead play-by-play announcer for the NFL on CBS . In 2017 , Chicago-based financial services company Northern Trust replaced Barclays , which had sponsored the tournament since 2005 . Northern Trust had previously been the title sponsor of the Los Angeles Open at Riviera for nine years, known as
170-668: The event evolved to the point that, by 1990, it no longer contained the name of its host course or location. However, among golfers on tour and many fans, it was still known by its traditional name, the Westchester Classic. The tournament was usually played during June of each year, either the week before (in even-numbered years) or the week after (in odd-numbered years) the U.S. Open . It had its greatest attendance in 2001 when Tiger Woods participated, although two days of heavy rains disrupted play. It had one of its more exciting finishes in 2005, when Pádraig Harrington eagled
187-490: The par-5 final hole with a 65-foot (20 m) putt to win the title. The most frequent winner of the tournament is Vijay Singh , with four trophies. Beginning in 2008 , it left the Westchester Country Club and began being rotated amongst different clubs in the New York metropolitan area (also detailed below). In 2011, Hurricane Irene shortened the tournament to 54 holes, which was played that year at
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#1732783126294204-489: The rain-delayed inaugural event (and $ 50,000) on a Wednesday, and Steve Stricker the last, the initial event of the first FedEx Cup Playoffs . On January 14, 2008, an article in the Journal News announced the PGA Tour's desire to terminate its affiliation with Westchester Country Club. The decision was made primarily because of Tiger Woods ' absence in the tournament in 2007 (following his consecutive victories in
221-471: The third player in PGA Tour history to record two holes-in-one in the same round. In 2020, Scottie Scheffler shot a 12-under-par 59 at TPC Boston in the second round. Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records. Sources: Seven men have won the tournament more than once through 2021. 35°03′25″N 89°46′44″W / 35.057°N 89.779°W / 35.057; -89.779 Westchester Country Club Westchester Country Club
238-778: Was merged into the Thunderbird Classic . It was next played at the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey (1962, 1966-68) and the neighboring Westchester Country Club (1963-65) also in Rye. Proceeds from the popular event benefited the now defunct United Hospital in Port Chester, New York for many years.Beginning in 1976 , the tournament underwent a series of name sponsorships (detailed below), not unlike other PGA Tour stops. The name of
255-621: Was originally designed for women and higher handicap golfers. Around 1997, the South Course was reconstructed with longer tees, new sand and grass bunkers, water hazards, and some new greens. The South Course is now more competitive with the West Course to accommodate low handicap golfers. From 1927 until 1945 the club hosted the Eastern Grass Court Championships tennis tournament. Jack Nicklaus won
272-593: Was relocated to TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee with FedEx as the new title sponsor and the event being titled the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Many of the world's top players have won the event including Sergio García , Adam Scott , Jason Day , Matt Kuchar , Patrick Reed , Dustin Johnson and 2018 champion Bryson DeChambeau , who captured a four-stroke victory and became the tournament's youngest winner in
289-725: Was the 102nd season of the PGA Tour , the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 49th season since separating from the PGA of America , and the 11th edition of the FedEx Cup . The following table lists official events during the 2016–17 season. The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official. For full rankings, see 2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs . Final top 10 players in
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