Tournaments / 2020-2021
World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
2021-08-05 · TPC Southwind
- Winner
- Abraham Ancer
- Winning score
- -16
- Field
- 66
- Field strength
- +0.752 SG
The 2020-2021 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was played at TPC Southwind, starting 5 August 2021. Abraham Ancer won at 16 under par (264). The winning card was 67, 62, 67 and 68, and the win paid $1,820,000. Hideki Matsuyama and Sam Burns tied for second. 66 players started the event. The field averaged +0.752 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 85% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 66. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Abraham Ancer
- Pos
- P1
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 62
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 264
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Pos
- PT2
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 63
- Total
- 264
- Sam Burns
- Pos
- PT2
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 64
- Total
- 264
- Harris English
- Pos
- 4
- R1
- 62
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 265
- Cameron Smith
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 62
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 266
- Daniel Berger
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 266
- Paul Casey
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 266
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 63
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 268
- Will Zalatoris
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 268
- Dustin Johnson
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 269
- Ian Poulter
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 269
- Jordan Spieth
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 63
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 270
- Rory McIlroy
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 270
- Scottie Scheffler
- Pos
- 14
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 271
- Robert MacIntyre
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 272
- Webb Simpson
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 64
- Total
- 272
- Billy Horschel
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 273
- Joaquin Niemann
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 273
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 273
- Matthew Wolff
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 273
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 65 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.449
- Top-20 hit rate
- 55%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 21.3
Grade is this event’s percentile (91st) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Xander Schauffele | 1st | 46th |
| Justin Thomas | 2nd | 26th |
| Webb Simpson | 3rd | 15th |
| Daniel Berger | 4th | 5th |
| Collin Morikawa | 5th | 26th |
| Dustin Johnson | 6th | 10th |
| Patrick Cantlay | 7th | 23rd |
| Rory McIlroy | 8th | 12th |
| Scottie Scheffler | 9th | 14th |
| Abraham Ancer | 10th | 1st |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Xander Schauffele | 1st | 46th(+45) |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 15th | 57th(+42) |
| Robert MacIntyre | 57th | 15th(−42) |
| Will Zalatoris | 49th | 8th(−41) |
| Sam Burns | 42nd | 2nd(−40) |
| Brooks Koepka | 17th | 54th(+37) |
| Phil Mickelson | 51st | 17th(−34) |
| Cameron Smith | 37th | 5th(−32) |
| Kevin Kisner | 35th | 63rd(+28) |
| Matthew Wolff | 45th | 17th(−28) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in 2020-2021?
- Abraham Ancer won the 2020-2021 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind, finishing 16 under par.
Where was the 2020-2021 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational played?
- The 2020-2021 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was played at TPC Southwind, starting 5 August 2021.
What was the winning score at the 2020-2021 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational?
- The winning score was 16 under par (264 strokes), posted by Abraham Ancer.
How many players were in the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational field?
- 66 players started the 2020-2021 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.