FedEx St Jude Championship betting tips as Rory McIlroy and Cameron Smith bid for glory at TPC Southwind

The 2022 PGA Tour season is entering the home straight with the start of the FedEx Cup play-offs. As you’d expect with huge money on offer, the big names are out in force with all of the top 15 in the world teeing it up at TPC Southwind. Ad Whether some of them return in 12 months’ time is up for debate, with the likes of Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman strongly linked with moves to LIV Golf.

FedEx St. Jude ChampionshipFedEx St Jude Championship: Tee times, prize money, TV coverage as McIlroy heads field5 HOURS AGO Smith said at a press conference that he wants his golf to do the talking, and it will be his first appearance since winning the Open at St Andrews last month. The Australian will arrive in Memphis with thoughts of settling a score.

He led the field after 71 holes in 2021, but ended up in fifth place after hitting a tree with his second shot and seeing his ball find its way into someone’s garden. Smith was 25/1 to win the Open, but he is around half that price to triumph this week. Given the price and the doubts surrounding Smith due to inactivity and the speculation surrounding his future, we will look elsewhere on this occasion.

'I laughed it off' — Kim shakes off quadruple bogey to win Wyndham Championship Gooch, Swafford and Jones lose court bid over FedEx Cup places after LIV Golf move Another player we will swerve, extremely reluctantly, is Rory McIlroy. Like Smith, the Irishman has been absent since St Andrews. While Smith has been waking up each day to the sight of the Claret Jug, McIlroy has likely been waking up in cold sweats wondering how another major slipped through his grasp.