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2020 World Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (The 30th of 36 events in the 2019-20 PGA TOUR )

Memphis, July 30-August 2, 2020 FedExCup Points: 550 TPC Southwind /Yards: 35-35—70/7,277 Purse: $10,500,000/$1,820,000

Final-Round Notes – Sunday, August 2, 2020

Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 86. Wind WSW 5-10 mph.

Final Leaderboard 66-70-66-65—267 (-13) 71-67-67-65—270 (-10) 73-70-61-66—270 (-10) 67-70-66-67—270 (-10) 62-71-68-69—270 (-10)

Things to Know • Justin Thomas wins the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational for the second time and earns 13th PGA TOUR title • Thomas collects his third win of the season, the most on the PGA TOUR, and extends his lead in the FedExCup standings to 713 points with two weeks remaining in the Regular Season • Thomas becomes the third-youngest player to win 13 times on TOUR since 1960, behind only and • Thomas moves to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the second time in his career and first since the week of June 3, 2018

Justin Thomas (Won/-13) Statistic Following the win Age 27 (April 29, 1993) FedExCup 1 OWGR 1 Starts at WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv. 5 Wins at WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv. 2 Top-10s at WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv. 2 PGA TOUR starts 151 PGA TOUR wins 13 Starts in 2019-20 14 Wins in 2019-20 3 Top-10s in 2019-20 9

• Wins the event for the second time (2018, 2020) • Earns 13th PGA TOUR title and becomes the first player to win three times during the 2019-20 season (THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES, Sentry Tournament of Champions, WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational) • Becomes the third-youngest player to win 13 TOUR titles since 1960, behind only Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus Youngest players to win 13 times on PGA TOUR Since 1960 Age Player 13th win 23 years, 9 months, 24 days Tiger Woods 1999 Walt Disney World 25 years, 2 months, 21 days Jack Nicklaus 1965 27 years, 3 months, 4 days Justin Thomas 2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational 27 years, 4 months, 21 days Rory McIlroy 2016 27 years, 7 months, 16 days Phil Mickelson 1998 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

• Moves to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time since the week of June 3, 2018; held the No. 1 position for four weeks following in 2018 • Extends lead in the FedExCup standings to 713 points with two weeks remaining in the Regular Season; the only other players with a mathematical chance to win the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 are , Sungjae Im and Bryson DeChambeau • Becomes the second consecutive FedExCup leader to win the event (Brooks Koepka/2019, Thomas/2020) and fifth consecutive winner of the event to enter the week No. 3 or better in both the FedExCup and OWGR (entered No. 1 and No. 3, respectively) • Entered the final round trailing by four strokes, tying the largest final-round comeback by a winner during the 2019-20 season (others: /The RSM Classic, /) and the largest of his career (2016 CIMB Classic) • Becomes the second consecutive PGA TOUR winner from the University of (Michael Thompson/)

Additional Player Notes • Daniel Berger (T2/-10) earned his fifth top-five in his last six starts (T5/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, T4/, Won/Charles Schwab Challenge, T3/RBC Heritage, T2/WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational); Berger, who won the FedEx St. Jude Classic back-to-back at TPC Southwind (2016, 2017), earned a spot in the 2020 U.S. Open as the only player in the top 10 not otherwise exempt • Phil Mickelson (T2/-10), 50, is the first player age 50 or older to finish runner-up on TOUR since at the 2016 Quicken Loans National; marked the 37th second-place finish of Mickelson’s career and first since the 2019 • Tom Lewis (T2/-10) entered the third round 14 strokes back at T57 before closing with scores of 61-66 to tie for second; the largest 36-hole deficit overcome to win on TOUR since 1983 is 13 strokes (/1989 ) • Brooks Koepka (T2/-10) becomes the second player to finish runner-up in a title defense during the 2019-20 season, joining (twice: P2/WGC-HSBC Champions, P2/Sentry Tournament of Champions); Koepka led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green (8.436) • 36- and 54-hole leader (T15/-7) shot a final-round 75 to finish T15; Todd held the 54-hole lead for the fourth time during the 2019-20 season, the most on TOUR

Hole statistics Toughest hole Easiest hole R1 Par-4 5th (4.359) Par-5 16th (4.436) R2 Par-4 5th (4.282) Par-5 16th (4.654) R3 Par-4 17th (4.397 Par-5 16th (4.397) R4 Par-4 18th (4.256) Par-5 16th (4.513)

Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1 34.782 34.923 69.705 -- R2 34.962 35.051 70.013 69.859 R3 34.859 34.603 69.462 69.726 R4 34.359 34.679 69.038 69.554

Bogey-free rounds R1 (1): Xander Schauffele (68) R2 (5): (64), Brendon Todd (65), (66), (67), (69) R3 (1): (66) R4 (8): (64), (66), Xander Schauffele (66), (67), (67), Rory McIlroy (67), Phil Mickelson (67), (68)