The Basque disputes the first of the three millionaire tournaments that close the 2021-22 season of the PGA Tour
Rory McIlroy, winner in 2016 and 2019, starts as the big favorite in the tournament played by the top 125 in the FedEx Race
The PGA Tour reaches the definitive moment of the season with the dispute of the three tournaments that close the year, the FedEx Series play-offs in which only the 125 best players of the season enter this first tournament and that distributes 15 million dollars in prizes.
The Basque Jon Rahm has finally decided to participate in this first tournament, the Fed Ex St. Jude Championshipsomething that he had no obligation to do since he is in sixteenth place in the Fed Ex Ranking and therefore has a guaranteed place in the second tournament next week, the BMW Championshipand the one that closes the season, The Tour Championship, which will determine the champion of the 2021-22 season.
Rahm shows up in Memphis with good feelings in the long game although with an obvious crisis on the green where his good performances with the putt seem to have disappeared and that has cost him many places in recent tournaments, such as the Open Championship.
The best, in Memphis
Now you will have the opportunity to put those bad feelings behind you by looking for a good result in the TPC Southwind, where some of the best players come into play, such as Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, one of the favourites, or Justin Thomas.
The Basque is the only Spanish player in these Fed Ex series since Sergio García was no longer eligible after having decided to make the leap to LIV Golf, the multimillion-dollar Saudi circuit. Rahm has never captured the FedEx Series title and without duda, is a great incentive for Barrika, after being the best in the Race to Dubai of the DP World Tour.
McIlroy starts as one of the favorites after having won the title in the 206 and 2019 editions and he is in great shape, looking for his third crown and ready to get even after staying at the gates of the Open Championhip, which was won by Cameron Smith.