2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship: Round 1 news, updates, scoring, highlights

The PGA Tour playoffs are underway in the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.

Here are news, updates and highlights from the opening round in Memphis, Tennessee (reminder: the top 50 in FedExCup points after this week’s event qualify for the BMW Championship):

Chris Kirk makes hole-in-one in taking FedEx St. Jude lead

Kirk, currently 28th in points, shot 6-under 64 on Thursday to take the clubhouse lead. His day included a hole-in-one at the par-3 14th, what he believes is his ninth career ace.

Kirk described after his round:

“The adjusted number I think was 200 or 201 [yards]. We had it a little bit down the hill, just a breath of breeze off the right, and 6-iron for me, which was, in this heat, it’s a perfect number. I’m usually around 196 or 197 with a 6-iron. Everything is going a couple yards further with the heat this week. Great number. I was looking a little further left than that with water on the right, but as soon as I hit it, I hit it just how I wanted to contact-wise, looked up, saw it started a touch right but was drawing right back to it. Yeah, nice bonus.”

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More big scores for Max Greyserman

Coming off his meltdown over the closing holes at the Wyndham Championship — where he made a quad and a double to lose a four-shot lead and finish second — Greyserman began the St. Jude with a double-bogey 6.

He added another double to his card on his way to a 5-over 75. He began the week 47th in FedExCup points.

Justin Rose off to good start in bid to make second playoff event

Rose followed up his T-2 at The Open Championship with a few weeks off and a missed cut at the Wyndham Championship.

He’s faring better thus far in Memphis, shooting 4-under 66 in the first round to sit T-4 and three off the lead midway through Thursday. He began the week 55th in FedExCup points.