FedEx St. Jude Championship, World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational · 7 editions, 2019–2025 · 2,038 rounds analysed
Across 7 editions (2019–2025), approach play is the category that most separates players who contend here from those who do not — 27% of the model's weighting, against 24% for around the green.
The spread is narrow, which is itself the finding: this course does not strongly favour one kind of player. Weights this close to even mean the field sorts mostly on overall quality, and any course-fit edge here is small.
The winners tell a partly separate story: in 4 of the last 6, the champion's best category for the week was approach play. That matches what the model weights, which is the cleaner case: the same skill that separates the field also tends to decide the tournament.
Strokes gained per round for every champion here since 2019. The green figure is that winner's best category for the week.
| Year | Winner | To Par | OTT | APP | ARG | PUTT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Justin Rose | -16 | +0.59 | +1.42 | +0.18 | +0.93 | +3.12 |
| 2024 | Hideki Matsuyama | -17 | +0.56 | +1.41 | -0.83 | +2.05 | +3.20 |
| 2023 | Lucas Glover | -15 | +0.23 | +0.62 | +0.77 | +0.76 | +2.39 |
| 2022 | Will Zalatoris | -15 | +0.45 | +1.93 | -0.05 | +0.62 | +2.97 |
| 2021 | Abraham Ancer | -16 | +0.34 | +1.10 | +0.71 | +0.89 | +3.05 |
| 2020 | Justin Thomas | -13 | +0.58 | +1.92 | +0.78 | -0.47 | +2.80 |
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