WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational R1

WGC Fedex-St Jude 2021 R1
August 05-08
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
$10,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

American Harris English shot a stunning 8-under 62, his lowest score on the PGA Tour, to take the first-round lead in the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.

WGC Fedex-St Jude 2021 R1

“It was one of those rounds where I was hitting it really good off the tee and making a lot of good putts.”

Harris has won four times on the PGA, including at this event in 2013 before it had World Golf Championships status and is still seeking a WGC win.

WGC Fedex-St Jude 2021 R1

He started the tournament with some form, two of his titles having been won this season, the Sentry Tournament of Champions in January and the Travelers Championship in June as well as finishing third at the U.S. Open.

“Birdieing the first four holes is good all the time. It was just one of those rounds where you’re hitting it where you’re looking.

WGC Fedex-St Jude 2021 R1

“Everything was working, you just kind of get in the zone. All you’re thinking are positive thoughts, you’re hitting good shots and hitting good putts so you just try and keep the gas pedal down.

“I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing. It’s my seventh time playing this course and this tournament so I feel I’ve got a good strategy.”

English ran into some trouble with bogeys at the 10th and 11th but recovered well with birdies on three of his final four holes.

“I’m just happy with the way I fought back,” he said.

WGC Fedex-St Jude 2021 R1

English leads Americans Jim Herman and Matthew Wolff as well as Englishman Ian Poulter and Mexican Carlos Ortiz by two shots.

Poulter, who won the WGC-Match Play in 2010 and WGC-HSBC Champions in 2012, his last European Tour victory, stayed bogey-free as did Ortiz.

Americans Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler are tied in third place at 5-under alongside Australian Marc Leishman.

WGC Fedex-St Jude 2021 R1

DeChambeau is playing for the first time, having missed the Olympics, since a positive Covid-19.

“I’m looking forward to the rest of the weekend,” said DeChambeau. “I feel like I can be there to win on Sunday.”

WGC Fedex-St Jude 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Harris English	-8	62
T2	Jim Herman	-6	64
T2	Carlos Ortiz	-6	64
T2	Ian Poulter *	-6	64
T2	Matthew Wolff	-6	64
T6	Bryson DeChambeau *	-5	65
T6	Marc Leishman *	-5	65
T6	Scottie Scheffler	-5	65
T9	Daniel Berger *	-4	66
T9	Sam Burns *	-4	66
T9	Max Homa *	-4	66
T9	Will Zalatoris *	-4	66
T13	Abraham Ancer	-3	67
T13	Corey Conners	-3	67
T13	Tyrrell Hatton	-3	67
T13	Brad Kennedy	-3	67
T13	Kevin Kisner *	-3	67
T13	Jason Kokrak	-3	67
T13	Min Woo Lee *	-3	67
T13	Collin Morikawa	-3	67
T13	Kevin Na	-3	67
T13	Louis Oosthuizen *	-3	67
T13	Cameron Smith *	-3	67
T13	Justin Thomas	-3	67
T13	Lee Westwood	-3	67
T26	Paul Casey	-2	68
T26	Stewart Cink	-2	68
T26	Cam Davis *	-2	68
T26	Garrick Higgo *	-2	68
T26	Billy Horschel	-2	68
T26	Martin Laird	-2	68
T26	K.H. Lee *	-2	68
T26	Shane Lowry	-2	68
T26	Hideki Matsuyama	-2	68
T26	Patrick Reed	-2	68
T36	Tony Finau *	-1	69
T36	Tommy Fleetwood *	-1	69
T36	Lucas Herbert	-1	69
T36	Dustin Johnson *	-1	69
T36	Matt Jones	-1	69
T36	Robert MacIntyre *	-1	69
T36	Phil Mickelson *	-1	69
T36	Wade Ormsby	-1	69
T36	Justin Rose	-1	69
T36	Xander Schauffele	-1	69
T46	Matt Fitzpatrick *	E	70
T46	Sergio Garcia *	E	70
T46	Brian Harman	E	70
T46	Sungjae Im	E	70
T46	Si Woo Kim	E	70
T46	Brooks Koepka *	E	70
T46	Joaquin Niemann *	E	70
T46	Ryan Palmer	E	70
T46	Aaron Rai	E	70
T55	Patrick Cantlay *	+1	71
T55	Cameron Champ	+1	71
T55	Lucas Glover *	+1	71
T55	Victor Perez *	+1	71
T55	Webb Simpson	+1	71
T55	Jordan Spieth *	+1	71
T55	Robert Streb *	+1	71
62	Rory McIlroy *	+2	72
63	Viktor Hovland *	+3	73
T64	Ryosuke Kinoshita *	+4	74
T64	Adam Scott *	+4	74
66	Wilco Nienaber *	+6	76
* Player started on the back nine