The par-70, 7,288-yard course hosting the top 70 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings. That includes the tournament's defending champion Hideki Matsuyama. No one has repeated at TPC Southwind since Daniel Berger did it in 2016-17.

Akshay Bhatia stormed out to the first-round lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship with an eight-under 62. Bhatia had the best round at TPC Southwind by multiple strokes until Tommy Fleetwood used an afternoon surge to get to seven-under.