A valiant fightback from veteran Englishman Justin Rose, which included a play-off, saw him win the FedEx St Jude Championship and land an 80/1 winner for Ben Coley.
Rose started the day a shot behind fellow countryman Tommy Fleetwood and a shot ahead of world number one Scottie Scheffler, but it was US Open champion JJ Spaun who made the early move, opening the front nine in three under to join the mix.
Birdies at 16 and 17 saw Spaun set the club house target at -16, and his Sunday playing partner Scheffler fell one short of that despite birdying 18.
Fleetwood, still searching for his first PGA Tour win, was one over par and treading water until the 12th hole, where he birdied three of the next four to take the lead heading down the home straight, but once again fell short, failing to birdie the par five 16th and then bogeying the 17th to miss the play-off by one shot.
Rose was really struggling to get going in the final round, just like his playing partner Fleetwood, with the veteran one over par heading to the 14th hole.
From there, the 80/1 shot went on a remarkable birdie run, reeling off four in a row to tie Spaun and book his spot in a play-off.
CLUTCH.@JustinRose99 birdies the third playoff hole to win the first playoff event @FedExChamp. pic.twitter.com/LCxB3kWL4U
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 10, 2025
The play-off was a cracking battle too, with two pars on the first go around before the Rose cam up clutch with a hole sharing birdie, following in Spaun's 40+ foot putt to take the play-off to a third hole.
The location of the hole was changed for the third go around and Spaun stuck his approach closer than Rose, but the Englishman knocked in his birdie putt and watched on as Spaun's attempt missed, securing his 12th PGA Tour win and an 80/1 pay-out for Coley and Sporting Life readers.
