Rose and Spaun battled through three sudden-death holes before the first leg of the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs was settled

As Yogi Berra famously said, it ‘aint over ‘til it’s over.  Such was the case at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. It was a marathon, not a sprint.  W

This was the third time the St. Jude Championship had reached a playoff in the past four years. Both Spaun and Rose had also fell short in a playoff earlier in the season, with Spaun losing at The Players Championship and Rose losing at the Masters. Both lost to Rory McIlroy in those playoff's