The FedEx St. Jude Classic was a professional golf tournament held in Memphis, Tennessee, as a regular event on the PGA Tour.

In 1977, President Gerald Ford, who had left office in January, made a hole-in-one during the tournament's celebrity pro-am while playing with Thomas and Ben Crenshaw.

[9][10] Two days later, Al Geiberger shot a PGA Tour record 59 (−13) in the second round with eleven birdies and an eagle.

For the first three years of their sponsorship, FedEx increased the purse one dollar for each package they shipped on the Friday of the tournament.

In 2009, the tournament changed its name to St. Jude Classic,[18] following accusations that the Stanford Financial Group was a Ponzi scheme.