He’s the golfer who won his first PGA Tour title after 355 tries at the FedEx St. Jude then never won again

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With the FedEx St. Jude Championship set to begin this week, it’s time to take a look back at one of the more memorable tournaments at TPC Southwind in recent years.

The FedEx St. Jude Championship is one of the longest running tournaments on the PGA Tour, and it has been played since 1967, when Jack Nicklaus won the first edition of the event.

This year, the top 70 players on the FedEx Cup points list qualified to play at TPC Southwind.

Rory McIlroy is the only player among them who will not to play the FedEx St. Jude, but the field is incredibly strong in Memphis, even without the Northern Irishman there.

The tournament was not always a Playoff event, though.

14 years ago, one man won the event and it ended up being his only ever PGA Tour victory.

The golfer whose first win on the PGA Tour came after 355 tries at the FedEx St. Jude

Back in 2011, a PGA Tour regular ended his long wait for a win.

At the time, the tournament was known as the FedEx St. Jude Classic, and Harrison Frazar won the tournament after rounds of 71, 65, 64 and 67.

He succeeded after defeating Robert Karlsson in a sudden-death play-off.

The tournament at TPC Southwind was Frazar’s 355th on the PGA Tour, and his victory was a lesson to everyone in perseverance.

Unfortunately for the man from Dallas, Texas, he never won again on the PGA Tour after his triumph at the FedEx St. Jude Classic.

However, the now 54-year-old does have a win on the PGA Tour Champions to his name, after coming out on top at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic in 2023.

Harrison Frazar’s career PGA Tour record

Frazar is the definition of a journeyman pro.

He played 409 events on the PGA Tour in total, and had just one win to show for his efforts.

It’s easy to criticise Frazar for his lack of wins on the PGA Tour, but some people never experience lifting a trophy in a professional event at all.

And Frazar can always be safe in the knowledge that he is one of 1,000 men to have ever won a PGA Tour event.