Wyndham Championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Established | 1938 |
| Course(s) | Sedgefield Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Yardage | 7,130 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Purse | $5,000,000 |
| Month Played | August |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 Jesper Parnevik (1999) |
| To-par | -23 Jesper Parnevik (1999) |
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The Wyndham Championship is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. and was originally called the Greater Greensboro Open. In 2007, the event was renamed the Wyndham Championship when Wyndham Hotels & Resorts took over from DaimlerChrysler as main sponsor. It moved from an autumn date to mid-August and is the last PGA Tour event before the Playoffs for the FedEx Cup.
The 2007 purse was $5,000,000, with $900,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open. This tournament was usually contested in April or May, until a schedule change in 2003 which moved the tournament toward the end of the season. Sam Snead set a PGA Tour record for his 8 wins at the event, as well as his 1965 event, which made him the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event (both records still stand).
The event has been played in Greensboro for its entire history. In its first 4 years, it was played at both Sedgefield Country Club and Starmount Forest Country Club, and shifted to solely Starmount Forest CC in 1942 and for the first time it was played after World War II in 1945. Starting with that 1945 event, it alternated between Starmount Forest CC and Sedgefield CC until 1952, when Starmount Forest CC hosted for a 2nd year in a row. It returned to Sedgefield CC in 1953 before Starmount Forest CC hosted 3 consecutive years (through 1956). Sedgefield CC hosted in 1957 before Starmount Forest CC hosted another 3 straight 1958-60. From 1961 to 1976, it was played at Sedgefield CC. From 1977 to 2007, Forest Oaks Country Club hosted the event. In 2008, the tournament returns to Sedgefield CC.[1]
[edit] Winners
Wyndham Championship
- 2007
Brandt Snedeker
Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
- 2006 Davis Love III
- 2005
K.J. Choi - 2004 Brent Geiberger
- 2003
Shigeki Maruyama
Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic
- 2002 Rocco Mediate
- 2001 Scott Hoch
- 2000 Hal Sutton
- 1999
Jesper Parnevik - 1998
Trevor Dodds - 1997
Frank Nobilo - 1996 Mark O'Meara
KMart Greater Greensboro Open
- 1995 Jim Gallagher, Jr.
- 1994 Mike Springer
- 1993 Rocco Mediate
- 1992 Davis Love III
- 1991 Mark Brooks
- 1990
Steve Elkington - 1989 Ken Green
- 1988
Sandy Lyle
Greater Greensboro Open
- 1987 Scott Simpson
- 1986 Sandy Lyle
- 1985 Joey Sindelar
- 1984 Andy Bean
- 1983 Lanny Wadkins
- 1982 Danny Edwards
- 1981 Larry Nelson
- 1980 Craig Stadler
- 1979 Raymond Floyd
- 1978
Seve Ballesteros - 1977 Danny Edwards
- 1976 Al Geiberger
- 1975 Tom Weiskopf
- 1974 Bob Charles
- 1973
Chi Chi Rodriguez - 1972 George Archer
- 1971 Buddy Allin
- 1970
Gary Player - 1969 Gene Littler
- 1968 Billy Casper
- 1967 George Archer
- 1966 Doug Sanders
- 1965 Sam Snead
- 1964 Julius Boros
- 1963 Doug Sanders
- 1962 Billy Casper
- 1961 Mike Souchak
- 1960 Sam Snead
- 1959
Dow Finsterwald - 1958
Bob Goalby - 1957
Stan Leonard - 1956 Sam Snead
- 1955 Sam Snead
- 1954 Doug Ford
- 1953 Earl Stewart
- 1952 Dave Douglas
- 1951 Art Doering
- 1950 Sam Snead
- 1949 Sam Snead
- 1948 Lloyd Mangrum
- 1947 Vic Ghezzi
- 1946 Sam Snead
- 1945 Byron Nelson
- 1943-44 No tournament
- 1942 Sam Byrd
- 1941 Byron Nelson
- 1940 Ben Hogan
- 1939 Ralph Guldahl
- 1938 Sam Snead
[edit] References
- ^ "Wyndham Championship comes home to Sedgefield", PGA Tour, 20 February 2008.
