Wyndham Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Established | 1938 |
| Course(s) | Sedgefield Country Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,130 yards (6,520 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $5.4 million |
| Month played | August |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 259 Carl Pettersson (2008) |
| To par | −23 Jesper Parnevik (1999) |
| Current champion | |
 Davis Love III |
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Location in the United States
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 title sponsor.[1] It moved from an autumn date to mid-August and is the last PGA Tour event before the FedEx Cup Playoffs, giving golfers one last chance to qualify for the FedEx Cup.
The tournament was founded in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open. It was usually played in April or May, until a schedule change in 2003 moved it toward the end of the season. Sam Snead set a PGA Tour record for his eight wins at the event, as well as for his win in 1965, which made him the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event. Both records still stand. Davis Love III, the 2015 champion, is the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event in the Champions Tour era (since 1980), when golfers over 50 began participating in their own separate tour.
Charlie Sifford competed in the 1961 tournament, the first time an African American golfer was permitted to play in a PGA-sponsored event in the South.[2]
The purse for 2015 was $5.4 million; the winner's share was $972,000.[3]
Course
The event has been played in Greensboro for its entire history. In its first four years, it was played at both Sedgefield Country Club and Starmount Forest Country Club. In 1942 it shifted to solely Starmount Forest CC; it was not held in 1943 and 1944. Starting with the 1945 tournament, it alternated between Starmount Forest CC and Sedgefield CC until 1952, when Starmount Forest CC hosted for a 2nd year in a row. It returned to Sedgefield CC in 1953 before Starmount Forest CC hosted three consecutive years (through 1956). Sedgefield CC hosted in 1957 before Starmount Forest CC hosted another three straight 1958–60, then back to Sedgefield from 1961 to 1976. It shifted to Forest Oaks Country Club from 1977 to 2007, then returned to Sedgefield CC in 2008.[4]
Winners
| Year | Player | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | 1st prize ($) | Purse ($) | Course | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyndham Championship | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Davis Love III (3) | United States |
263 | −17 | 1 stroke | Jason Gore |
972,000 | 5,400,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 2014 | Camilo Villegas |  Colombia |
263 | −17 | 1 stroke | Bill Haas Fredrik Jacobson |
954,000 | 5,300,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 2013 | Patrick Reed | United States |
266 | −14 | Playoff | Jordan Spieth |
954,000 | 5,300,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 2012 | Sergio García |  Spain |
262 | −18 | 2 strokes |  Tim Clark |
936,000 | 5,200,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 2011 | Webb Simpson | United States |
262 | −18 | 3 strokes | George McNeill |
936,000 | 5,200,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 2010 | Arjun Atwal |  India |
260 | −20 | 1 stroke | David Toms |
918,000 | 5,100,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 2009 | Ryan Moore | United States |
264 | −16 | Playoff | Jason Bohn Kevin Stadler |
918,000 | 5,100,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 2008 | Carl Pettersson | Sweden |
259 | −21 | 2 strokes | Scott McCarron |
918,000 | 5,100,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 2007 | Brandt Snedeker | United States |
266 | −22 | 2 strokes | Billy Mayfair Jeff Overton Tim Petrovic |
900,000 | 5,000,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| Chrysler Classic of Greensboro | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Davis Love III (2) | United States |
272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Jason Bohn |
900,000 | 5,000,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 2005 | K. J. Choi |  South Korea |
266 | −22 | 2 strokes |  Shigeki Maruyama |
900,000 | 5,000,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 2004 | Brent Geiberger | United States |
270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Michael Allen |
828,000 | 4,600,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 2003 | Shigeki Maruyama | Japan |
266 | −22 | 5 strokes | Brad Faxon |
810,000 | 4,500,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic | ||||||||||
| 2002 | Rocco Mediate (2) | United States |
272 | −16 | 3 strokes | Mark Calcavecchia |
684,000 | 3,800,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 2001 | Scott Hoch | United States |
272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Brett Quigley Scott Simpson |
630,000 | 3,500,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 2000 | Hal Sutton | United States |
274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Andrew Magee |
540,000 | 3,000,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1999 | Jesper Parnevik | Sweden |
265 | −23 | 2 strokes | Jim Furyk |
468,000 | 2,600,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1998 | Trevor Dodds |  Namibia |
276 | −12 | Playoff | Scott Verplank |
396,000 | 2,200,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1997 | Frank Nobilo |  New Zealand |
274 | −14 | Playoff | Brad Faxon |
342,000 | 1,900,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1996 | Mark O'Meara | United States |
274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Duffy Waldorf |
324,000 | 1,800,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| KMart Greater Greensboro Open | ||||||||||
| 1995 | Jim Gallagher, Jr. | United States |
274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Peter Jacobsen Jeff Sluman |
270,000 | 1,500,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1994 | Mike Springer | United States |
275 | −13 | 3 strokes | Brad Bryant Ed Humenik Hale Irwin |
270,000 | 1,500,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1993 | Rocco Mediate | United States |
281 | −7 | Playoff |  Steve Elkington |
270,000 | 1,500,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1992 | Davis Love III | United States |
272 | −16 | 6 strokes | John Cook |
225,000 | 1,250,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1991 | Mark Brooks | United States |
275 | −13 | Playoff | Gene Sauers |
225,000 | 1,250,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1990 | Steve Elkington | Australia |
282 | −6 | 2 strokes | Mike Reid Jeff Sluman |
225,000 | 1,250,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1989 | Ken Green | United States |
277 | −11 | 2 strokes | John Huston |
180,000 | 1,000,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1988 | Sandy Lyle (2) |  Scotland |
271 | −17 | Playoff | Ken Green |
180,000 | 1,000,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| Greater Greensboro Open | ||||||||||
| 1987 | Scott Simpson | United States |
282 | −6 | 2 strokes | Clarence Rose |
108,000 | 600,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1986 | Sandy Lyle | Scotland |
275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Andy Bean |
90,000 | 500,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1985 | Joey Sindelar | United States |
285 | −3 | 1 stroke | Isao Aoki Craig Stadler |
72,000 | 400,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1984 | Andy Bean | United States |
280 | −8 | 2 strokes | George Archer |
72,000 | 400,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1983 | Lanny Wadkins | United States |
275 | −13 | 5 strokes | Craig Stadler Denis Watson |
72,000 | 400,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1982 | Danny Edwards (2) | United States |
285 | −3 | 1 stroke | Bobby Clampett |
54,000 | 300,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1981 | Larry Nelson | United States |
281 | −7 | Playoff | Mark Hayes |
54,000 | 300,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1980 | Craig Stadler | United States |
275 | −13 | 6 strokes | George Burns Billy Kratzert Jack Newton Jerry Pate |
45,000 | 250,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1979 | Raymond Floyd | United States |
282 | −6 | 1 stroke | George Burns Gary Player |
45,000 | 250,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1978 | Seve Ballesteros | 23x15px | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Jack Renner Fuzzy Zoeller |
48,000 | 240,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1977 | Danny Edwards | United States |
276 | −12 | 4 strokes | George Burns Larry Nelson |
47,000 | 235,000 | Forest Oaks CC | |
| 1976 | Al Geiberger | United States |
268 | −16 | 2 strokes | Lee Trevino |
46,000 | 230,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 1975 | Tom Weiskopf | United States |
275 | −9 | 3 strokes | Al Geiberger |
45,000 | 225,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 1974 | Bob Charles | New Zealand |
270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Raymond Floyd Lee Trevino |
44,066 | 220,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 1973 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | United States |
267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Lou Graham Ken Still |
42,000 | 210,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 1972 | George Archer (2) | United States |
272 | −12 | Playoff | Tommy Aaron |
40,000 | 200,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 1971 | Buddy Allin | United States |
275 | −9 | Playoff | Dave Eichelberger Rod Funseth |
38,000 | 190,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 1970 | Gary Player | South Africa |
271 | −13 | 2 strokes | Miller Barber |
36,000 | 180,000 | Sedgefield CC | |
| 1969 | Gene Littler | United States |
274 | −10 | Playoff | Julius Boros Orville Moody Tom Weiskopf |
32,000 | 160,000 | Sedgefield CC | [5] |
| 1968 | Billy Casper (2) | United States |
267 | −17 | 4 strokes | George Archer Gene Littler Bobby Nichols |
27,500 | 137,500 | Sedgefield CC | [6] |
| 1967 | George Archer | United States |
267 | −17 | 2 strokes | Doug Sanders |
25,000 | 125,000 | Sedgefield CC | [7] |
| 1966 | Doug Sanders (2) | United States |
276 | −8 | Playoff | Tom Weiskopf |
20,000 | 100,000 | Sedgefield CC | [8] |
| 1965 | Sam Snead (8) | United States |
273 | −11 | 5 strokes | Billy Casper Jack McGowan Phil Rodgers |
11,000 | 70,000 | Sedgefield CC | [9] |
| 1964 | Julius Boros | United States |
277 | −7 | Playoff | Doug Sanders |
6,600 | 45,000 | Sedgefield CC | [10] |
| 1963 | Doug Sanders | United States |
270 | −14 | 4 strokes | Jimmy Clark |
5,500 | 35,000 | Sedgefield CC | [11] |
| 1962 | Billy Casper | United States |
275 | −9 | 1 stroke | Mike Souchak |
5,300 | 35,000 | Sedgefield CC | [12] |
| 1961 | Mike Souchak | United States |
276 | −8 | 7 strokes | Sam Snead |
3,200 | 22,500 | Sedgefield CC | [13] |
| 1960 | Sam Snead (7) |  United States |
270 | −14 | 2 strokes | Dow Finsterwald |
2,800 | 20,000 | Starmount Forest CC | [14] |
| 1959 | Dow Finsterwald |  United States |
278 | −6 | 2 strokes | Art Wall, Jr. |
2,000 | 15,000 | Starmount Forest CC | [15] |
| 1958 | Bob Goalby | United States |
275 | −9 | 2 strokes | Dow Finsterwald Don January Tony Lema Sam Snead Art Wall, Jr. |
2,000 | 15,000 | Starmount Forest CC | [16] |
| 1957 | Stan Leonard |  Canada |
276 | −4 | 3 strokes | Mike Souchak |
2,000 | 15,000 | Sedgefield CC | [17] |
| 1956 | Sam Snead (6) | United States |
279 | −5 | Playoff | Fred Wampler |
2,200 | 12,500 | Starmount Forest CC | [18] |
| 1955 | Sam Snead (5) | United States |
273 | −7 | 1 stroke | Julius Boros Art Wall, Jr. |
2,200 | 12,500 | Starmount Forest CC | [19] |
| 1954 | Doug Ford | United States |
283 | −1 | Playoff | Marty Furgol |
2,000 | 10,000 | Starmount Forest CC | [20] |
| 1953 | Earl Stewart | United States |
275 | −5 | Playoff | Sam Snead |
2,000 | 10,000 | Sedgefield CC | [21] |
| 1952 | Dave Douglas | United States |
277 | −7 | 1 stroke | Bobby Locke |
2,000 | 10,000 | Starmount Forest CC | [22][23] |
| 1951 | Art Doering | United States |
279 | −5 | 5 strokes | Jim Ferrier |
2,000 | 10,000 | Starmount Forest CC | [24] |
| 1950 | Sam Snead (4) | United States |
269 | −11 | 10 strokes | Jimmy Demaret |
2,000 | 10,000 | Sedgefield CC | [25] |
| 1949 | Sam Snead (3) | United States |
276 | −8 | Playoff | Lloyd Mangrum |
2,000 | 10,000 | Starmount Forest CC | [26][27][28] |
| 1948 | Lloyd Mangrum | United States |
278 | −2 | 1 stroke | Lew Worsham |
2,000 | 10,000 | Sedgefield CC | [29] |
| 1947 | Vic Ghezzi | United States |
286 | +2 | 2 strokes | Frank Stranahan |
2,000 | 10,000 | Starmount Forest CC | [30][31] |
| 1946 | Sam Snead (2) | United States |
270 | −10 | 6 strokes | Herman Keiser |
1,500 | 7,500 | Sedgefield CC | [32] |
| 1945 | Byron Nelson (2) | United States |
271 | −13 | 8 strokes | Sammy Byrd |
1,333 | 7,500 | Starmount Forest CC | [33][34][35] |
| 1943–44: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||||||
| 1942 | Sammy Byrd | United States |
279 | −5 | 2 strokes | Ben Hogan Lloyd Mangrum |
1,000 | 5,500 | Starmount Forest CC | [36] |
| 1941 | Byron Nelson | United States |
276 | −6 | 2 strokes | Vic Ghezzi |
1,200 | 5,000 | Sedgefield/Starmount Forest CC | [37] |
| 1940 | Ben Hogan | United States |
270 | −12 | 9 strokes | Craig Wood |
1,200 | 5,000 | Sedgefield/Starmount Forest CC | [38] |
| 1939 | Ralph Guldahl | United States |
280 | −2 | 3 strokes | Clayton Heafner Lawson Little |
1,200 | 5,000 | Sedgefield/Starmount Forest CC | [39] |
| 1938 | Sam Snead | United States |
271 | −11 | 5 strokes | Johnny Revolta |
1,200 | 5,000 | Sedgefield/Starmount Forest CC | [40][41] |
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Main sources[42][43][44]
Multiple winners
Nine men have won this tournament more than once through 2015.
- 8 wins
- Sam Snead: 1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1965
- 3 wins
- Davis Love III: 1992, 2006, 2015
- 2 wins
- Byron Nelson: 1941, 1945
- Doug Sanders: 1963, 1966
- Billy Casper: 1962, 1968
- George Archer: 1967, 1972
- Danny Edwards: 1977, 1982
- Sandy Lyle: 1986, 1988
- Rocco Mediate: 1993, 2002
References
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- ↑ Wyndham Championship – Past Winners – at www.pgatour.com
- ↑ Wyndham Championship – Winners – at golfobserver.com (1970–2009)
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External links
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