Wyndham Championship

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The Wyndham Championship is a regular golf tournament on the Fall Finish of the PGA Tour. It is played annually in October at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA and was originally called the Greater Greensboro Open. In 2007, the event will be renamed the Wyndham Championship when Wyndham Hotels & Resorts takes over from DaimlerChrysler as main sponsor. It will move from an autumn date to mid-August and will be the last PGA event before the four play-offs for the FedEx Cup.

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The 2006 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. In 1961, the event returned to Sedgefield CC, and stayed there until 1976. Since 1977, it has been played at its current location at Forest Oaks CC.

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Wyndham Championship

  • 2007 Week of August 13-19

Chrysler Classic of Greensboro

Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic

KMart Greater Greensboro Open

Greater Greensboro Open


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Other FedEx Cup tournaments in playing order: Mercedes-Benz Championship | Sony Open in Hawaii | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | Buick Invitational | FBR Open | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | Nissan Open | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | Mayakoba Classic at Riviera Maya | Verizon Heritage | Tampa Bay Championship | Arnold Palmer Invitational | WGC-CA Championship | Shell Houston Open | Verizon Heritage | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | EDS Byron Nelson Championship | Wachovia Championship | The Players Championship | BellSouth Classic | Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial | Memorial Tournament | Stanford St. Jude Championship | Travelers Championship | Buick Open | The International | John Deere Classic | U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee | Bell Canadian Open | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | Wyndham Championship | FedEx Cup playoff events: Barclays Classic | Deutsche Bank Championship | BMW Championship | The Tour Championship
Fall series in playing order: Turning Stone Resort Championship | Viking Classic | Valero Texas Open | Frys.com Open in Las Vegas | Fry's Electronics Open | Running Horse Golf Championship | Walt Disney World Resort Classic
Team events (played alternate years): Presidents Cup | Ryder Cup
Challenge season events (unofficial money): Merrill Lynch Shootout | ADT Skills Challenge | Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge | LG Skins Game | WGC-World Cup | Target World Challenge

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