Wyndham Championship
Aug 15 – 21, 2012
Sedgefield Country Club
Greensboro, North Carolina
Purse: $5.2 million
Winning Share: $918,000
FedExCup Points: 500
Defending Champion: Webb Simpson
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The PGA Tour Wyndham Championship was first played - as the Greater Greensboro Open - in 1939. Sam Snead was the first winner. Wyndham Championship is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Sedgefield Country Club has a decorated history hosting one of the PGA TOUR's longest running events: the Wyndham Championship. Established in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open, Sedgefield Country Club played host to this premier event for over four decades. Past champions during this era included the likes of Sam Snead, Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan, to name a few.
In 2008, the event returned to Sedgefield and its strategic Donald Ross design. The 2008 Champion was Carl Pettersson, who set the record for the lowest round in Wyndham Championship history when he fired a nine-under 61 in the second round. In 2009, Ryan Moore captured his first PGA TOUR victory as he fended off Sergio Garcia and ultimately beat Kevin Stadler and Jason Bohn in a playoff to capture the victory.
From 1977 through 2007, the tournament was played at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. The other host course in the tournament's history was Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro.
Wyndham Championship Results
Snead won the first Wyndham Championship tournament, and he later won seven more times (1946, 1949-50, 1955-56, 1960, 1965). His eight wins total in this tournament is the PGA Tour record for most wins in one event. Snead also finished second three times.
No other golfer has won the Wyndham Championship more than twice. But seven golfers won it two times
each: Davis Love III, Sandy Lyle, Danny Edwards, George Archer.
Odds to win 2012 Wyndham Championship
2011 Wyndham Championship winner
Webb Simpson shot a 3-under 67 in the final round of the 2011 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club. Simpson made a four-round score of 18-under-par 262. He finished three shots ahead of fellow American George McNeill, who had a 64, the best round of the day. Another American, Tommy Gainey, was third at 14 under.
2010 Wyndham Championship winner
Arjun Arwal achieved his his first PGA win at the 2010 Wyndham Championship, trying to get his tour priviledges back, and tied for the lead at -18. Atwal just made a nice birdie on 14, and is now at -19. This has been some week for the 37 year old Atwal, recovering from injuries to both shoulders lifting weights. Atwal beat out the rest of the competition to take home the Sam Snead cup.
2009 Wyndham Championship winner
Ryan Moore rode a string of five straight back-nine birdies to force his way into a three-way playoff, then won that playoff with a birdie on the third extra hole. It was his first PGA Tour victory. Kevin Stadler and Jason Bohn finished 72 holes tied with Moore.
Most Recent Wyndham Championship Winners
Wyndham Championship
- 2010 India Arjun Arwal
- 2009 United States Ryan Moore
- 2008 Sweden Carl Pettersson
- 2007 United States Brandt Snedeker
Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
- 2006 United States Davis Love III
- 2005 South Korea K.J. Choi
- 2004 United States Brent Geiberger
- 2003 Japan Shigeki Maruyama
Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic
- 2002 United States Rocco Mediate
- 2001 United States Scott Hoch
- 2000 United States Hal Sutton
- 1999 Sweden Jesper Parnevik
- 1998 Namibia Trevor Dodds
- 1997 New Zealand Frank Nobilo
- 1996 United States Mark O'Meara
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