Wyndham Championship
Tournament information
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)
Current champion
Brandt Snedeker

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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. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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). Career In 1937 his first year on the Tour he won five events including the Oakland Open at Claremont Country Club in California The following are the Golfers who have won at least five times in a single PGA Tour event

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. The Forest Oaks Country Club is located near Greensboro NC. It is primarily known for its golf course and the PGA Tour event held there from 1977 through 2007 the In 2008, the tournament returns to Sedgefield CC. ^[1]

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

References

External links

• Official website
• PGATOUR.com Tournament website

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