Lucas Glover – Glover will be making his seventh appearance in Greensboro. He had made all previous six cuts. His best finish was T6 in 2006. He finished T20 in 2007 and 2008 and T24 in 2009.
Ricky Barnes – Ricky Barnes will be making his third start in Greensboro, missing the cut in 2003 and 2009. Barnes is having a solid year with 18 of 21 made cuts to go with nine top 25s and six top 10s.
Fred Couples – Fred Couples will return to Greensboro a year after finishing T5. Last year was Couples’ first start at the Wyndham Championship since 1993.
David Duval – David Duval is making his fourth appearance at the Wyndham Championship. He missed the cut last year and in 2008 and finished T14 in 1995.2.
Anthony Kim – Anthony Kim will make his first start at the Wyndham Championship. Kim, who returned from a two months layoff after wrist surgery at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, is 13th in the FedExCup standings.
Ryan Moore – Last year, Ryan Moore made birdie on the third playoff hole (par-4 No. 18) to defeat Kevin Stadler and claim his first TOUR win. It was Moore’s fifth start in Greensboro. Moore played in the Wyndham Championship as an amateur in 2004 and finished T24.
Carl Pettersson – In 2008, former North Carolina State golfer and North Carolina resident Carl Pettersson topped Scott McCarron by two strokes to win in Greensboro. Pettersson moved from Sweden to Greensboro during high school and graduated from Grimsley High, located seven miles from Sedgefield Country Club, site of the tournament. Pettersson won picked up his fourth TOUR victory at the RBC Canadian Open in July.
Brandt Snedeker – In 2007, Brandt Snedeker picked up his first TOUR win at the Wyndham Championship. Snedeker has three top 10s this season in 20 starts through the RBC Canadian Open. Last year, Snedeker finished T5 in his third start at the Wyndham Championship.
Kevin Stadler – Kevin Stadler was 2 months and 1 day old (born February 5, 1980) when his father Craig Stadler won the 1980 Greater Greensboro Open on April 6, 1980. Stadler lost to Ryan Moore on the third playoff hole last year at the Wyndham Championship.
Mike Weir – Mike Weir will make his third appearance in Greensboro and first since missing the cut in 2006. Weir missed the cut in his first appearance at the Wyndham Championship in 1998 and finished T25 in 2009. The 2003 Masters champion is No. 126 in the FedExCup standings.
Friday, August 13, 2010
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