Ernie Els and Brandt Snedeker Join 2015 Wyndham Championship Field

Ernie Els and 2007 Wyndham Championship winner Brandt Snedeker will play the 2015 Wyndham Championship. The 76th annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 17-23, 2015 at Sedgefield Country Club. Els is a four-time major winner having won the U.S. Open in 1994 and ’97 and the Open Championship in 2002 and ’12; he has 19 PGA TOUR wins and 47 international wins. He has played in eight President’s Cup matches, nine Dunhill Cup matches and five World Cup matches. A native of South Africa, Els is 116th in the Official World Golf Rankings and 181st in the FedExCup point standings. He is a member of the 2011 World Golf Hall of Fame class. Els will make his fifth Wyndham Championship appearance; his best finish here came in 1997 when he finished tied for seventh. Snedeker won the 2007 Wyndham Championship and was named 2007 PGA TOUR rookie of the year. The 2012 FedExCup champion has seven PGA TOUR wins and nine overall. He is currently 11th in the FedExCup point standings and 29th in the Official World Golf Rankings. Snedeker will be making his ninth-consecutive Wyndham Championship appearance; in addition to his 2007 win, he recorded top-eight finishes here in 2009, ’10 and ‘14.