Thursday, August 06, 2020
Past Champions to Play 2020 Wyndham
Defending champion J.T. Poston, three-time champion Davis Love III and past champions Ryan Moore and Si Woo Kim will all play the 2020 Wyndham Championship.
Poston captured his first PGA TOUR victory at the 2019 Wyndham Championship. A native of Hickory, he is the 19th first-time winner in tournament history and will make his fourth Wyndham Championship appearance.
Love won the Wyndham in 1992, 2006 and 2015. His three titles here are second only to eight-time champion Sam Snead. Love won 21 PGA TOUR events, played in the Ryder Cup six times, was Ryder Cup captain twice and played in the Presidents Cup five times. The World Golf Hall of Famer is making his 24th Wyndham Championship appearance.
Moore won the Wyndham in 2009 and is making his 12th Wyndham Championship appearance. The five-time PGA TOUR winner from Las Vegas finished tied for sixth in 2018, his last appearance here. He represented the United States in the 2016 Ryder Cup Matches.
Kim became the tournament’s second champion from South Korea when he won the Wyndham in 2016. He went on to win the PLAYERS Championship the next year. Kim will make his fourth Wyndham Championship appearance next week.
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
Fleetwood to Play 2020 Wyndham
Tommy Fleetwood will make his first Wyndham Championship appearance at the 2020 Wyndham Championship.
A native and resident of Southport, England, Fleetwood is 91st in the FedExCup standings. Fleetwood is six-time international winner who played on the European Ryder Cup team in 2018 but is still seeking his first PGA TOUR victory. After the PGA TOUR returned to golf, Fleetwood came to the United States in time for the 3M Open in Minneapolis with plans to play the remainder of the PGA TOUR season and beyond.
Shane Lowry to Play 2020 Wyndham
Shane Lowry, the 2019 Champion Golfer of the Year and reigning Open Championship winner, will make his fourth Wyndham Championship appearance.
A native and resident of Ireland, Lowry won the 2019 Open Championship in Northern Ireland by six strokes – it was the first Open Championship played outside England and Scotland since 1951. It was his second PGA TOUR victory following the 2015 World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational.
Lowry is 26th in the Official World Golf Rankings and 130th in the FedExCup point standings. He finished tied for sixth at last weekend’s World Golf Championships – FedEx St. Jude Invitational for his best finish of the season. He recorded his best Wyndham Championship finish in 2017 when he tied for seventh at Sedgefield.
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