Monday, August 29, 2016
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Sunday, August 21, 2016
Si Woo Kim wins 2016 Wyndham Championship
Si Woo Kim won the 2016 Wyndham Championship finishing at –21 (68-60-64-67=259) at Sedgefield Country Club. He won by five strokes over Luke Donald. Kim claimed his first PGA TOUR win, along with the first place check of $1,008,000. He finished 2nd at the Barbasol Championship earlier this year. As an amateur, he won the Korean Junior Championship four years in a row. He is mentored by K.J. Choi, who was the 2005 Wyndham Championship winner.
Kim, who started the day with a four-stroke lead, fired a final round 67, with six birdies and three bogeys. Prior to making the turn at -22, Kim had one bogey in his last 53 holes. He then bogeyed #10, #13, and #14 before a birdie on #15 moved him back to -20. After a weather delay on #17 tee, he birdied #18 to tie the tournament record for lowest overall score of 259 was set by Carl Petterssen in 2008.
Kim led the field in birdies, carding 26 birdies, along with an eagle and seven bogeys. The tournament record is 28 birdies, set by Jeff Maggert in 2007.
The last three players to win by five or more strokes at Sedgefield C.C. were Sam Snead by five strokes over Jack McGowan in 1965, Mike Souchak by seven strokes over Snead in 1961 and Snead by ten strokes over Jimmy Demaret in 1950.
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Friday, August 19, 2016
Thursday, August 18, 2016
2016 Wyndham Championship Pro Am
The Wyndham Rewards Wizard at the 2016 Wyndham Championship
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Senator Richard Burr at the 2016 Wyndham Championship Wed Pro Am
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Monday, August 15, 2016
Kevin Harvick
Sunday, August 14, 2016
UBER Returns to the Wyndham Championship
The 2016 Wyndham Championship and Uber are joining forces to offer golf fans access to an on-demand, safe transportation option throughout this year's tournament.
Tournament patrons can use the Uber app, the Wyndham Championship’s ride sharing app of choice, to request a ride to drop them off near the tournament entrance. The Uber pick-up and drop-off area will be located at the intersection of Anson and Rockingham Roads, approximately 150 yards from the tournament’s main entrance and Will Call location. Uber/Wyndham Championship signage will clearly direct patrons to the pick-up and drop off area. First time Uber riders can download the app from the App Store and use the promo code WYNDHAM16 for a free first ride, up to $20 in value. Users can also sign up here: https://get.uber.com/go/WYNDHAM16
Friday, August 12, 2016
Rickie Fowler To Play 2016 Wyndham Championship
Rickie Fowler, currently ranked eighth in the Official World Golf Rankings, 12th in Ryder Cup points and 29th in the FedExCup point standings, will the 2016 Wyndham Championship set for Aug. 15-21, 2016 at Sedgefield Country Club. Fowler has never played the Wyndham Championship, but in AJGA competition, he finished fifth in the 2006 Haas Family Invitational.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Tuesday, August 09, 2016
Mia Hamm to play Wyndham Championship
U.S. Soccer Superstar Mia Hamm will be playing golf in the Pro-Am at the Wyndham Championship. The Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 15-21, 2016 at Sedgefield Country Club.
Ernie Els to play Wyndham Championship
Ernie Els will play the 2016 Wyndham Championship, the tournament announced today. The 77th annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 15-21, 2016 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 finished fifth at the Quicken Loans National in June for his best finish of the season to date. 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 a member of the 2011 World Golf Hall of Fame class. Els will make his sixth Wyndham Championship appearance; his best result here came in 1997 when he finished tied for seventh. While he is 158th in the current FedExCup point standings, two of his rounds at the Travelers Championship last weekend make him optimistic about the Wyndham.
“I was pleased with a lot of my play last week,” Els said today on his website blog. “In particular, the pair of 67s on Friday and Sunday showed me more of the consistency that I’ve been working so hard to achieve, with lots of quality shots and fewer mistakes. We just need to keep building on that, stay patient and trust that the results will come. I believe they will.
“And next week’s Wyndham Championship, which is my last chance to make it into the FedExCup Playoffs, would obviously be a good time. It’s going to require a win or a runner-up spot to guarantee me a spot inside the top 125 on the points list, or maybe a third place, but that would be cutting it very tight. Still, I can’t allow my mind to be distracted. I have to stay focused on just playing golf. As I said, my game is in good enough shape to take care of business there in North Carolina.”
Sunday, August 07, 2016
Saturday, August 06, 2016
1991 GGO Mark Brooks Winner’s Gold Medal
Wyndham Championship Offers Piedmont Triad Teachers Free Admission
Thanks to a sponsorship from TCDI and the Weaver Foundation, teachers representing Piedmont Triad-area kindergarten through high school institutions and one guest will receive free admission to the Wyndham Championship Wednesday, Aug. 17 through Sunday, Aug. 21. Teachers need only show a current school identification card to receive complimentary admission for themselves and a guest.
Friday, August 05, 2016
Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh and Angel Cabrera, Join 2016 Wyndham Championship Field
Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh, Angel Cabrera, Lucas Glover, Justin Leonard, David Toms and Stewart Cink will all play the 2016 Wyndham Championship.
Goosen won the U.S. Open Championship in 2001 and ’04; he will make his fourth appearance at the Piedmont Triad’s PGA TOUR event where he finished 17th in 2011 – his best finish here. He finished tied for 11th at the Valspar Championship, tied for 12th at the Players Championship and the FedEx St. Jude’s Classic and tied for 14th at the Wells Fargo Championship earlier this season. A native of South Africa, Goosen is a seven-time PGA TOUR winner with 24 international victories to his credit.
A member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, Singh has 34 PGA TOUR victories including the 1998 PGA Championship, the 2000 Masters tournament and the 2004 PGA Championship. He also has 22 international wins to his credit. A former No. 1 player in the world who now also plays some PGA TOUR Champions events, he finished second at the Quicken Loans National and tied for sixth at the Honda Classic for his best finishes of the season. Singh is making his 11th Wyndham Championship appearance; he finished tied for fourth in 2011, his best finish here.
Cabrera is a two-time major championship winner from Cordoba, Argentina; he won the U.S. Open in 2007 and the Masters in 2009. Cabrera’s most recent PGA TOUR win was the 2014 Greenbrier Classic. He has 39 international wins and has competed for the international team in three President’s Cup Matches and nine World Cup Matches. He is making his third Wyndham Championship appearance; he finished tied for tied for 22nd in 2012 for his best finish here. He is known internationally as El Pato, “The Duck.”
Thursday, August 04, 2016
Jason Dufner, Scott Piercy and Harris English, will play 2016 Wyndham Championship
Jason Dufner, Scott Piercy and Harris English, will play the 2016 Wyndham Championship.
Dufner won the 2013 PGA Championship and has three additional PGA TOUR wins including this season’s CareerBuilder Challenge. In addition to his win, he finished tied for sixth at the Dean & Deluca Invitational, tied for eighth at the U.S. Open and tied for ninth at both the RSM Classic and the Sony Open in Hawaii. This will be his ninth Wyndham Championship appearance.
Piercy finished tied for eighth at the 2012 Wyndham Championship for his best finish in three-previous appearances here. He is 30th in the current FedExCup point standings, 27th in the Official World Golf Rankings and 13th in the latest Ryder Cup point standings.
English will play the Wyndham for the third time. He finished tied for 10th in 2012 and tied for 31st last year. The University of Georgia alumnus has two PGA TOUR wins to his credit but has not yet won this season. He finished second at the Dean & Deluca Invitational, third at the Waste Management Phoenix Open and 10th at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship earlier this season. He is 33rd in the FedExCup point standings, 56th in the Official World Golf Rankings and 24th in the Ryder Cup point standings.
Monday, August 01, 2016
Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk Join 2016 Wyndham Championship Field
Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk will play the 2016 Wyndham Championship on Aug. 15-21 at Sedgefield Country Club.
McDowell won the U.S. Open in 2010; he has three PGA TOUR victories and eight international wins. He won the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, recorded top-five finishes at the RSM Classic and the Honda Classic and finished tied for ninth at the Players Championship earlier this season. He represented the European Team in the Ryder Cup four times. A native of Portrush, Northern Ireland, McDowell is 31st in the current FedExCup point standings and 75th in the Official World Golf Rankings. The University of Alabama-Birmingham alumnus will make his first Wyndham Championship start this year.
Furyk has 17 PGA TOUR victories to his credit including the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk will make his 13th Wyndham Championship appearance but his first since 2011 when he finished tied for ninth; he has four top-10 finishes here. Furyk suffered a wrist injury in late 2015 and returned to the PGA TOUR at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte.
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