The Wyndham Championship is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. and was originally called the Greater Greensboro Open. In 2007, the event was renamed the Wyndham Championship when Wyndham Hotels & Resorts took over from DaimlerChrysler as main sponsor. It moved from an autumn date to mid-August and is the last PGA Tour event before the Playoffs for the FedEx Cup. The 2009 purse was $5,100,000, with $918,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open. 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). 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. In 2008, the tournament returned to Sedgefield CC. In 2001, Mark Brazil was hired as the new Tournament Director. Brazil previously spent years working at the American Junior Golf Association
Past Winners Wyndham Championship * 2009 United States Ryan Moore * 2008 Sweden Carl Pettersson * 2007 United States Brandt Snedeker Chrysler Classic of Greensboro * 2006 United States Davis Love III * 2005 South Korea K.J. Choi * 2004 United States Brent Geiberger * 2003 Japan Shigeki Maruyama Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic * 2002 United States Rocco Mediate * 2001 United States Scott Hoch * 2000 United States Hal Sutton * 1999 Sweden Jesper Parnevik * 1998 Namibia Trevor Dodds * 1997 New Zealand Frank Nobilo * 1996 United States Mark O'Meara KMart Greater Greensboro Open * 1995 United States Jim Gallagher, Jr. * 1994 United States Mike Springer * 1993 United States Rocco Mediate * 1992 United States Davis Love III * 1991 United States Mark Brooks * 1990 Australia Steve Elkington * 1989 United States Ken Green * 1988 Scotland Sandy Lyle Greater Greensboro Open * 1987 United States Scott Simpson * 1986 Scotland Sandy Lyle * 1985 United States Joey Sindelar * 1984 United States Andy Bean * 1983 United States Lanny Wadkins * 1982 United States Danny Edwards * 1981 United States Larry Nelson * 1980 United States Craig Stadler * 1979 United States Raymond Floyd * 1978 Spain Seve Ballesteros * 1977 United States Danny Edwards * 1976 United States Al Geiberger * 1975 United States Tom Weiskopf * 1974 New Zealand Bob Charles * 1973 Puerto Rico Chi Chi Rodriguez * 1972 United States George Archer * 1971 United States Buddy Allin * 1970 South Africa Gary Player * 1969 United States Gene Littler * 1968 United States Billy Casper * 1967 United States George Archer * 1966 United States Doug Sanders * 1965 United States Sam Snead * 1964 United States Julius Boros * 1963 United States Doug Sanders * 1962 United States Billy Casper * 1961 United States Mike Souchak * 1960 United States Sam Snead * 1959 United States Dow Finsterwald * 1958 United States Bob Goalby * 1957 Canada Stan Leonard * 1956 United States Sam Snead * 1955 United States Sam Snead * 1954 United States Doug Ford * 1953 United States Earl Stewart * 1952 United States Dave Douglas * 1951 United States Art Doering * 1950 United States Sam Snead * 1949 United States Sam Snead * 1948 United States Lloyd Mangrum * 1947 United States Vic Ghezzi * 1946 United States Sam Snead * 1945 United States Byron Nelson * 1943-44 No tournament * 1942 United States Sam Byrd * 1941 United States Byron Nelson * 1940 United States Ben Hogan * 1939 United States Ralph Guldahl * 1938 United States Sam Snead
