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2020 Wyndham Championship
US PGA Tour
Sedgefield Country Club
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
13-16 August 2020
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2020 Wyndham Championship will be hosted by the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA between 13 and 16 August.
The tournament was founded in 1938 and it is the sixth-oldest event on the PGA Tour excluding the Majors.
It enjoys a rich 80-year history that includes such former winners as Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Seve Ballesteros.
American golfer James Tyree (JT) Poston is the defending champion having won the Wyndham Championship title in the last year.
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Poston earned his first professional victory by winning the tournament after shooting an 8-under 62 in the final round and going bogey-free in the competition.
The 27-year-old also became the first player since 1974 to win a PGA Tour event while going bogey-free.
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Poston will be looking to become the first player to defend the Wyndham Championship since golf legend Snead in 1956
Snead, who passed away in 2002, is also the most decorated player in the history of the tournament having won a record eight championships.
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Poston will face stiff competition from Webb Simpson, Brooks Koepka and Tommy Fleetwood, while Tiger Woods is not playing this week.
American golfer Patrick Reed, who won this tournament in 2013, is set to participate in this year's competition.
“It’s always fun for us to welcome our past champions back to the Wyndham, and this year, we have nine of them in the field,” tournament director Mark Brazil said.
“Since he won here in 2013, Patrick has been one of the best American players in the world.
" I know he loves the golf course at Sedgefield, and I won’t be surprised if has a good tournament next week.”
The 2020 Wyndham Championship offers a $6.4 million purse with a winner's share of $1.152 million.
Last five Wyndham Championship winners
2015 - David Love III - USA
2016 - Kim Si-woo - South Korea
2017 - Henrik Stenson - Sweden
2018 - Brandt Snedeker - USA
2019 - JT Poston - USA
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