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Nine of the top 30 golfers in the current FedExCup points standings are entered in the field for the PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship.

The 72nd annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 15-21 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. Players have until 5 p.m. Aug. 12 to join the field.

2010 Wyndham Championship runner-up David Toms is eighth in FedExCup points. After losing a playoff at The Players Championship, he came back the next week to win the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial on May 22. Toms has four top-10 finishes in 15 starts this season including his win, a runner-up and a third-place finish.

Webb Simpson is 11th in the standings. The Wake Forest alumnus has two runner-up finishes this season among five top-10 finishes.

2007 Wyndham winner Brandt Snedeker returns to Sedgefield this year after winning The Heritage in Hilton Head, S.C., on April 24. Snedeker is 12th in the standings with five top-10 finishes in 17 tournaments.

Others to commit: Charles Howell III, 23rd; D.A. Points, winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and 24th in points; Bob Hope Classic winner Jhonattan Vegas, 26th; HP Byron Nelson Championship winner Keegan Bradley, 27th; Spencer Levin, 28th in points; and Jason Dufner, 30th in points.

2009 U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover will return to Sedgefield for his ninth consecutive appearance here.

Defending champion Arjun Atwal will return, along with two-time winner Rocco Mediate, Boo Weekley, Stuart Appleby, 2003 Masters winner Mike Weir, two-time major championship winner John Daly and Kyle Stanley.

Additional tournament information, including ticket packages and sponsorship information, is available at www.wyndhamchampionship.com or through the tournament office at 379-1570.