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Wyndham Championship : Article Archive

August 16, 2008

Kevin Streelman: 'Things happen for a reason'

GREENSBORO - On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, Kevin Streelman dropped by his alma mater, Duke University. It was a chance to relive the good old college days, but also a moment to ponder what might have been. Five years ago, Streelman applied for a... Read More

Unkind cut at 3-under for Weaver at 48 points

GREENSBORO -- After Drew Weaver watched his seven-foot putt fall into the hole for a birdie at No. 18, he dropped his head in frustration. If you knew how the rest of the former High Point Central star's round had gone Friday at Sedgefield Country Club, y... Read More

Wyndham tee times

Today's tee times and pairings for the PGA's Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club (par-70, 7,117 yards): 8 a.m.: Martin Laird, Doug LaBelle II 8:09: Patrick Sheehan, Stephen Poole 8:18: Richard S. Johnson, Peter Lonard 8:27: Todd Demsey, Cody F... Read More

Hardin: It's a long way from 61 to 59

GREENSBORO -- The threesome remains intact, but no one has much faith in it remaining an exclusive club forever. Carl Pettersson's second-round 61 early Friday, seemed to suggest Sedgefield was once again there for the taking, just as it was during the Bu... Read More

August 15, 2008

Pettersson sets record at Wyndham; weather causes delay

GREENSBORO (AP) - Carl Pettersson has produced the latest record-breaking performance at the Wyndham Championship.Pettersson shot a tournament-record 61 Friday and matched the PGA Tour record with a two-round score of 15-under 125. Late Friday afternoon...... Read More

Maginnes cuts through static

GREENSBORO -- John Maginnes is hearing voices again. Five or six, to be exact. And he's not losing it. Honest. The Greensboro resident and Sedgefield Country Club member is an analyst for XM Radio's coverage of the PGA Tour, and as the Wyndham Championshi... Read More

Hardin: Greensboro has a new poster boy

GREENSBORO — Brandt Snedeker wore purple Thursday for the first round of the Wyndham Championship. The 2007 champion and sponsor's darling wowed the crowd with his élan and his guile. That was one day after telling people here, "Y'all got hosed." Snede... Read More

One man's walk to remember

GREENSBORO - No golfer plays all 44 PGA Tour tournaments in any given year. They need occasional rest. They'll never do what former Greensboro resident D.J. Gregory is close to achieving. He's walking four rounds of every tournament, including the recent... Read More

Weaver is right at home with 69 in first round

GREENSBORO -- Drew Weaver, the decorated amateur from High Point, shot a 69 on Thursday in the first round of the Wyndham Championship while employing a borrowed caddie who knew less about the course than Weaver. C. Damian Velasquez from Venezuela had bee... Read More

August 14, 2008

Working hard to please everyone

GREENSBORO — Ask each of the 156 golfers at Sedgefield Country Club how they'd like the course setup for this week's Wyndham Championship and you'll likely hear 156 different answers. Corey Pavin, who ranks 209th (also known as last) on the PGA Tour in... Read More

Olympic flame burns bright for many golf pros

GREENSBORO -- Brandt Snedeker, like millions of other Americans, is now a huge Michael Phelps fan. Tim Clark has a friend, Roland Schoeman, swimming for South Africa in the 50-meter freestyle. Jerry Kelly stayed up until early Wednesday morning watching t... Read More

Thursday's tee times at Wyndham

Today's tee times for the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club (par-70, 7,117 yards):NO. 17 a.m.: Cameron Beckman, Billy Andrade, Paul Adamonis7:10: Tim Petrovic, Ryan Moore, Mathias Gronberg7:20: Ryan Palmer, Chris Riley, John Riegger7:30: Geo... Read More

Sports legends hail return to golf event’s iconic course

GREENSBORO - It's a tight fit getting skyboxes, pavilions, concession stands and other spectator conveniences around the ninth and 18th greens. But never mind. The views there and elsewhere are worth the squeeze and bottlenecks that may occur if the galle... Read More

Hardin: We can see our roots in the grass at Sedgefield

GREENSBORO -- The old Embassy Club is long gone now, burned to the ground after a dance one night. Its foundation is still visible through the tall grass, a rough outline of the wild weekend nights we once spent here. The old Manor House is gone, too, the... Read More

August 13, 2008

First Round Tee Times at Wyndham

Thursday's tee times for the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club (par-70, 7,117 yards):NO. 17 a.m.: Cameron Beckman, Billy Andrade, Paul Adamonis7:10: Tim Petrovic, Ryan Moore, Mathias Gronberg7:20: Ryan Palmer, Chris Riley, John Riegger7:30...... Read More

Golfer Andrew McLardy comes home to Greensboro

GREENSBORO - Who knows where South African golfer Andrew McLardy might be living had he missed that putt 10 years ago? The south of France? London? Maybe even back home in South Africa. McLardy was looking at all those places when he went house hunting la... Read More

August 12, 2008

The Sedgefield reviews are in: "Absolutely love it," Daly says

GREENSBORO -- On the first day of the Wyndham Championship's long-awaited return to Sedgefield County Club the early clubhouse leader appears to be none other than ... Sedgefield Country Club? Read More

Tourney loses big fan magnet

GREENSBORO - The Wyndham Championship lost one of its star attractions Monday when two-time champion Rocco Mediate withdrew from this week's PGA Tour event, citing exhaustion. Mediate was one of three golfers to withdraw on the tournament's first day back... Read More

August 11, 2008

The great athletes of decades past weren’t one-trick ponies

Thousands watched at Sedgefield Country Club in 1961 as burly (reporters always called him that) Mike Souchak whacked long drives to win the Greater Greensboro Open golf tournament. Victory came 50 miles and 11 years from where Souchak had been the goat i... Read More

August 10, 2008

Golf makes a return to its natural element

GREENSBORO -- Standing on the second tee at Sedgefield Country Club, you see what Donald Ross saw almost a century ago. A long, lazy field of green, shaped by God and unspoiled by man. And possibly a few pheasant rising from the tall grass and winging awa... Read More

Wyndham story lines: Which is your pick?

Without even blinking, the folks who run the Wyndham Championship will stand in front of a pack of reporters and tell everyone they don't care who wins this week's golf tournament. They will tell you it is not about who wins, but the event itself, the cha... Read More

A look at Donald Ross' masterpiece

Given that Donald Ross was the son of a stonemason and served an apprenticeship as a carpenter, he figured to build something. No one figured it would be golf courses. No one has done it better.Get a look at the Sedgefield course in our Flash graphic Read More

Sedgefield costs to affect charities

GREENSBORO - In the Wyndham Championship's much-anticipated return to Sedgefield Country Club, no detail seems too small, no project too lavish. From the hand-tufted Indian rugs emblazoned with the tournament logo in the clubhouse lobby to the completely... Read More

August 7, 2008

2007 Masters and U.S. Open winners have agreed to play

GREENSBORO -- Another week, another coup for the Wyndham Championship, which picked up two more major winners Wednesday and an equally major endorsement from the U.S. Ryder Cup captain. Zach Johnson and Angel Cabrera, last year's Masters and U.S. Open wi... Read More

Wyndham-bound: Footjoy champ makes tourney's cut

GREENSBORO -- Lost amid all the big names scheduled to play in next week's Wyndham Championship is one decidedly anonymous golfer. Cameron Peck. Sound familiar? It should: Peck won the FootJoy Invitational this summer at Sedgefield. So impressed was Wyndh... Read More