Wyndham Championship Winners and History – Greater Greensboro Open

Played annually in Greensboro, North Carolina, The Wyndham Championship originally was called the Greater Greensboro Open. The first Greater Greensboro Open was held in 1938, and was won by the legendary Sam Snead. Snead would go on to win the event eight times, with his 1965 win there making him the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event. His eight victories in a single tournament also is a PGA Tour record.

For most of its history, the Greater Greensboro Open was held in April or May. In its first 4 years, it was played at both Sedgefield Country Club and Starmount Forest Country Club, moving to the Starmount Forest CC in 1942. From 1942 to 1952, it alternated between Starmount Forest CC and Sedgefield CC. It was played at Starmount in 1951 and 1952. Sedgefield hosted in 1953, then it was back to Starmount 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. The origin of this is actually a pretty funny story. Following his win at Starmount in 1960, Snead noted that the winter had taken its toll on the course, and joked that the owner Edward Benjamin should fix it up before the next tournament. Benjamin banned Snead from his course for life. In a popularity contest, though, Snead won. The tournament has not returned to Starmount.

From 1977 to 2007, Forest Oaks Country Club hosted the event. In 2008, the tournament returned to Sedgefield CC. In any case, it has been played in Greensboro, NC for its entire history.

Ben Hogan won his first tournament there in 1940. In 1942, Sam Byrd, a former New York Yankee became the only MLB baseball player to win a PGA Tour event. Charlie Sifford became the first African American to play a PGA Tournament in the South when he was invited to the 1961 Greater Greensboro Open. Seve Ballesteros won his first US tournament there in 1978.

Davis Love holds the course-tournament record with a 62 recorded in 1992.

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 2011 purse was $5,200,000, with $936,000 going to the winner.

A complete list of Wyndham Championship winners follows:

Year	Player	Score	To par	Purse ($)	Course
Wyndham Championship
2016	Kim Si-woo	259	-21	5600000	Sedgefield CC
2015	Davis Love III (3)	263	−17	5400000	Sedgefield CC
2014	Camilo Villegas	263	−17	5300000	Sedgefield CC
2013	Patrick Reed	266	−14	5300000	Sedgefield CC
2012	Sergio García	262	−18	5200000	Sedgefield CC
2011	Webb Simpson	262	−18	5200000	Sedgefield CC
2010	Arjun Atwal	260	−20	5100000	Sedgefield CC
2009	Ryan Moore	264	−16	5100000	Sedgefield CC
2008	Carl Pettersson	259	−21	5100000	Sedgefield CC
2007	Brandt Snedeker	266	−22	5000000	Forest Oaks CC
Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
2006	Davis Love III (2)	272	−16	5000000	Forest Oaks CC
2005	K. J. Choi	266	−22	5000000	Forest Oaks CC
2004	Brent Geiberger	270	−18	4600000	Forest Oaks CC
2003	Shigeki Maruyama	266	−22	4500000	Forest Oaks CC
Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic
2002	Rocco Mediate (2)	272	−16	3800000	Forest Oaks CC
2001	Scott Hoch	272	−16	3500000	Forest Oaks CC
2000	Hal Sutton	274	−14	3000000	Forest Oaks CC
1999	Jesper Parnevik	265	−23	2600000	Forest Oaks CC
1998	Trevor Dodds	276	−12	2200000	Forest Oaks CC
1997	Frank Nobilo	274	−14	1900000	Forest Oaks CC
1996	Mark O'Meara	274	−14	1800000	Forest Oaks CC
KMart Greater Greensboro Open
1995	Jim Gallagher, Jr.	274	−14	1500000	Forest Oaks CC
1994	Mike Springer	275	−13	1500000	Forest Oaks CC
1993	Rocco Mediate	281	−7	1500000	Forest Oaks CC
1992	Davis Love III	272	−16	1250000	Forest Oaks CC
1991	Mark Brooks	275	−13	1250000	Forest Oaks CC
1990	Steve Elkington	282	−6	1250000	Forest Oaks CC
1989	Ken Green	277	−11	1000000	Forest Oaks CC
1988	Sandy Lyle (2)	271	−17	1000000	Forest Oaks CC
Greater Greensboro Open
1987	Scott Simpson	282	−6	600000	Forest Oaks CC
1986	Sandy Lyle	275	−13	500000	Forest Oaks CC
1985	Joey Sindelar	285	−3	400000	Forest Oaks CC
1984	Andy Bean	280	−8	400000	Forest Oaks CC
1983	Lanny Wadkins	275	−13	400000	Forest Oaks CC
1982	Danny Edwards (2)	285	−3	300000	Forest Oaks CC
1981	Larry Nelson	281	−7	300000	Forest Oaks CC
1980	Craig Stadler	275	−13	250000	Forest Oaks CC
1979	Raymond Floyd	282	−6	250000	Forest Oaks CC
1978	Seve Ballesteros	282	−6	240000	Forest Oaks CC
1977	Danny Edwards	276	−12	235000	Forest Oaks CC
1976	Al Geiberger	268	−16	230000	Sedgefield CC
1975	Tom Weiskopf	275	−9	225000	Sedgefield CC
1974	Bob Charles	270	−14	220000	Sedgefield CC
1972	George Archer (2)	272	−12	200000	Sedgefield CC
1970	Gary Player	271	−13	180000	Sedgefield CC
1969	Gene Littler	274	−10	160000	Sedgefield CC
1967	George Archer	267	−17	125000	Sedgefield CC
1966	Doug Sanders (2)	276	−8	100000	Sedgefield CC
1963	Doug Sanders	270	−14	35000	Sedgefield CC
1960	Sam Snead (7)	270	−14	20000	Starmount Forest CC
1959	Dow Finsterwald	278	−6	15000	Starmount Forest CC
1958	Bob Goalby	275	−9	15000	Starmount Forest CC
1955	Sam Snead (5)	273	−7	12500	Starmount Forest CC
1954	Doug Ford	283	−1	10000	Starmount Forest CC
1953	Earl Stewart	275	−5	10000	Sedgefield CC
1952	Dave Douglas	277	−7	10000	Starmount Forest CC
1951	Art Doering	279	−5	10000	Starmount Forest CC
1950	Sam Snead (4)	269	−11	10000	Sedgefield CC
1949	Sam Snead (3)	276	−8	10000	Starmount Forest CC
1943–44: No tournament due to World War II
1942	Sammy Byrd	279	−5	5500	Starmount Forest CC
1941	Byron Nelson	276	−6	5000	Sedgefield/Starmount Forest CC
1939	Ralph Guldahl	280	−2	5000	Sedgefield/Starmount Forest CC
1938	Sam Snead	271	−11	5000	Sedgefield/Starmount Forest CC

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