Archive: July 2012

Former Wyndham Winners Snedeker, Pettersson Join Wyndham Field; Weekley, DiMarco, Woodland Will Also Play

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Former Wyndham winners Brandt Snedeker and Carl Pettersson highlight the most recent group of players making commitments to the Wyndham Championship field, it was announced today.  Also joining the field are Boo Weekley, Chris DiMarco and Gary Woodland.  These players join a field that includes defending champion and U.S. Open Champion Webb Simpson, 2012 Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III, 2011 FedExCup champion Bill Haas and Jason Dufner.  The 73rd annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 13-19, 2012.

2007 Wyndham winner Brandt Snedeker returns to Sedgefield this year after finishing tied for third at the Open Championship in England last weekend.  Earlier this season, he won the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego, Calif.  Snedeker is 18th in the current FedExCup point standings and 24th in the Official World Golf Rankings.  He has four top-10 finishes in the 14 tournaments he has played this season.   The Vanderbilt University alumnus won the inaugural Wyndham Championship and went onto become the PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year that season. This year’s tournament will be Snedeker’s sixth consecutive appearance here; he is sixth in career Wyndham Championship earnings with $1,225,839.

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2012 Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III Will Play The Wyndham

GREENSBORO, N.C. – 2012 Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III will play in the Wyndham Championship again this year, it was announced today.  The 73rd annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 13-19, 2012.

Love is competing in the Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in England this week.  He joins a Wyndham field that includes 2012 U.S. Open Champion and defending Wyndham winner Webb Simpson, 2011 FedExCup champion Bill Haas and two-time 2012 PGA TOUR winner Jason Dufner.

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2011 FedExCup Champion Bill Haas Will Play Wyndham Championship

GREENSBORO, N.C. – 2011 FedExCup champion Bill Haas has joined the Wyndham Championship field, it was announced today.  Haas joins a field that already includes 2012 U.S. Open Champion and defending Wyndham winner Webb Simpson and Jason Dufner.  The 73rd annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 13-19, 2012.

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