Dates: Aug. 13-19, 2007
Tournament Director: Mark Brazil
Forest Oaks Country Club
Par: 36-36–72
Yardage: 7,333 yards
The Field
The starting field of 156 players is determined by the PGA TOUR. The Wyndham Championship has eight sponsor exemptions. Two are restricted to current PGA TOUR professionals, and two are restricted to PGA TOUR’s Qualifying School and Nationwide category. The tournament can fill its four unrestricted exemptions with any golfer who has a scratch handicap.
Format
Play will be contested over 72 holes of stroke play. The low 70 golfers and ties will make the 36-hole cut. Should a playoff be necessary following the final round, the playoff holes are 18, 17, 18, 17, etc. There have been 15 playoffs in Wyndham Championship history; the last was in 1998.
Tickets
Tickets for the Wyndham Championship can be purchased at wyndhamchampionship.com and are available at all Triad-area Harris Teeter locations with a $10 discount with a VIC card and through the tournament office at (336) 379-1570. Additional tournament information is available at wyndhamchampionship.com.
Television
Thursday: 3 – 6 p.m. on The Golf Channel Friday: 3-6 p.m. on The Golf Channel
9 p.m. – Midnight on The Golf Channel 9 p.m.-Midnight on The Golf Channel
Saturday: 1-4 p.m. on CBS Sports Sunday: 1-4 p.m. on CBS Sports
2006 Wyndham Championship Recap
2004 champion Brent Geiberger, John Rollins and Nick Watney shared the first-round lead after firing 8-under-par 64s. John Senden, Robert Gamez, Tad Ridings, Mike Sposa, James Driscoll and Charley Hoffman were all two strokes back. On Friday, Watney moved to 9-under-par 135 and led Ryan Palmer and Senden by one stroke. Six golfers were three strokes off the pace. 1992 winner Davis Love III and Chris Couch endured brutal weather conditions on Saturday and shared the third-round lead at 10-under-par 206. Saturday was cold, wet and windy with temperatures in the high 40s and winds gusting to nearly 30 mph. Chris Smith, Steve Flesch and Senden were a stroke off the lead while seven others were two strokes back. The top-22 golfers were separated by just three strokes entering the final round. It was still windy, but Sunday’s final-round weather was much improved, and Davis Love III took advantage firing a final-round 66 to take the title by two strokes over Jason Bohn. Love became just the eighth player in tournament history to record multiple Wyndham Championship wins.
About Wyndham Worldwide
Wyndham Worldwide is the title sponsor of the Piedmont Triad’s PGA TOUR event. Wyndham Worldwide is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies across six continents. Wyndham offers individual consumers and business customers a broad array of hospitality products and services as well as various accommodation alternatives and price ranges through their premier portfolio of world-renowned brands. Wyndham Hotel Group franchises ten hotel brands; Group RCI is the largest vacation exchange network and among the world’s largest global marketers of vacation rental properties, and Wyndham Vacation Ownership is the world’s largest timeshare business as measured by the number of resorts, units and owners. With access to over 60,000 hotels, timeshare resorts and rental properties in 100 countries, Wyndham Worldwide is truly for every kind of traveler, for every kind of trip. For more information about the company, please visit www.wyndhamworldwide.com.
Tournament Schedule
Monday AIG “Support Our Troops” Monday Pro-Am; Tee Times: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Aug. 13 VF Merchandise Pavilion Open
Tuesday PGA TOUR Player practice rounds
Aug. 14 VF Merchandise Pavilion Open
Right Decisions, Right Now Youth Golf Clinic – 3 p.m. Forest Oaks practice range
“Mini” Wyndham Championship at Victory Junction Gang Camp – 4 p.m. – Invitation only
Lincoln Financial Pro-Am Pairings Party – 7 p.m., Invitation only.
Wednesday Lincoln Financial Pro-Am
Aug. 15 Tee Times: 6:50–8:50 a.m. and 11:50a.m.–1:50 p.m.
VF Merchandise Pavilion Open
Thursday Wyndham Championship first round
Aug. 16 VF Merchandise Pavilion Open
XM Satellite Radio Broadcast, Noon – 6 p.m.
Friday Wyndham Championship second round
Aug. 17 VF Merchandise Pavilion Open
XM Satellite Radio Broadcast, Noon – 6 p.m.
Sponsors Party – Grandover Resort, 8 p.m. – Invitation Only
Saturday Wyndham Championship third round
Aug. 18 VF Merchandise Pavilion Open
XM Satellite Radio Broadcast, Noon – 6 p.m.
Wyndham Championship Block Party presented by UnitedHealthcare at Natty Greene’s,
7 p.m. – 11 p.m., free admission
Sunday Wyndham Championship final round
Aug. 19 VF Merchandise Pavilion Open
XM Satellite Radio Broadcast, Noon – 6 p.m. Presentation of Sam Snead Cup and $900,000 winner’s check – following play
Wyndham Championship Fan Putting Competition Grand Prize Drawings following
Sam Snead Cup presentation at the 18th green.
Prize Money
Wyndham Worldwide will award PGA TOUR professionals $5 million. The winner of the Wyndham Championship will receive $900,000. Listed below is the prize money distribution:
Position
Prize
Position
Prize
Position
Prize
1
$900,000
25
$44,000
48
$13,700
2
$540,000
26
$40,000
49
$13,000
3
$340,000
27
$38,500
50
$12,600
4
$240,000
28
$37,000
51
$12,300
5
$200,000
29
$35,500
52
$12,000
6
$180,000
30
$34,000
53
$11,800
7
$167,500
31
$32,500
54
$11,600
8
$155,000
32
$31,000
55
$11,500
9
$145,000
33
$29,500
56
$11,400
10
$135,000
34
$28,250
57
$11,300
11
$125,000
35
$27,000
58
$11,200
12
$115,000
36
$25,750
59
$11,100
13
$105,000
37
$24,500
60
$11,000
14
$95,000
38
$23,500
61
$10,900
15
$90,000
39
$22,500
62
$10,800
16
$85,000
40
$21,500
63
$10,700
17
$80,000
41
$20,500
64
$10,600
18
$75,000
42
$19,500
65
$10,500
19
$70,000
43
$18,500
66
$10,400
20
$65,000
44
$17,500
67
$10,300
21
$60,000
45
$16,500
68
$10,200
22
$56,000
46
$15,500
69
$10,100
23
$52,000
47
$14,500
70
$10,000
24
$48,000
