This week’s Wyndham Championship is the PGA TOUR’s regular‑season finale, perfectly positioned on the calendar: after the majors, just before the playoffs, and held on a classic layout with enough star power to command attention.
It’s exactly what you’d expect from Greensboro in August: a consequential week when FedExCup pressure collides with a compelling mix of major winners, past champions and local favorites, all vying for a spot in the postseason.
At just over 7,100 yards and set to par 70, Sedgefield Country Club is one of the purest tests of precision golf on TOUR, rewarding exacting iron play, disciplined course management, and a hot putter.
Winning scores have pushed well into double digits under par, underscored most recently by Cameron Young’s breakthrough in 2025, when he finished 22-under to win by six and secure his first PGA TOUR title—becoming the 1,000th unique winner in TOUR history.
With an $8.5 million purse and full-field status on the PGA TOUR schedule at stake, the stakes are clear. Whoever goes low enough on this Donald Ross design will extend a season—or see it end by Sunday evening. The winner earns 500 FedExCup points, a two-year TOUR exemption, $1.53 million, and invitations to next year’s THE PLAYERS Championship, the Masters, and the PGA Championship—adding even more urgency for players chasing opportunity.
This field blends genuine star power with more than a few sentimental favorites.
Two‑time PGA Champion Justin Thomas is committed to tee it up. Coming off several seasons that have been up‑and‑down by his standards, Thomas will certainly treat this as both a chance to lock in playoff position and a valuable tune‑up on a course that rewards his traditionally elite wedge play and putting when they’re in sync.
Joining him is Englishman Aaron Rai, fresh off his breakthrough major victory at the 2026 PGA at Aronimink. His controlled ball‑striking and composure on Sedgewick, where he won in 2024,should serve him well.
Si Woo Kim returns to a venue where he hoisted the trophy a decade ago, and Alex Fitzpatrick arrives as one of Europe’s emerging young talents, looking to add a statement performance to his growing resume, which includes a victory with his brother, Matt, in the two-man event at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans earlier this year.
Other former Wyndham Championship winners, Lucas Glover (2023), Brandt Snedeker (2007, 2018), and Webb Simpson (2011), are all back in the mix.
Snedeker will also no doubt be scouting for September’s Presidents Cup, where he will serve as U.S. Captain. Glover, who has reinvented his career in recent years with renewed confidence, continues to show that a player who still wears metal spikes can go quite low.
Highly regarded North Carolina products Ryan Gerard and Alex Smalley return as well, giving the home crowd plenty to cheer for.
Following the Wyndham Championship, the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings will advance to the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, the first event of the 2025 FedExCup Playoffs.
Among players ranked between Nos. 60 and 80 entering the tournament, Shane Lowry (No. 60) is the only one not currently in the field, while the rest of the bubble boys—from Nick Taylor at No. 61 down through Matt Wallace at No. 80—will be fighting to secure or improve their positions inside the cutline.
Historically, moving into the top 70 at this point is rare; last year, Chris Kirk, who tied for 5th, was the only player to climb into the top 70 after the event, underscoring how vital strong performances can be for those on the bubble.
Major winners Jason Day (No. 75) and Keegan Bradley (No. 72) are both outside the top 70 and will try to extend their long streaks of consecutive playoff appearances. Day is aiming for his 19th straight appearance since 2008, while Bradley is pursuing his 16th in a row, dating back to 2011, when he won the PGA Championship.
This is the 87th edition of North Carolina’s oldest professional golf event, originally held elsewhere as the Greater Greensboro Open. Since 2008, the Wyndham Championship, branded as “moving week” for players on the bubble, has been the final stop before the FedExCup Playoffs, where four days of inspired golf can secure a postseason berth and often deliver a career‑changing exemption for the winner. It is the seventh-longest-running PGA TOUR event, excluding majors.
