Wells Fargo Championship Winners and History

Wells Fargo Championship Winners and History

Although essentially under the same corporate sponsorship since its inception in 2003, the Wells Fargo Championship has done a neat little song and dance around its name. The tournament began as the Wachovia Championship in 2003. In 2008, Wells Fargo bought Wachovia and dropped Wachovia from the tournament name. That was part of a corporate strategy to eliminate Wachovia as a brand in favor of Wells Fargo.

Then the Great Recession hit, and Wells Fargo dropped its name from the title (although it continued to be the sponsor). The image of a financial company sponsoring a golf tournament in the midst of a financial crisis didn’t seem helpful. However, in 2011, with the danger presumably past, the event returned as the Wells Fargo Championship.

Usually held at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Wells Fargo has established itself as a favorite of the Tournament Players and was almost immediately recognized as one of the Tour’s better venues. Indeed, the Tournament attracted Tiger Woods (not an easy thing to do), who won the 2007 title. The course’s layout boasts one of the tougher finishes on Tour, with 16, 17 and 18 referred to as “The Green Mile.”

In 2022, the Wells Fargo Championship relocates to TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Maryland because Quail Hollow is prepping for the President’s Cup.

A list of the Wells Fargo Championship winners follows:

Year	Player	Score	To par	Margin
Wells Fargo Championship
2023	Wyndham Clark	265	-19	4 strokes
2022	Max Homa	272	-8	2 strokes
2021	Rory McIlroy	274	-10	1 stroke
2020	Cancelled Covid
2019	Max Homa	269	−15	3 strokes
2018	Jason Day	272	−12	2 strokes
2017	Brian Harman	278	−10	1 stroke
2016	James Hahn	279	−9	Playoff
2015	Rory McIlroy (2)	267	−21	7 strokes
2014	J. B. Holmes	274	−14	1 stroke
2013	Derek Ernst	280	−8	Playoff
2012	Rickie Fowler	274	−14	Playoff
2011	Lucas Glover	273	−15	Playoff
Quail Hollow Championship
2010	Rory McIlroy	273	−15	4 strokes
2009	Sean O’Hair	277	−11	1 stroke
Wachovia Championship
2008	Anthony Kim	272	−16	5 strokes
2007	Tiger Woods	275	−13	2 strokes
2006	Jim Furyk	276	−12	Playoff
2005	Vijay Singh	276	−12	Playoff
2004	Joey Sindelar	277	−11	Playoff
2003	David Toms	278	−10	2 strokes