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.

In 2021, Kevin Kisner won after surviving a 6 way playoff. It was only the third six way playoff in PGA TOUR history. The others were at the 2001 Genesis Invitational and the 1994 Byron Nelson Championship.

A complete list of Wyndham Championship winners follows:

Year	Player	Score	To par	Margin
Wyndham Championship
2024	Aaron Rai	262	-18	2 strokes
2023	Lucas Glover	260	-20	2 strokes
2022	Kim Joo-hyung	260	-20	5 strokes
2021	Kevin Kisner	265	-15	playoff
2020	Jim Herman	259	-21	1 stroke
2019	JT Poston	258	-22	1 stroke
2018	Brandt Snedeker (2)	259	−21	3 strokes
2017	Henrik Stenson	258	−22	1 stroke
2016	Kim Si-woo	259	−21	5 strokes
2015	Davis Love III (3)	263	−17	1 stroke
2014	Camilo Villegas	263	−17	1 stroke
2013	Patrick Reed	266	−14	Playoff
2012	Sergio García	262	−18	2 strokes
2011	Webb Simpson	262	−18	3 strokes
2010	Arjun Atwal	260	−20	1 stroke
2009	Ryan Moore	264	−16	Playoff
2008	Carl Pettersson	259	−21	2 strokes
2007	Brandt Snedeker	266	−22	2 strokes
Chrysler Classic of Greensboro
2006	Davis Love III (2)	272	−16	2 strokes
2005	K. J. Choi	266	−22	2 strokes
2004	Brent Geiberger	270	−18	2 strokes
2003	Shigeki Maruyama	266	−22	5 strokes
Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic
2002	Rocco Mediate (2)	272	−16	3 strokes
2001	Scott Hoch	272	−16	1 stroke
2000	Hal Sutton	274	−14	3 strokes
1999	Jesper Parnevik	265	−23	2 strokes
1998	Trevor Dodds	276	−12	Playoff
1997	Frank Nobilo	274	−14	Playoff
1996	Mark O’Meara	274	−14	2 strokes
KMart Greater Greensboro Open
1995	Jim Gallagher, Jr.	274	−14	1 stroke
1994	Mike Springer	275	−13	3 strokes
1993	Rocco Mediate	281	−7	Playoff
1992	Davis Love III	272	−16	6 strokes
1991	Mark Brooks	275	−13	Playoff
1990	Steve Elkington	282	−6	2 strokes
1989	Ken Green	277	−11	2 strokes
1988	Sandy Lyle (2)	271	−17	Playoff
Greater Greensboro Open
1987	Scott Simpson	282	−6	2 strokes
1986	Sandy Lyle	275	−13	2 strokes
1985	Joey Sindelar	285	−3	1 stroke
1984	Andy Bean	280	−8	2 strokes
1983	Lanny Wadkins	275	−13	5 strokes
1982	Danny Edwards (2)	285	−3	1 stroke
1981	Larry Nelson	281	−7	Playoff
1980	Craig Stadler	275	−13	6 strokes
1979	Raymond Floyd	282	−6	1 stroke
1978	Seve Ballesteros	282	−6	1 stroke
1977	Danny Edwards	276	−12	4 strokes
1976	Al Geiberger	268	−16	2 strokes
1975	Tom Weiskopf	275	−9	3 strokes
1974	Bob Charles	270	−14	1 stroke
1973	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	267	−17	1 stroke
1972	George Archer (2)	272	−12	Playoff
1971	Buddy Allin	275	−9	Playoff
1970	Gary Player	271	−13	2 strokes
1969	Gene Littler	274	−10	Playoff
1968	Billy Casper (2)	267	−17	4 strokes
1967	George Archer	267	−17	2 strokes
1966	Doug Sanders (2)	276	−8	Playoff
1965	Sam Snead (8)	273	−11	5 strokes
1964	Julius Boros	277	−7	Playoff
1963	Doug Sanders	270	−14	4 strokes
1962	Billy Casper	275	−9	1 stroke
1961	Mike Souchak	276	−8	7 strokes
1960	Sam Snead (7)	270	−14	2 strokes
1959	Dow Finsterwald	278	−6	2 strokes
1958	Bob Goalby	275	−9	2 strokes
1957	Stan Leonard	276	−4	3 strokes
1956	Sam Snead (6)	279	−5	Playoff
1955	Sam Snead (5)	273	−7	1 stroke
1954	Doug Ford	283	−1	Playoff
1953	Earl Stewart	275	−5	Playoff
1952	Dave Douglas	277	−7	1 stroke
1951	Art Doering	279	−5	5 strokes
1950	Sam Snead (4)	269	−11	10 strokes
1949	Sam Snead (3)	276	−8	Playoff
1948	Lloyd Mangrum	278	−2	1 stroke
1947	Vic Ghezzi	286	2	2 strokes
1946	Sam Snead (2)	270	−10	6 strokes
1945	Byron Nelson (2)	271	−13	8 strokes
1943–44: No tournament due to World War II
1942	Sammy Byrd	279	−5	2 strokes
1941	Byron Nelson	276	−6	2 strokes
1940	Ben Hogan	270	−12	9 strokes
1939	Ralph Guldahl	280	−2	3 strokes
1938	Sam Snead	271	−11	5 strokes