You can read Liam Williams’ Power Rankings for the Wyndham Championship at bet365 News.
Course Guide: Sedgefield is an original Donald Ross design which has typical Carolina course overtures. A short Par 70 by modern standards, the course still favours accuracy from the tee over outright power. Ultimately streaky scorers have got the job done here, with scoring being dictated solely by the firmness of the greens when wind isn’t a factor. Champion Bermudagrass greens were laid for the 2012 renewal and they undoubtedly run faster than the tired Bentgrass putting surfaces they replaced, particularly if conditions remain dry. But as the greens have settled, scoring continues to improve with -21/258, -22/258, -21/259, -22/258, -21/259, -20/260, -20/260, 18/262 and -22/258 being 9 of the last 10 winning totals.
Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina: Designer: Donald Ross 1926, with Kris Spence renovation 2007; Course Type: Carolina, Mid-Score, Short Length; Par: 70; Length: 7,131 yards; Number of Holes with Water In-Play: 6; Number of Sand Bunkers: 52; Acres of Fairway: 25; Fairways: Bermudagrass; Rough: Bermudagrass 2.5″; Greens: 6,000 sq.ft average featuring Champion Bermudagrass; Stimpmeter: 12.5ft.
Fairway Widths (yards): Below are the fairway widths for Sedgefield Country Club and how they compare to recent courses that we’ve seen on Tour:
- Sedgefield Country Club: 28 yards at 300 yards.
- Detroit Golf Club: 26 yards at 300 yards.
- TPC Twin Cities: 36 yards at 300 yards.
- Corales GC: 75 yards at 300 yards.
- Hurstbourne CC: 25-30 yards at 300 yards
- TPC Deere Run: 36 yards at 300 yards.
- TPC River Highlands: 29 yards at 300 yards.
- Shinnecock Hills: 45 yards at 300 yards.
- TPC Toronto: 35-37 yards at 300 yards.
- Muirfield Village: 24 yards at 300 yards.
- Colonial: 25-30 yards at 300 yards.
- TPC Craig Ranch: 25-28 yards.
- Aronimink: 30 yards.
- Quail Hollow: 28 yards.
- Blue Monster, Doral: 25-40 yards.
- Harbour Town: 22-25 yards.
- Augusta National: Average 50 yards.
- Oaks Course: 25-30 yards.
- Memorial Park: 30–40 yards.
- Copperhead: Average 20 yards.
- TPC Sawgrass: Average 28 yards.
- Bay Hill: Average 30 yards.
- PGA National: Average 28 yards.
- Riviera: Average 27 yards.
- Pebble Beach: Average 30-33 yards. Spyglass Hill: 25-30 yards.
- TPC Scottsdale: Average 38 yards.
- Torrey Pines South: Average 24-27 yards. Torrey Pines North: Average 24-27 yards.
- Pete Dye Stadium: Average 33 yards.
Course Scoring Average + PGA Tour Difficulty Rank:
- 2025: 69.17 (-0.83), Rank 24 of 50 courses
- 2024: 68.95 (-1.05), Rank 23 of 51 courses
- 2023: 69.47 (-0.53), Rank 22 of 50 courses
- 2022: 69.26 (-0.74), Rank 27 of 50 courses
- 2021: 68.88 (-1.12), Rank 34 of 51 courses
- 2020: 68.78 (-1.22), Rank 29 of 41 courses
- 2019: 68.18 (-1.82), Rank 41 of 49 courses
Course Designer Links: For research purposes other Donald Ross designs include:
- Aronimink Golf Club – 2018 BMW Championship + 2026 PGA Championship
- Detroit Golf Club – Rocket Classic
- East Course at Oak Hill – 2013 + 2023 PGA Championship
- East Lake Country Club – Tour Championship
- Pinehurst Number 2 – 2014 & 2024 U.S. Open
- Plainfield – 2011 & 2015 Barclays
Course Overview: Sedgefield CC is perennially one the two easiest Par 70s on the PGA Tour alongside Waialae CC (Sony Open). Take 2025 with 22 players finishing double-digits under Par. Set to the south-east of Greensboro, the course has a typical Carolina feel with tree-lined fairways, pine straw and Bermudagrass throughout. Fairways are quite tight but relatively easy to find if conditions are soft. Statistically driving accuracy often helps (yes you read that right), but the key to the course, which measures just over 7,200 yards, are Ross’s green complexes which although undulating and surrounded by shaved run-off areas, are actually large for the length of the course.
If the Champion Bermudagrass greens are receptive (as they were for opening 54 holes in 2025) that’s the green light for low scoring. Winners here year-in, year-out, must hit a minimum 14 greens per round and invariably break par every 1 in 3 holes. A fast start, excellent and consistent approach play, and a hot putter are the keys to victory, plus it’s noteworthy that the front 9 plays far easier and has to be capitalised upon.
Wyndham Championship Winners: 2025: Cameron Young (-22); 2024: Aaron Rai (-18); 2023: Lucas Glover (-20); 2022: Tom Kim (-20); 2021: Kevin Kisner (-15); 2020: Jim Herman (-21); 2019: J.T. Poston (-22); 2018: Brandt Snedeker (-21); 2017: Henrik Stenson (-22); 2016: Si-Woo Kim (-21); 2015: Davis Love III (-17); 2014: Camilo Villegas (-17); 2013: Patrick Reed (-14); 2012: Sergio Garcia (-18); 2011: Webb Simpson (-18); 2010: Arjun Atwal (-22).
- 2025: Cameron Young 63-62-65-68 -22/258 AM/PM Wave
- 2024: Aaron Rai 65-65-68-64 -18/262 PM/AM Wave
- 2023: Lucas Glover 66-64-62-68 -20/260 PM/AM Wave
- 2022: Tom Kim 67-64-68-61 -20/260 PM/AM Wave
- 2021: Kevin Kisner 65-68-66-66 -15/265 PM/AM Wave
- 2020: Jim Herman 66-69-61-63 -21/259 PM/AM Wave
- 2019: J.T. Poston 65-65-66-62 -22/258 AM/PM Wave
OWGR of Wyndham Championship Winners: 2025: Cam Young 44; 2024: Rai 48; 2023: Glover 117; 2022: T Kim 34; 2021: Kisner 52; 2020: Herman 311; 2019: Poston 164; 2018: Snedeker 88; 2017: Stenson 4.
Datagolf Ranking Wyndham Championship Winners: 2025: Cam Young 63; 2024: Rai 30; 2023: Glover 120; 2022: T Kim 70; 2021: Kisner 85.
Wyndham Championship Cut Line: 2025: -3; 2024: -4; 2023: -1; 2022: -1; 2021: -3; 2020: -3; 2019: -4; 2018: -3.
Lead Score Progression:
- 2025: Round 1 -9; Round 2 -15; Round 3 -20; Round 4 -22.
- 2024: Round 1 -10; Round 2 -12; Round 3 -15; Round 4 -18.
- 2023: Round 1 -8; Round 2 -12; Round 3 -18; Round 4 -20.
- 2022: Round 1 -9; Round 2 -9; Round 3 -13; Round 4 -20.
- 2021: Round 1 -8; Round 2 -14; Round 3 -15; Round 4 -15.
- 2020: Round 1 -8; Round 2 -10; Round 3 -18; Round 4 -21.
- 2019: Round 1 -8; Round 2 -13; Round 3 -17; Round 4 -22.
- 2018: Round 1 -11; Round 2 -14; Round 3 -16; Round 4 -21.
Path to Victory: Below are the end-of-round positions for the winners of the Wyndham Championship since 2012:
- 2025 – Cameron Young: Round 1: 3rd, Round 2: 1st, Round 3: 1st.
- 2024 – Aaron Rai: Round 1: 9th, Round 2: 5th, Round 3: 3rd.
- 2023 – Lucas Glover: Round 1: 7th, Round 2: 3rd, Round 3: 1st.
- 2022 – Tom Kim: Round 1: 23rd, Round 2: 1st, Round 3: 3rd.
- 2021 – Kevin Kisner: Round 1: 9th, Round 2: 12th, Round 3: 3rd.
- 2020 – Jim Herman: Round 1: 13th, Round 2: 36th, Round 3: 5th.
- 2019 – J.T. Poston: Round 1: 16th, Round 2: 9th, Round 3: 5th.
- 2018 – Brandt Snedeker: Round 1: 1st, Round 2: 1st, Round 3: 1st.
- 2017 – Henrik Stenson: Round 1: 2nd, Round 2:3rd, Round 3: 1st.
- 2016 – Si-Woo Kim: Round 1: 41st, Round 2: 1st, Round 3: 1st.
- 2015 – Davis Love III: Round 1: 7th, Round 2: 3rd, Round 3: 10th.
- 2014 – Camilo Villegas: Round 1: 1st, Round 2: 7th, Round 3: 8th.
- 2013 – Patrick Reed: Round 1: 3rd, Round 2: 1st, Round 3: 1st.
- 2012 – Sergio Garcia: Round 1: 20th, Round 2: 3rd, Round 3: 1st.
Shots From the Lead: Below are the Wyndham Championship winners since 2012 and where they were positioned in terms of shots from the lead during the tournament:
- 2025 – Cameron Young: Round 1: 2 back, Round 2: 3 ahead, Round 3: 5 ahead.
- 2024 – Aaron Rai: Round 1: 5 back, Round 2: 2 back, Round 3: 3 back.
- 2023 – Lucas Glover: Round 1: 4 back, Round 2: 2 back, Round 3: level.
- 2022 – Tom Kim: Round 1: 6 back, Round 2: level, Round 3: 2 back.
- 2021 – Kevin Kisner: Round 1: 3 back, Round 2: 7 back, Round 3: 4 back.
- 2020 – Jim Herman: Round 1: 4 back, Round 2: 5 back, Round 3: 4 back.
- 2019 – J.T. Poston: Round 1: 3 back, Round 2: 3 back, Round 3: 3 back.
- 2018 – Brandt Snedeker: Round 1: 4 ahead, Round 2: 2 ahead, Round 3: 1 ahead.
- 2017 – Henrik Stenson: Round 1: 1 back, Round 2: 1 back, Round 3: 1 ahead.
- 2016 – Si Woo Kim: Round 1: 5 back, Round 2: 2 ahead, Round 3: 4 ahead.
- 2015 – Davis Love III: Round 1: 2 back, Round 2: 1 back, Round 3: 4 back.
- 2014 – Camilo Villegas: Round 1: 1 ahead, Round 2: 2 back, Round 3: 4 back.
- 2013 – Patrick Reed: Round 1: 1 back, Round 2: 1 ahead, Round 3: level.
- 2012 – Sergio Garcia: Round 1: 5 back, Round 2: 2 back, Round 3: 1 ahead.
Incoming Form of Wyndham Championship since 2012:
- Cameron Young: MC Open/46th Rocket/52nd Travelers/4th US Open.
- Aaron Rai: 75th Open/4th Scottish Open/7th JDC/2nd Rocket.
- Lucas Glover: MC 3M Open/5th Barbasol/6th JDC/4th Rocket.
- Tom Kim: 7th Rocket/26th 3M Open/47th Open/3rd Scottish Open.
- Kevin Kisner: 63rd WGC St Jude/73rd Open/8th Rocket/5th Travelers.
- Jim Herman: 77th PGA/MC Memorial/MC Workday Open/33rd RBC Heritage.
- J.T. Poston: 29th Barbasol/MC JDC/11th Rocket/MC Travelers.
- Brandt Snedeker: 42nd PGA/8th Canadian/MC Open/3rd Greenbrier.
- Henrik Stenson: 13th PGA/17th Bridgestone/11th Open/ 26th Scottish Open.
- Si-Woo Kim: 25th Travelers/MC PGA/23rd Canada/2nd Barbasol.
- Davis Love III: MC PGA/MC Canada/54th Greenbrier/MC Travelers.
- Camilo Villegas: WD Canada/45th JDC/26th Greenbrier/MC Quicken National.
- Patrick Reed: 9th Canada/7th JDC/MC Greenbrier/34th Quicken National.
- Sergio Garcia: MC PGA/29th Bridgestone/MC Open/29th BMW Intl.
Tournament Stats: We’ve published some key player statistics for this week’s event that are well worth a look. Naturally they’ll help to shape a view on players who could go well this week: Current Form | Tournament Form | First Round Leader | Combined Stats.
My published predictor is available here. Top 10 of my published predictor are: 1) Hideki Matsuyama; 2) Cameron Young; 3) Ryan Gerard; 4) Patrick Cantlay; 5) Michael Kim; 6) Davis Riley; 7) Seamus Power; 8) Alex Noren; 9) Ben Griffin; 10) Mackenzie Hughes.
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Wyndham Championship Winning Prices: 2025: Young 66/1; 2024: Rai 35/1; 2023: Glover 90/1; 2022: T Kim 40/1; 2021: Kisner 55/1; 2020: Herman 600/1; 2019: Poston 100/1; 2018: Snedeker 28/1; 2017: Stenson 14/1; 2016: S.W. Kim 150/1; 2015: Love III 500/1; 2014: Villegas 125/1; 2013: Reed 80/1; 2012: Garcia 40/1; 2011: Simpson 20/1; 2010: Atwal 200/1.Past 5 Renewals Average: 57/1; Average: 134/1.
Historical Weather:
- 2025: Thursday: Mostly cloudy. High of 90. Wind SW 4-10 mph. Friday: Mostly cloudy and humid with afternoon thunderstorms. High of 83. Wind NE 6-12 mph. The second round was suspended due to a dangerous weather situation at 4:32 p.m., with the entire afternoon wave yet to complete their round. Saturday: Cloudy with light rain. High of 73. Wind NE 10-15 mph. Sunday: Mostly cloudy. High of 77. Wind ENE 4-15 mph.
- 2024: Thursday: Play postponed due to Tropical Storm Debby – 5.2 inches of rain. Friday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. High of 83. Wind WSW 10-15 mph. The first round was suspended due to darkness at 8:12 p.m. with 66 players yet to finish the round. Those players will be back in position at 7 a.m. Saturday. Preferred lies are in effect for the first round. Saturday: Mostly cloudy. High of 81 in the morning. Wind N 3-6 mph. Afternoon – High of 88. Wind WNW 4-8 mph. Preferred lies in Round 2. Sunday: Preferred lies in Round 3 and 4. Partly cloudy. High of 84. Wind ENE 4-8 mph. Play was suspended due to darkness at 8:17 p.m. ET with one player (Matt Kuchar) left to complete the round. Kuchar will resume the final round at 8 a.m. ET Monday.
- 2023: Thursday: Cloudy with intermittent showers. High of 72. Wind S 10-15 mph. Preferred lies were in effect in round one. Friday: Mostly cloudy with mist in the morning. High of 81. Wind NNE 5-10 mph. Preferred lies were in effect for the second round. Saturday: Partly cloudy. High of 88. Wind NE 4-8 mph. Sunday: Mostly sunny with afternoon thunderstorms. High of 87. Wind SW 10-15 mph. Play was suspended due to inclement weather at 4:52 p.m. ET and resumed at 6:55 p.m. ET (suspension of 2 hours, 3 minutes).
- 2022: Thursday: Mostly sunny. High of 93. Wind SW 6-12 mph. Friday: Mostly cloudy. High of 88. Wind SW 7-14 mph. The second round was suspended due to inclement weather at 5:36 p.m. ET and resumed at 7:06 p.m. a delay of 1 hour, 30 minutes. Due to darkness, the second round was suspended for the day at 8:20 p.m. with four players left to complete their rounds. Saturday: Cloudy with afternoon thunderstorms. High of 89. Wind WSW 5-10 mph. The third round was suspended due to dangerous weather situations at 12:20 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. Sunday: Mostly cloudy. High of 87. Wind SSW 5-10 mph.
- 2021: Thursday: Partly cloudy. High of 93. Wind SW 5-10 mph. Due to inclement weather, play was suspended from 5:01 p.m. to 7:08 p.m. ET (suspension of 2 hours, 7 minutes). Due to darkness, the first round was suspended for the day at 8:14p.m with 22 players left to complete their rounds. Friday: Partly cloudy. High of 93. Wind WSW 5-10 mph. Saturday: Partly cloudy and hot. High of 91. Wind SW 5-10 mph. Sunday: Cloudy. High of 83. Wind E 4-8 mph. Due to anticipated thunderstorms, final-round tee times were moved to 7-9:12 a.m. ET in threesomes off Nos. 1 and 10. Due to wet course conditions, preferred lies were in effect.
- 2020: Thursday: Cloudy with a high of 84. Wind ENE 4-8 mph. Friday: Cloudy with a high of 83. Wind NE 4-8 mph. Saturday: Cloudy. High of 80. Wind ENE 5-10 mph. Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a high of 78. Wind NNE 10-15 mph.
- 2019: Thursday: Partly cloudy, with a high of 88. Wind SSW 4-8 mph. Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 81. Wind SSE 4-8 mph. Due to 3.17 inches of rain overnight, preferred lies were utilized for the second consecutive day. Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 86. Wind NE 4-8 mph. Sunday: Partly cloudy, with a high of 88. Wind SW 4-8 mph.
- 2018: Thursday: Partly cloudy. High of 91. Wind SW 5-10 mph. Friday: Partly cloudy. High of 90. Wind SW 6-12 mph. Saturday: Mostly cloudy. High of 83. Due to a dangerous weather situation, round three was suspended at 3:27 p.m. and eventually called for the day at 6:45 p.m. Sunday: A total of 30 players were back in position at 8 a.m. Round three concluded at 10:24 a.m. Mostly cloudy. High of 88. Wind WSW 5-10 mph.
Weather Forecast: Latest weather forecast for Greensboro, North Carolina is here.
This is going to be a hot one at Sedgefield Country Club. 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) on Thursday rises to a whopping 37 degrees Celsius (99 Fahrenheit) on Sunday. With the lightest of breeze we will see low scoring, especially as this part of North Carolina seems set for rain on Tuesday and Wednesday nights (65% chance) and there’s the threat of thunderstorms throughout.
Strokes Gained Rankings: These top 25 in the field rankings are based on an 8-tournament window that stretches back to the RBC Canadian Open which includes both PGA Tour and DP World Tour events, where recorded. Player rankings are based on performance relative to the rest of the field:
- Top 25 SG Off The Tee: 1) Matthieu Pavon; 2) Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen; 3) Marco Penge; 4) Cameron Young; 5) Jason Day; 6) Keith Mitchell; 7) Blades Brown / Neal Shipley; 9) Alex Fitzpatrick; 10) Jackson Koivun / Marcelo Rozo / Gordon Sargent; 13) Patrick Fishburn / Doug Ghim / Jordan Smith / Kris Ventura; 17) Jesper Svensson; 18) Ryan Gerard / Kevin Yu; 20) Haotong Li; 21) Ricky Castillo; 22) Trace Crowe / Lee Hodges; 24) Michael Brennan / Hideki Matsuyama.
- Top 25 SG Approach: 1) Tom Kim; 2) William Mouw; 3) Cameron Young; 4) Keegan Bradley; 5) Billy Horschel; 6) Joel Dahmen / Ryo Hisatsune / Ben Kohles; 9) Christiaan Bezuidenhout / Chris Kirk; 11) Zac Blair; 12) Blades Brown / Tom Hoge; 14) Alex Fitzpatrick; 15) Ben Griffin; 16) Matt Wallace; 17) Keith Mitchell; 18) Jackson Suber; 19) Lucas Glover / Sahith Theegala; 21) Davis Chatfield; 22) Luke Clanton; 23) Emiliano Grillo / Davis Thompson; 25) Stephan Jaeger.
- Top 25 SG Around The Green: 1) Jason Day; 2) Vince Whaley; 3) Matt Kuchar; 4) Chandler Philips; 5) Gordon Sargent; 6) Hideki Matsuyama; 7) Adrien Dumont de Chassart; 8) Justin Thomas; 9) Harris English / Ryan Gerard; 11) Jackson Suber; 12) Ben Griffin; 13) Brandt Snedeker; 14) Bud Cauley / Harry Hall / Andrew Novak; 17) Zac Blair; 18) Mackenzie Hughes / Sungjae Im / Matt Wallace / Cameron Young; 22) Ricky Castillo / Mark Hubbard / Takumi Kanaya / Aaron Wise.
- Top 25 SG Tee to Green: 1) Blades Brown; 2) Cameron Young; 3) Tom Kim / Hideki Matsuyama; 5) Alex Fitzpatrick; 6) Keegan Bradley / Ben Kohles; 8) Matt Wallace; 9) Jackson Koivun; 10) Joel Dahmen / William Mouw; 12) Ben Griffin / Marco Penge; 14) Aaron Rai; 15) Keith Mitchell; 16) Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen; 17) Kevin Yu; 18) Ryan Gerard / Ryo Hisatsune; 20) Patrick Cantlay / Doug Ghim / Emiliano Grillo / Jackson Suber; 24) Jason Day / Rico Hoey.
- Top 25 SG Putting: 1) Webb Simpson; 2) J.T. Poston; 3) Zac Blair / Nick Taylor; 5) Emiliano Grillo; 6) Matt McCarty; 7) Ben Kohles / Erik van Rooyen; 9) Ricky Castillo / Eric Cole / Max Greyserman / Maverick McNealy; 13) Ryan Gerard / Mac Meissner / Davis Riley; 16) Garrick Higgo / Mackenzie Hughes; 18) Blades Brown / David Lipsky; 20) Austin Eckroat / Ben James / Denny McCarthy; 23) A.J. Ewart; 24) Davis Chatfield / Seamus Power / Justin Thomas.
- Top 25 SG Total: 1) Blades Brown; 2) Ben Kohles; 3) Emiliano Grillo; 4) Zac Blair; 5) Cameron Young; 6) Hideki Matsuyama; 7) Ryan Gerard / Tom Kim; 9) Ben Griffin / Marco Penge; 11) Patrick Cantlay; 12) Doug Ghim / Jackson Koivun; 14) Keegan Bradley; 15) Christiaan Bezuidenhout / Ricky Castillo / Ryo Hisatsune / Ben James; 19) Keith Mitchell / Jackson Suber / Justin Thomas; 22) Kevin Yu; 23) Matt Wallace; 24) Lee Hodges / Jordan Smith.
For a summary of the Strokes Gained Performances from this week’s field here at Sedgefield Country Club click here.
Trends & Key Factors: Analysing the Strokes Gained Stats of the Wyndham Championship winners here at Sedgefield Country Club gives us a little more insight into the requirements for this south-eastern parkland test:
Strokes Gained Tournament Trends:
- 2025, Cameron Young (-22). SG Off the Tee: 2nd, SG Approach: 22nd, SG Around the Green: 28th, SG Tee to Green: 4th, SG Putting: 1st.
- 2024, Aaron Rai (-18). SG Off the Tee: 29th, SG Approach: 1st, SG Around the Green: 30th, SG Tee to Green: 1st, SG Putting: 28th.
- 2023, Lucas Glover (-20). SG Off the Tee: 6th, SG Approach: 1st, SG Around the Green: 52nd, SG Tee to Green: 1st, SG Putting: 15th.
- 2022, Tom Kim (-20). SG Off the Tee: 36th, SG Approach: 12th, SG Around the Green: 74th, SG Tee to Green: 33rd, SG Putting: 1st.
- 2021, Kevin Kisner (-15). SG Off the Tee: 34th, SG Approach: 12th, SG Around the Green: 26th, SG Tee to Green: 12th, SG Putting: 8th.
- 2020, Jim Herman (-21). SG Off the Tee: 5th, SG Approach: 4th, SG Around the Green: 56th, SG Tee to Green: 4th, SG Putting: 3rd.
- 2019, J.T. Poston (-22). SG Off the Tee: 28th, SG Approach: 1st, SG Around the Green: 13th, SG Tee to Green: 1st, SG Putting: 13th.
- 2018, Brandt Snedeker (-21). SG Off the Tee: 47th, SG Approach: 3rd, SG Around the Green: 5th, SG Tee to Green: 2nd, SG Putting: 19th.
- 2017, Henrik Stenson (-22). SG Off the Tee: 35th, SG Approach: 3rd, SG Around the Green: 29th, SG Tee to Green: 6th, SG Putting: 3rd.
- 2016, Si Woo Kim (-22). SG Off the Tee: 1st, SG Approach: 5th, SG Around the Green: 42nd, SG Tee to Green: 1st, SG Putting: 34th.
Strokes Gained Tournament Skill Averages:
- SG Off the Tee: 22nd, SG Approach: 6th, SG Around the Green: 36th, SG Tee to Green: 7th, SG Putting: 13th.
Across the 2021 to 2025 Wyndham Championship renewals, statistically from a Stroke Gained perspective the winners gained on average 2.13 strokes per round from Tee to Green (55%) and 1.74 Putting (45%). Compared to last week’s 3M Open the split is far more weighted towards putting, with only Memorial Park (Houston Open) and Quail Hollow (Truist Championship) seeing higher strokes gained required from the flat stick for victory.
Tournament Trends & Key Factors: Analysing the final stats of the winners of the Wyndham Championship since the green complexes were changed to Champion Bermudagrass in 2012 gives us a little more insight into the requirements for this test:
- 2025, Cameron Young (-22). 333 yards (2nd), 69.7% fairways (14th), 79.2% greens in regulation (11th), 73.3% scrambling (5th), 1.61 putts per GIR (2nd).
- 2024, Aaron Rai (-18). 287 yards (63rd), 76.8% fairways (8th), 81.9% greens in regulation (3rd), 76.9% scrambling (6th), 1.73 putts per GIR (15th).
- 2023, Lucas Glover (-20). 312 yards (27th), 82.1% fairways (1st), 90.3% greens in regulation (1st), 71.4 % scrambling (5th), 1.71 putts per GIR (10th).
- 2022, Tom Kim (-20). 302 yards (79th), 73.2% fairways (4th), 79.2% greens in regulation (16th), 73.3 % scrambling (6th), 1.65 putts per GIR (1st).
- 2021, Kevin Kisner (-15). 304 yards (65th), 62.5% fairways (31st), 80.6% greens in regulation (8th), 64.3 % scrambling (20th), 1.78 putts per GIR (37th).
- 2020, Jim Herman (-21). 298 yards (51st), 82.1% fairways (4th), 87.5% greens in regulation (1st), 44.4% scrambling (71st), 1.71 putts per GIR (23rd).
- 2019, J.T. Poston (-22). 297 yards (53rd), 80.4% fairways (2nd), 86.1% greens in regulation (1st), 100% scrambling (1st), 1.69 putts per GIR (20th).
- 2018, Brandt Snedeker (-21). 315 yards (25th), 57.1% fairways (51st), 80.6% greens in regulation (19th), 57.1% scrambling (46th), 1.64 putts per GIR (2nd).
- 2017, Henrik Stenson (-22). 294 yards (71st), 75.0% fairways (8th), 87.5% greens in regulation (3rd), 44.4 % scrambling (67th), 1.62 putts per GIR (2nd).
- 2016, Si-Woo Kim (-21). 307 yards (51st), 73.2% fairways (6th), 83.3% greens in regulation (8th), 81.5 % scrambling (1st), 1.63 putts per GIR (2nd).
- 2015, Davis Love III (-17). 298 yards (33rd), 71.4% fairways (10th), 77.8% greens in regulation (18th), 75.0 % scrambling (9th), 1.71 putts per GIR (11th).
- 2014, Camilo Villegas (-17). 301 yards (39th), 76.8% fairways (6th), 77.8% greens in regulation (8th), 87.5 % scrambling (1st), 1.75 putts per GIR (24th).
- 2013, Patrick Reed (-14). 298 yards (11th), 64.3% fairways (42nd), 83.3% greens in regulation (1st), 58.3% scrambling (56th), 1.72 putts per GIR (14th).
- 2012, Sergio Garcia (-18). 302 yards (26th), 73.2% fairways (13th), 72.2% greens in regulation (26th), 80.0% scrambling (1st), 1.63 putts per GIR (2nd).
Tournament Skill Averages:
- Driving Distance: 38th, Driving Accuracy: 14th, Greens in Regulation: 9th, Scrambling: 21st, Putting Average 12th.
Let’s take a view from players as to how Sedgefield Country Club sets up and what skill sets the course favours:
Cameron Young (2025): “I used to hit a lot more draws than I do, or that I have been hitting. So I’ve kind of just gone back to hammering the draw and seeing where it comes down and trying to give myself an opportunity to really get a feel for one as opposed to trying to hit all perfect ones and all different kinds of shots. I think that was evident today, I kind of got comfortable with it early and thankfully was pretty able to keep that feel around the whole day.
Yeah, it’s a comfortable golf course for me. It’s familiar grasses given that I played around here a lot for four years. I’m sure that has something to do with the element of comfort. Yeah, I mean, again it’s a tournament that I enjoy coming to and a golf course I like so I feel comfortable.
But for me it’s not necessarily about this week. I’ve got a goal. In the middle of September I’d like to be in New York playing on that Ryder Cup team. I’ve kind of tried to look at that. If I can achieve that, I can achieve a lot of things over these next four weeks. So that’s kind of I’m trying to keep that in mind rather than the little things along the way. Not that winning a tournament here would be little, but I think for me kind of looking off in the distance in that way I think will help me just keep trying to trust what I’m doing and build some confidence along the way.
I’ve putted really well all year. I don’t know what the stats say, but it’s one of the better putting weeks I’m sure I’ve had. I putted great in Hawaii this year at Sentry. 1 I’ve had a few throughout the year that I’ve putted really well. Yeah, I feel like just mechanically I just am a better putter than I am at any other point in my career. So I don’t think I’ve just gotten a feel for it, I just think mechanically I’m better at it and at some point I’m going to have a few weeks where I have that and I do get a feel for it, and I like these greens so I feel like I’ve been putting really well.”
Aaron Rai (2024): “On the par-5 15th Yeah, I think getting it in the fairway off the tee is key. It’s very hard to go for the green in two if you’re off the fairway. Hit two really good drives and had two really good numbers for 5-wood both days. Pin was back right yesterday, pin was front right today, so just suits nice little fades. Hit two great shots and made two really nice putts. I’m not sure if there’s anything in particular that really suits my eye, I’ve just hit some really good shots down there and made the putts.
I think there’s situations where it is good to know the score for me, whether that’s on the last hole or the last couple of holes if there are different ways of playing it, but that wasn’t really the case with the finishing stretch here. Hole 14 is a strong par 4, 15 you’ll go for it in two if you’re in the fairway, you won’t if you’re not, and the last three holes again you play them in a pretty similar way. It didn’t feel like there was any real benefit in knowing what was happening there, it wouldn’t have changed my strategy..”
Lucas Glover (2023): ” Just putted OK. I didn’t read them great yesterday. I think a lot of us that have played here a lot are so used to the greens being so, so fast and then with the weather we’ve had, they’re not that. So there’s a lot of different speeds, different reads that it’s hard to get out of your head when you’re used to them being so fast.
I grew up on putting a lot of Bermuda greens, I seem to read the greens pretty well. I think I’m OK laying back off the tees a lot to make sure I’m in the fairway. When my irons are sharp, I seem to be able to make a lot of birdies. I think you try to attack this place a little too aggressive and miss some fairways, it can bite you. I learned that quite a while ago. I think it’s just a “fairways first” mentality, and then if you get some good numbers and hit it close, you’ve got a good chance to make some birdies.”
Tom Kim (2022): “Yeah, I mean, I just, I didn’t really feel uncomfortable. Normally it’s all kind of a mental thing, I feel like. Just you want to start good and a start like (A quadruple bogey on the 1st hole) that wasn’t the best, but I told myself, hey, imagine if you make two more bogeys a day, it’s just one hole, so just keep pushing. There’s definitely a lot of opportunities out there. You know, I got a good birdie on 3 to just kind of get my momentum and had a really good up-and-down on the par 5. Just kind of kept pushing. Felt like after the first hole I kind of played really solid.”
“I feel like I take it one day at a time. Just because I’ve been playing well, I played well last week, this could be a really different week. I told myself it’s a fresh start. This is my fifth, sixth week in a row, I played a lot of golf coming from Scotland as well, but I feel ready and I’m happy to be out here.”
Kevin Kisner (2021): “My record’s pretty good here at Sedgefield and I enjoy where everybody– we’ve got to put the ball in the same place. And then I love the greens surfaces, obviously what I grew up on. There’s less of those courses on Tour than ever, so when we get to weeks like this, I really have to be on form to play well and these are my chances to hold the trophies.”
Jim Herman (2020): “ Yeah, 61, it’s great anytime you can do that. Just gave myself good looks. You’ve got to be below the hole, got to have makeable putts out here or you’re going to be playing defensive. If you’re above the hole, you’re going to be just lagging all day long. I had a really good approach game today, I think I hit almost every green. The one green I did miss, I putted in from off the green. Yeah, good iron play. Starts off the tee with me, got to hit it in the fairway. I’m not as long as most guys out here, so I’ve got to put it in play, give myself a chance from the fairway.”
J.T. Poston (2019): “ Ball-striking’s been really good, haven’t missed many greens. Just keep giving myself a lot of looks and hit a lot of good putts. Made a few, but just really steady, solid golf for the most part. The golf course was easy enough to where if you hit fairways, you could attack some pins, and my iron play was really solid all week. So it was nice to give myself some looks, and today I finally made some putts and was able to get that low one in there.”
Brandt Snedeker (2018): “Yeah, I’m playing a lot better than I have been early in the year. I’m excited about the way I’m rolling the ball, putting great again. For whatever reason, seems like every week I have a bad round or a bad nine holes that kind of keeps me out of contention. So a big focus this week is staying patient. This is a golf course I had a lot of success on, I love it. It breeds kind of my kind of play hit, hit fairways, hit some greets, lots of wedge opportunities. It’s going to turn into a birdie-fest like it always does because the course is in great, shape so you know what you have to do when you step up on the first tee, put the ball in play and give yourself a lot of opportunities. So excited about that and excited about seeing how my game’s feeling. After last week at the PGA I kind of found something I thought on the weekend and hopefully it kind of stays in there and gives me a good chance to win this week.”
Henrik Stenson: “I think whenever you play a week after a Major championship, which isn’t all the time for me I found in the past you can find the golf courses quite easy when you play the tougher course the week before and you still kind of keep a strong mindset in terms of one shot at a time which, again, you always want to have but probably even more so at the Majors. It’s crucial. I’ve had some good success in particular playing in Germany the week after the U.S. Open a lot of times and done well.
Have left the driver out this week. Strong 3-wood, 4-wood and 2-iron. Putting myself in position and trying to stay out of that Bermuda rough. If you do that you got pretty short clubs and you can be accurate with your second shots. Plenty more of the same tomorrow. I’m trying to be kind of offensive to defensive spots, if you know, off the tee on a few of holes but then you get a lot of 8, 9 irons, wedges into these greens and they’re pretty receptive. You can be pretty aggressive if you’re feeling you got good numbers and feels right, go for it. We’ll produce a lot of birdie chances the first two days. My putting has been excellent. I’ve seen the lines nicely. Hit a lot of good putts and I’ve been hitting a lot of good iron shots as well, some wedges and some mid to short irons, and that’s kind of what I keep on doing and trying to hit a lot of fairways with the 3-wood and trying to attacking the hole and that’s been working nicely so far. No need to change that for tomorrow.”
Luke Donald: “It’s a course I really enjoy. I love the design of this course. The greens are very true, very fast, quite undulating. You have to have some imagination. And nice to get off to a solid start. Conditions were nice out there. The greens are holding for the most part and not too much wind. So, you’re playing well there’s some opportunities out there. I struggled a little bit visualizing that tee shot. It was a couple tee shots you don’t see them land and 18 is one of them. I hit a poor tee shot left and had to chip out. I had a good number with a little wedge, stick it to that pin. Would have been disappointing to drop one there after playing so well for the rest of the round.”
Webb Simpson: “It goes back to the point of the golf course. Bay Hill, Tiger won so many times. Akron produces long hitters winning there. Depending on the golf course you kind of create your own pool of winners that are usually going to win there, whereas this course, like I said, it favours nobody. So I think that’s what makes it hard to repeat, that if you have a field of whatever, what did we have, 156 players, that most everybody in the field has a legitimate chance to win whereas, you know, maybe you go to San Diego, I can’t remember the last time somebody who didn’t bomb it winning there. That’s a place where you take out 50 percent of the field from the start of the week. like I said earlier about the golf course, I don’t think it’s one where you have to play many years to learn it, where a lot of courses you do. Like Augusta is a good example whereas this golf course is more straight in front of you and, again, it’s a level playing field for everyone which I wish we played more like these.”
Tiger Woods: “The golf course is tricky. I know it’s wet and the fairways, ball in hand but the greens are so fast. They’re so speedy. Hideki, myself, even Brooks, we ripped a couple putts down there probably 10, 15 feet past the hole and even though as wet as they are, they’re still that fast downhill, down-grain and got to respect it and it puts such a premium on iron play to put the ball in the right spot and give yourself putts. For the majority of the day I was putting myself in perfect spots where I can be aggressive.”
First Round Leader Analysis: First round leader(s), their wave and winning score since 2010. Full First Round Leader stats are here.
- 2025 – Dahmen – AM -9/61 – 150/1.
- 2024 – Hossler – AM -10/60 – 110/1.
- 2023 – Henley – PM -8/62 – 40/1.
- 2022 – Huh – AM -9/61 – 125/1.
- 2021 – Henley – AM -8/62 – 50/1.
- 2020 – Hoge/Sloan/Varner III – 2PM/1AM -8/62 – 125/1/200/1/80/1.
- 2019 – An/Im – AM/PM Split -8/62 – Both 66/1.
- 2018 – Snedeker – AM -11/59 – 33/1.
- 2017 – Every – AM -9/61 – 200/1.
- 2016 – Cabrera-Bello/Na – Both AM -7/63.
- 2015 – Compton/Hoge/McGirt – 2AM/1PM -8/62.
- 2014 – Villegas – PM -7/63.
- 2013 – Fisher/Stroud – AM/PM Split -6/64.
- 2012 – Pettersson – AM -8/62.
- 2011 – Gainey/Quinney – AM/PM Split -7/63.
- 2010 – Atwal – PM -9/61.
For the record, here’s the breakdown of Bermudagrass PGA Tour victors in the field since 2008:
- 7 – Justin Thomas.
- 5 – Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth.
- 4 – Jason Day, Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Brandt Snedeker.
- 3 – Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Webb Simpson, Nick Taylor, Cameron Young.
- 2 – Daniel Berger, Patrick Cantlay, Harris English, Lucas Glover, Mackenzie Hughes, Peter Malnati, Sepp Straka.
- 1 – Keegan Bradley, Rafael Campos, Nick Dunlap, Nico Echavarria, Austin Eckroat, Tony Finau, Steven Fisk, Alex Fitzpatrick, Ben Griffin, Lanto Griffin, Brian Harman, Garrick Higgo, Joe Highsmith, Stephan Jaeger, Sungjae Im, Tom Kim, Patton Kizzire, Maverick McNealy, Keith Mitchell, Taylor Moore, Andrew Novak, J.T. Poston, Seamus Power, Aaron Rai, Davis Riley, Adam Schenk, Kevin Streelman, Adam Svensson, Aaron Wise, Kevin Yu.
Recent winning totals of -22, -18, -20, -20, -15, -21, -22, -21, -22, -21, -17, -17, -14 and -18 highlight that the key to success in Greensboro is two-fold: make plenty of eagles and birdies plus minimise dropped shots. It’s also worth noting that we’re returning to a Champion Bermudagrass greened golf course this week – naturally many have played months of Bentgrass, Fescue and Poa Annua grasses. Indeed this is the first Bermudagrass greened tournament since the Myrtle Classic at the start of May.
Across the recent PGA Tour schedule, the only courses where Champion Bermudagrass greens feature are Congaree (2021 Palmetto Championship + 2022 CJ Cup), the Country Club of Jackson, The Dunes Golf and Beach Club (Myrtle Beach Classic), TPC Southwind, Quail Hollow (since the 2017 PGA Championship) and Pinehurst Number 2 which hosted the 2024 U.S. Open.
It won’t surprise in a tournament where 4 straight rounds of 65/66 is the target that streaky scorers dominate the contending positions. However game-wise since the swap to Champion Bermudagrass greens, it’s safe to say that Garcia, Reed, Villegas, Love III, Si Woo Kim, Henrik Stenson, Brandt Snedeker, J.T. Poston, Jim Herman, Kevin Kisner, Tom Kim, Lucas Glover, Aaron Rai and Cameron Young all primarily won through their ability to create enough birdie opportunities with neat tee-to-green play which they then converted.
Those looking for Donald Ross-positive players should look no further than PGA Tour tracks Aronimink (2018 BMW Championship + 2026 PGA Championship), Detroit Golf Club (Rocket Mortgage Classic), East Lake (Tour Championship) as well as Oak Hill (2013 +2023 PGA Championship) and Pinehurst No2 (2014 + 2024 U.S. Open).
Sedgefield has a habit of producing 1st time PGA Tour winners with Cameron Young, Aaron Rai, Tom Kim, J.T. Poston, Si Woo Kim, Patrick Reed, Webb Simpson, Arjun Atwal and Ryan Moore all recording their first main-Tour victories here since 2008. FedEx Cup standings-wise, Webb Simpson was 12th in the standings when he captured his first title here at 20/1 in 2011. Since then 102nd, 78th, 105th, 187th, 44th, 75th, 80th, 83rd, 192nd, 69th, Special Temporary Member (Tom Kim could only qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs by winning the Wyndham), 112th, 53rd and 40th suggest that we should certainly consider players a little deeper than the very obvious candidates this week.
