Wyndham Championship 2026

The 2026 Wyndham Championship runs from August 6-9, 2026, at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. Practice rounds and the pro-am take place August 5; the first competitive round is Thursday August 6. The final round is Sunday August 9. Sources: pgatour.com, wyndhamchampionship.com.

The 2026 Wyndham Championship is held at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. Sedgefield is a classic Donald Ross-designed course that has hosted the event since 2008. Greensboro's Tournament Players Club (formerly Forest Oaks) hosted the event from 1938 to 2007. Sources: wyndhamchampionship.com, PGA Tour.

Several notable players withdrew from the 2026 Wyndham Championship before the field was finalised. The most high-profile withdrawal was Patrick Cantlay (World No. 39), a late pull that generated significant attention. Kristoffer Reitan withdrew despite being comfortably inside the FedExCup top 20. Michael Thorbjornsen withdrew after locking up his Playoffs berth by winning the Rocket Classic. Brendon Todd and Dan Brown also withdrew; they were replaced respectively by Matt Kuchar and Lanto Griffin. Sources: Yahoo Sports (Heavy.com).

The defending champion is Cameron Young (USA), who won the 2025 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club with a score of -22 (258), setting a new course record and becoming the PGA Tour's 1,000th winner. Young enters the 2026 edition looking to become the first back-to-back Wyndham champion since Webb Simpson (2011-12). Sources: PGA Tour, wyndhamchampionship.com.

The total prize purse for the 2026 Wyndham Championship is $8.5 million. The winner receives approximately $1.53 million. The event is sponsored by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Sources: PGA Tour.

The Wyndham Championship is the final full-field event of the PGA Tour's regular season, played annually in late July or early August at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC. It is one of the longest-running events on Tour, having been held since 1938. Because it is the last opportunity to earn FedExCup points before the Playoffs, it consistently attracts late-season surges from players on the playoff bubble. Sources: PGA Tour, wyndhamchampionship.com.

The Wyndham Championship is the last regular-season event in which players can earn FedExCup points to qualify for the three-event FedExCup Playoffs (beginning the following week). Only the top 70 players in FedExCup points after the Wyndham qualify for the first Playoff event (the St. Jude Championship). Players just outside the top 70 are in a fight to move up, making the Wyndham disproportionately high-stakes for those on the bubble. The 2026 field also saw several high-ranked players withdraw after already securing Playoff berths. Sources: PGA Tour.

Michael Brennan won the 2026 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC, finishing at -22 (rounds of 66-65-63-64) to claim his first PGA Tour title. Brennan earned $1,530,000 and earned 50 Official World Golf Ranking points. Crucially, his win moved him inside the FedExCup top 70, the only player to do so at Wyndham, guaranteeing him a spot in the FedExCup Playoffs. Sources: PGA Tour, thegolfnewsnet.com.

No. The Wyndham Championship is a standard PGA Tour event, not one of golf's four majors (The Masters, US Open, The Open Championship, PGA Championship). However, it carries added significance as the final full-field event before the FedExCup Playoffs. Winners receive full FedExCup points and a two-year PGA Tour exemption. Sources: PGA Tour.