This tournament was first played in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open and held that title for nearly 50 years. It's been played at Sedgefield for a good portion of that time, but only returned to regular play there in 2008. History has also been made here over the years, particulary by Sam Snead, who holds the record of winning a tournament the most times, eight. He also became the oldest winner on the PGA Tour when he won this event in 1965, at age 52.
The big story this week is Tiger Woods, who entered this event last minute. As it stands now, Woods sits at 168th on the FedEx Cup Rankings. He needs to achieve a minimum ranking of 150th to become eligible to play in the first of the PGA Tour Playoff events (The Barclays) next week. He's hoping for a good result this week to make this possible.
The field this week might not be as elite or full of top-ranked golfers as we're used too, but it's full of talented and competitive players who are probably all looking to secure their playoffs spot. Given that, here's our picks for the Wyndham Championship:
1) Martin Kaymer
2) Camilo Villegas
3) Brooks Koepka
Kaymer is currently ranked 124th on the rankings and will no doubt bring his A-game this week. He's also one of the top-ranked golfers on the World Golf Rankings in the field this week at 21st. Camilo Villegas won this event last year and might do so again, seeing at he's ranked 102nd. Brooks Koepka sits safely at 6th in the rankings, but has been playing excellent golf these past few weeks (T6 at the Bridgestone Invitational and T5 at the PGA Championship).
Play kicks off early tomorrow morning but be sure to check out our Weekend Update post this Friday evening,
-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews
Our top pick this week is 2014 US Open Champion Martin Kaymer
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