WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP HOLIDAY CLOTHING SALE BENEFITS THE EMPTY STOCKING FUND
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Looking for big-time bargains during your holiday shopping? You can find them and help our community at the same time during the annual Wyndham Championship holiday merchandise sale where all Wyndham Championship merchandise will be discounted at least 50 percent, it was announced today. The 73rd annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 13-19, 2012.
And like last year, sale proceeds will benefit The Empty Stocking Fund. Contributions to the Empty Stocking Fund allow it to help Piedmont Triad families provide holiday gifts for their children up to the age of 13. The Empty Stocking Fund’s mission…
Wyndham Worldwide Donates Over $385,000 to Charities During the Wyndham Championship; Charity of Choice Winner Officially Announced
GREENSBORO, N.C. – -Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, provided over $385,000 to children’s charities during the Wyndham Championship held last week at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. The final PGA TOUR event before the FedExCup playoffs, philanthropy has been a central focus of the Wyndham Championship for many years, with Wishes by Wyndham, the philanthropic foundation of Wyndham Worldwide, making donations through special events and spectator participation.
The week kicked off with a visit to the pediatric unit at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, where Wyndham Worldwide leaders and associates, with PGA…
Webb Simpson Wins Wyndham Championship for First PGA TOUR Victory
By JOEDY McCREARY, AP Sports Writer
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Webb Simpson grew up in North Carolina, and his favorite memory of the Wyndham Championship was caddying for Neal Lancaster as a teenager during a pro-am.
That might change now that he’s won the tournament.
Simpson claimed his first PGA Tour title Sunday, shooting a 3-under 67 to win by three strokes.
The 26-year-old Raleigh native finished at 18-under 262 and collected $936,000 in the tournament about a 30-mile drive from the Wake Forest campus where he was a college star.
“I really couldn’t think of a better…
WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ROUND A SELLOUT
GREENSBORO, N.C. – For the fourth consecutive year, the final round of the Wyndham Championship is a sellout, it was announced this afternoon. Today’s final-round sellout is in addition to yesterday’s third-round sellout. The last time both weekend days were sold out was 2008, the year the tournament moved back to Sedgefield Country Club.
Advance ticket sales surged last week as the Wyndham field came into focus, and at that time, an additional 4,000 tickets were printed for today’s round bringing the total number of available tickets to approximately 29,000. That number includes tickets for all on-course hospitality venues and…
FORMER DEACON WEBB SIMPSON TAKE TWO-STROKE LEAD INTO FINAL ROUND
Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey one stroke back; 2008 champ Carl Pettersson, Charles Howell III, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen among leaders with 18 holes to play
...WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP THIRD ROUND A SELLOUT
GREENSBORO, N.C. – All available tickets for the third round of the 2011 Wyndham Championship have been sold, it was announced this afternoon. The last time the third round sold out was in 2008, the year the tournament returned to Sedgefield Country Club. The final round sold out in 2008, ’09 and ’10.
Advance ticket sales surged last week as the Wyndham field came into focus, and at that time, an additional 3,000 tickets were printed for today’s round bringing the total number of available tickets to 28,000. That number includes tickets for all on-course hospitality venues and grounds tickets. …
PGA TOUR GOLFER DEREK LAMELY WINS VACATIONS FOR LIFE
GREENSBORO, N.C. (08-19-2011) —The “Vacation for Life Hole-In-One Challenge” at the Wyndham Championship, wasn’t so much of a challenge for PGA TOUR professional Derek Lamley. During the second round today at the Sedgefield Country Club, Lamely made a hole-in-one at the 16th hole which won him vacations for life from Wyndham Vacation Ownership, a member of the Wyndham Worldwide family.
Lamely was awarded a CLUB WYNDHAM® Access vacation ownership interest with Wyndham Vacation Resorts as well as membership in the company’s points-based exchange program, which provides a lifetime of vacations and access to over 70 CLUB…
TOMMY “TWO GLOVES” GAINEY LEADS APPLEBY, ELS, SIMPSON, SUMMERHAYS
Article by: JOEDY McCREARY , Associated Press
Updated: August 20, 2011 – 2:05 AM
GREENSBORO, N.C. – For all that Tommy Gainey says has gone wrong in the Wyndham Championship, he must be doing something right.
His tee shots have been rocky, his irons have given him trouble, he’s fighting a nagging wrist injury — and the South Carolina player called Tommy Two Gloves has one of the best two-round scores in the history of the tournament.
Gainey shot a 5-under 65 on Friday to reach 12-under 128 and take a three-stroke lead in the final event before the…
TOMMY “TWO GLOVES” GAINEY, JEFF QUINNEY SHARE FIRST-ROUND WYNDHAM LEAD
Jeff Quinney set the pace in the morning wave, shooting a 7-under 63 and going into the clubhouse with a two stroke lead over Paul Casey, Ernie Els, Carl Pettersson, Jason Bohn, Jimmy Walker, Lee Janzen and Tim Herron.
Quinney, who started on the back nine, posted five straight birdies from holes 12-16 before bogeying #18. Three more birdies on the front nine put him in at -7 for the round. Quinney has amassed 67 FedExCup Points, and a win would put him in The Playoffs.
Els, who is currently 126th in the FedExCup Points standings, recorded…
DEFENDING WYNDHAM CHAMPION ARJUN ATWAL WINS NEW BREED LOGISTICS PRO-AM
The New Breed Logistics Pro-Am, the last unofficial event before official Wyndham Championship play begins tomorrow, concluded with a familiar name atop the leader board. Picking up right where he left off one year ago, defending Wyndham champion Arjun Atwal shot an unofficial round of eight-under-par 62 to lead his team to victory. The amateurs on Atwal’s team were Andrew Welch, Bill Ross and Steve Holmes, the chairman and CEO of Wyndham Worldwide. The Atwal team finished 17 under par, tied for first with the team led by Bill Haas; the amateurs on the Haas team were Pete Zifchack, Bill…
