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Cadillac Returns to Wyndham Championship as Official Vehicle

GREENSBORO, N.C. – After a three-year hiatus, Cadillac, the luxury brand of General Motors, returns to the Wyndham Championship as its official vehicle, it was announced today.  The 73rd annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 13-19, 2012.

Cadillac will provide PGA TOUR player courtesy cars as well as vehicles for tournament operations and tournament officials during the upcoming Wyndham Championship PGA TOUR event.  Cadillac last served as the tournament’s official vehicle in 2008.  The premium car brand will also have vehicles on display at Sedgefield Country Club during the tournament as well as a hospitality venue at the 10th green.  In addition, Cadillac is the tournament’s newest premier partner, the sponsorship level below that of title sponsor Wyndham Worldwide and presenting sponsor BB&T.

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Wyndham Championship Teams with Kevin Harvick Foundation for Third Annual Pro-Am

KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (Aug. 2, 2012) – The 73rd annual Wyndham Championship tees off Monday, Aug. 13 with the third annual Kevin Harvick Foundation Pro-Am Presented by Technology Concepts & Design, Inc., it was announced today.

The Kevin Harvick Foundation Pro-Am is the first official event of the Wyndham Championship, the seventh-oldest event on the PGA TOUR, held Aug. 13-19 at Sedgefield Country Club.   The Wyndham is the PGA TOUR’s final regular season event, and it sets the field for the FedExCup Playoffs which begin the following week at The Barclays in Farmingdale, N.Y.

PGA TOUR professionals will join Harvick, a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and Kevin Harvick Foundation co-founder, and other amateur golfers on four-player teams Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. for the Pro-Am.  Additionally, several local youth will be in attendance as special guests of the Kevin Harvick Foundation, whose mission is to positively enrich the lives of children throughout the United States.

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Former Wyndham Winners Snedeker, Pettersson Join Wyndham Field; Weekley, DiMarco, Woodland Will Also Play

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Former Wyndham winners Brandt Snedeker and Carl Pettersson highlight the most recent group of players making commitments to the Wyndham Championship field, it was announced today.  Also joining the field are Boo Weekley, Chris DiMarco and Gary Woodland.  These players join a field that includes defending champion and U.S. Open Champion Webb Simpson, 2012 Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III, 2011 FedExCup champion Bill Haas and Jason Dufner.  The 73rd annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 13-19, 2012.

2007 Wyndham winner Brandt Snedeker returns to Sedgefield this year after finishing tied for third at the Open Championship in England last weekend.  Earlier this season, he won the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego, Calif.  Snedeker is 18th in the current FedExCup point standings and 24th in the Official World Golf Rankings.  He has four top-10 finishes in the 14 tournaments he has played this season.   The Vanderbilt University alumnus won the inaugural Wyndham Championship and went onto become the PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year that season. This year’s tournament will be Snedeker’s sixth consecutive appearance here; he is sixth in career Wyndham Championship earnings with $1,225,839.

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