GREENSBORO, N.C. – Two international golfers playing in this week’s Summer Olympic Games in Paris, Min Woo Lee and Nicolai Hojgaard, will play next week’s Wyndham Championship, the tournament announced today. The 85th annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 8-11, 2024, at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
These players join FedExCup No. 9 Sungjae Im, FedExCup No. 10 Shane Lowry, FedEx Cup No. 15 Akshay Bhatia, FedExCup No. 17 Robert MacIntyre, FedExCup No. 21/world No. 15 Brian Harman, FedExCup No. 24 Davis Thompson, defending champion Lucas Glover along with past champions FedExCup No. 34 J.T. Poston, FedExCup No. 36 Si Woo Kim, Kevin Kisner, Webb Simpson and 2012 FedExCup Champion Brandt Snedeker as well as Wake Forest University alumni FedExCup No. 35 Cameron Young and FedExCup No. 45 Will Zalatoris.
Lee is 32nd in the DP World Tour standings, 36th in the Official World Golf Rankings and 62nd in FedExCup points. Lee is a four-time international winner, but he is still in search of his first PGA TOUR win. A native and resident of Perth, Australia, he finished tied for second at the Cognizant Classic at The Palm Beaches and the Rocket Mortgage Classic for his best finishes of the season to date. His older sister, Minjee Lee, is a two-time major champion and an eight-time winner on the LPGA Tour.
Lee is currently seventh in the Presidents Cup international team standings. The top-six players following the 2024 BMW Championship, the second event of the FedExCup Playoffs, will automatically make the team. The two players ahead of him in points are not playing next week so a good showing in his first Wyndham Championship start could put him among the automatic qualifiers.
A native and resident of Denmark, Hojgaard is 20th in the DP World Tour standings, 53rd in the Official World Golf Rankings and 80th in FedExCup points. He joined the PGA TOUR as a special temporary member last season, played last year’s tournament on a sponsor’s exemption and finished tied for 14th in his Wyndham Championship debut. He finished second at the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this season for his best finish to date, but the four-time international winner is in search of his first PGA TOUR victory. He made his European Team debut at last year’s Ryder Cup matches in Rome, Italy.
About The Wyndham Championship:
Contested annually on the Donald Ross-designed golf course at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., the Wyndham Championship was founded in 1938 and is the seventh-oldest event on the PGA TOUR, excluding the Majors. As the last tournament of the regular season, it sets the 70-player field for the FedExCup Playoffs. The tournament thanks title sponsor Wyndham Rewards and presenting sponsor Truist for their continued support. Additional tournament information is available at WyndhamChampionship.com and the tournament’s social media channels (@WyndhamChamp) on Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn pages.
About Wyndham Rewards:
Proud title sponsor of the Wyndham Championship, Wyndham Rewards® is the blue thread tying together some of the world’s largest and most well-known travel companies and brands: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchising company and Club Wyndham®, the flagship vacation ownership brand of Travel + Leisure Co. Recognized as the #1 hotel rewards program by both U.S. News and World Report and USA Today, members—over 106 million enrolled around the world—earn a guaranteed 1,000 points with every qualified stay and can redeem for free nights starting at just 7,500 points. With more than 60,000 hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally, no other hotel rewards program is more generous or offers more places to stay. Join for free at WyndhamRewards.com.
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