Wyndham Championship
Course: Sedgefield Country Club (7,131 yards, par 70)
Purse: $8,200,000
Winner: $1,476,000 and 500 FedExCup points
Tournament Preview
Even if you don't think Sedgefield Country Club is the most exciting course, every year the Wyndham Championship is able to provide drama because of where it falls on the calendar. As the final regular season event, this is the last chance for players to make a move into the FedExCup Playoffs. You could not be having a great year and put it together for four rounds to make a postseason appearance. Just look at what Kurt Kitayama did last week. He was well outside the top 100 in the FedExCup Standings, then storms in with a great ball-striking performance to claim victory at the 3M Open and move himself up to 53rd and well inside the playoff cut line of the top 70.
Matti Schmid is the guy firmly on the bubble at No. 70 in the standings coming into the week. Just a point above him is Byeong Hun An at No. 69. They will try to hold off a pretty strong group of players behind them looking to take one of their spots in the playoffs highlighted by Nicolai Hojgaard, Keith Mitchell, Chris Kirk, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Gary Woodland. There are some other notably names further back like Rasmus Hojgaard (82nd), Adam Scott (85th), Michael Thorbjornsen (87th), Tom Kim (89th) and Max Homa (106th) who are all capable of breaking into the Top 70 with a top finish at the Wyndham Championship.
While some players above them might not be worried about making it into the playoffs, there's a lot of people around the top 50 in the FedExCup Standings that would love to improve their positioning with a good showing in Greensboro. The top 50 in the standings after the first leg of the playoff in Memphis will make the BMW Championship, but also be exempt into all of the signature events in 2026. With the increased purses and points in the signature events, knowing you will play in all of them makes a huge difference when setting your schedule and being able to retain a spot in that group for the following year. Jordan Spieth holds the No. 50 spot going into the Wyndham Championship and will be back in the field this week to hopefully give himself a cushion in that department for the first playoff event in Memphis next week. Bud Cauley has had a great comeback season and is just nine points back of Spieth at No. 51.
Then we make our way up towards the Top 30. This is huge, particularly this year because the PGA Tour board decided to give everyone who makes the TOUR Championship a fair shot at winning the FedEx Cup. Gone is the starting strokes of the last several seasons that gave players who performed throughout the season an advantage in the final event. Now all 30 players that make the field will be able to have an equal chance at winning the TOUR Championship and FedEx Cup if they post the best 72-hole score. All 30 players that make this field will also be exempt into all four majors for 2026. Sungjae Im holds the No. 30 spot heading into the week over Ryan Fox and Brian Campbell, both of whom have won twice on the PGA Tour this season.
U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Keegan Bradley is the top ranked player in the field at the Wyndham Championship at 7th in the OWGR. Bradley is playing some of his best golf in years and likely will be a playing captain if he is able to continue this form for the next few weeks. There's certainly other hopeful American players looking to make some noise in Greensboro and earn a captain's pick next month. Ben Griffin, Andrew Novak, Max Greyserman, Akshay Bhatia, Cameron Young, Tony Finau, J.T. Poston and Denny McCarthy are names not yet mentioned who would fit that bill. The top ranked European players at the Wyndham are Robert MacIntyre (14th), defending champion Aaron Rai (35th), Matt Fitzpatrick (40th) and Thomas Detry (41st).
Every year we come to Greensboro at this part of the year we kind of know what we are going to get. We're going to be dodging scattered thunderstorms pretty much every day. Luckily after a very hot early part of the week, the temperatures will decrease through Sunday where the highs are only in the upper-70s. Sustain winds should average around 8-12 mph throughout most of the tournament rounds, but some gusts could get over 20 mph when that cooler air comes through for the weekend. The course will play pretty soft per usual and being able to control spin on approach will be one of the biggest challenges for the players. Scoring has been very consistent for scoring here over the last 17 years since Sedgefield has been the host of this event. The winning score has fallen from 15-to-22-under in every year. I'd be shocked if we didn't see it land in that range again this time around.
Recent Champions
2024 - Aaron Rai (-18)
2023 - Lucas Glover (-20)
2022 - Tom Kim (-20)
2021 - Kevin Kisner (-15)
2020 - Jim Herman (-21)
2019 - J.T. Poston (-22)
2018 - Brandt Snedeker (-21)
2017 - Henrik Stenson (-22)
2016 - Si Woo Kim (-21)
2015 - Davis Love III (-17)
Key Stats to Victory
- SG: Approach/GIR Percentage
- SG: Off-the-Tee/Driving Accuracy
- SG: Putting/Putts per GIR
- Proximity 125-150 Yards/150-175 Yards
Champion's Profile
Sedgefield Country Club is a classic Donald Ross design that requires accuracy off the tee and precision into very undulating greens. This is one of the highest correlated courses to driving accuracy. Just look at the list of recent champions above and how many are known as fairway finders. It's a course where players don't have to hit a lot of drivers if they don't want to. From there players will see a lot of shots from the 125-175 yard mark into greens that play much smaller than their average surface area because of all the undulation. Depending on where the hole location is, players will be able to use some slopes to get the ball close to the hole, but also need to avoid some penal runoff areas and that can leave tricky shots from tight bermudagrass. Sedgefield is one of the ultimate fairways and greens tests on the PGA Tour, and those who are able to execute the best in those two departments usually wind up on top at the end of the week.
This par-70 features only two par-5s, both of which will be reachable by every player in the field. A lot of the separation seems to come from the par-3s at Sedgefield. They are some of the trickier holes on the golf course and require properly struck shots to get the ball in birdie range. While the greens are receptive, the putting surfaces are as smooth as the PGA Tour has to offer. These bermudagreens at Sedgefield are definitely a favorite among Tour pros. If you hit a good putt, there's nothing that will make them wobble off line. We've seen some really good putters over the years fill it up around this course and DFS players should be keen on those who have been trending on the greens of late.
FanDuel Value Picks
The Chalk
Matt Fitzpatrick ($12,000)
Fitzpatrick is playing some exceptional golf the last couple months following a slow start to the year. He rides in off finishes of T17-T8-T4-T4 in his last four starts. The putting has come back to form and his short game has been as reliable as ever. Add to it that Fitzpatrick has gained strokes on approach in nine of his last ten starts, and off the tee in his last five starts. He's only played once before at Sedgefield back in 2018 where he was one of the top players for the week in SG: Putting.
Ben Griffin ($11,800)
I'm hoping that Griffin missing the last two cuts will drive down some of his ownership because he's an excellent fit for Sedgefield. He had a horrid putting week and the John Deere and then missed the cut by one shot at The Open in his first appearance. Prior to that he went T8-1st-2nd-T10-T14-T13. Griffin is inside the top-50 in every strokes gained category this season and has a pair of top-seven finishes the last three years in this event.
Harry Hall ($11,000)
I've talked about Hall a lot the last couple months in this column and it feels like every week he's lower than what he should be. Hall might not be the most perfect course fit for Sedgefield, but you can't argue with his results. He has now finished T28-or-better in his last eight starts and not missed a cut since THE PLAYERS. Hall ranks ninth on Tour in SG: Total, seventh in adjusted scoring average and first in birdie average this season. He is also 11th in par-3 scoring and second in par-4 scoring.
The Middle Tier
Lucas Glover ($10,500)
Glover's consistent ball striking makes him a great fit for this golf course. He ranks 10th this season in driving accuracy, 21st in SG: Approach and leads the PGA Tour in proximity from 125-150 yards. He is also fourth in par-3 scoring. Glover has been up and down most of 2025, but he's in the middle of a hot stretch that has seen him go T9-T5-T23 in his last three events. The veteran won at Sedgefield back in 2023 and is very familiar playing on bermuda.
Nicolai Hojgaard ($9,900)
Hojgaard is playing some really solid golf right now, with finishes of T24-T4-T14 in his last three starts. His ball striking is very strong at 13th in SG: Approach and sixth in GIR percentage. Hojgaard also checks in at 27th in SG: Putting, ninth in birdie average and sixth in par-3 scoring this season. He is right on the bubble of the playoffs and will be giving it everything. Hojgaard lacks experience on a lot of PGA Tour venues, but this will be his third trip to Greensboro and he posted a top-15 back in 2023.
Rico Hoey ($8,900)
There's a decent case to be made that nobody in this field hits the ball better than Hoey. He ranks second in SG: Off-the-Tee, first in total driving, 13th in driving accuracy, 28th in SG: Approach, first in GIR percentage and 13th in proximity this season. The putting continues to be a bit of a challenge, but he picked up over 3.3 strokes on the greens last year at Sedgefield on his way to a solid top-25 finish. Hoey will be looking for his third top-15 in his last five starts this week.
The Long Shots
Christiaan Bezuidenhout ($8,600)
Bezuidenhout hung up another top-20 finish last week at the 3M Open, which was his fourth such finish in his last eight starts. The South African has been one of the most accurate drivers on Tour the last few years, he ranks top-30 in both SG: Around-the-Green and SG: Putting, and the approach game has taken a big leap since the start of May. It's no wonder that Bezuidenhout has never missed a cut in four starts at Sedgefield given his fit for this venue.
Kevin Roy ($8,500)
I was a bit surprised to see Roy down this low. He has made the cut in eight of his last nine starts with two top-10s and four top-20s in that stretch. There's a lot to like here all the way through the bag as he ranks sixth in total driving, 29th in GIR percentage, 15th in proximity, 39th in scrambling and 46th in putts per GIR this season. Roy is also second in par-4 scoring. He sits 76th in the FedExCup Standings and absolutely has the game to make the playoffs with a strong finish here.
David Lipsky ($7,700)
Lipsky is playing better golf than a lot of players who are priced ahead of him. He is coming off a T3 finish at the 3M Open, which followed another T3 a few starts prior at the John Deere Classic. Lipsky has been very accurate off the tee of late and gained strokes on approach in his last five measured starts. Lipsky ranks seventh on the season on proximity from 125-150 yards and should be a great fit for this upcoming challenge at Sedgefield.
Strategy Tips This Week
Based on a Standard $60K Salary Cap
This always feels like a weird part of the year. There's a number of players in this field who might be on the ropes a bit with all of the recent travel, while others have started to play their best golf of the year after a slow start. It can be hard to gauge where everyone is going to be heading to a course like this where birdies should be flying once again. The 36-hole cut a year ago was four-under-par, so players don't have a lot of room for error if they want to make the weekend. Among some of the top options to fade, Akshay Bhatia ($11,500) stood out to me. He's been okay the last few months, but the putting and short game has held him back from posting some of those top finishes like he did back in the spring. Bhatia also has never made a cut in four past appearances at this course. While fairways and greens will be the biggest key for me in determining who to roster, I'd also like to have at least some recent form with the putter or past success at Sedgefield.
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