The PGA Tour’s calendar may shift, champions may change, but one thing remains constant: the Wyndham Championship‘s deep-rooted connection with Sedgefield Country Club. For the 2025 season, the championship once again returns to its home at Greensboro, North Carolina—the last stop before the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Back in the day, Wyndham didn’t have a permanent home. It was back then named as the Greensboro Open, and for the first for years, it shifted between Sedgefield and nearby Starmount Forest Country Club. This arrangement worked fine until 1960. After a harsh winter left Starmount in bad shape that year, Sam Snead, who had just won his seventh edition of the event, joked about Edward Benjamin, the course owner. As history may remember, it landed him in a lot of trouble. Known for burying his money in tomato cans in his backyard, Snead suggested that Benjamin should dig up some of his cans and fix the course before the next tournament. Clearly, the latter didn’t like the joke, as he banned Snead from Starmount for life— a move which created a bunch of problems for the host courses.

However, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as Sedgefield, with much more space to handle the audiences, became the sole home of the tournament.

Historically significant as it is, Sedgefield was designed by Donald Ross in 1926. He designed the course during the height of his career, and it carries that mark.

Part of Ross’s genius was finding a natural sequence of holes that fit the land and flowed seamlessly. Designing it as part of an upscale real estate development, he kept the homes well set back and out of play, using a deceptively simple routing of adjoining, counter-clockwise loops of nine holes each. Ross has, over the years, approximately designed around 400 golf courses, of which includes the Pinehurst courses 1,2,3, and the Oakland Hills Country Club.

However, over the years, like many of Ross’s other works, Sedgefield too suffered, mainly due to a number of factors and a victim of time. So, in Sedgefield too, the greens shrank, trees crowded out original playing corridors, and graceless innovations muddied the design. Naturally, the course was eventually re-designed in 2007 by Kris Spence, a $3 million restoration. The course was closed for 10 months during that year, and the Championship was held at Forest Oaks Country Club until it finally returned for good to Sedgefield in 2008, and has been the official venue since then. The venue, although it hosts other minor golf events but has been the staple for this particular PGA Tour event.

Sedgefield is not built for big hitters. At par 70 and 7,o30 yards, it rewards precision over power, especially with just 25 acres of fairways and thick bermudagrass rough on either side. On the other hand, the par-5 15th is reachable in two strokes, but tricky to hold. And then there is the 175-yard 16th hole, which demands control, and the 507-yard 18th—normally a par 5 for members—is a downhill tee shot. It is often considered the toughest hole on the course.

With not so easy to conquer terrain, the spotlight now shifts to the players. Several will be battling for a last-minute FedExCup spot. Which will not be easy, as there is a twist this year.

Players to keep an eye on this week

Since the onset of the FedExCup Playoffs in 2007, the Wyndham Championship has been the regular-season finale. In 2025, the stakes are higher than ever as only the top 70 players—a cut down from the top 125 players— in the FedExCup standings move on to the playoff opener in Memphis next month. Then it’s down to 50 for the BMW Championship, and finally 30 for the TOUR Championship. This cutoff makes Wyndham a do-or-die territory, with big names Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Xander Schauffele resting this week.

There is Matti Schmid, sitting right on the No. 70 in the standings. Then we have Nicolai Højgaard, who is four points behind him, with Keith Mitchell, Chris Kirk, and Gary Woodland—all of them hoping for a strong week. Max Homa, currently ranked at 102nd, after the 3M Open, must also make a significant move to extend his season.

On the flip side, players like Jordan Spieth (50th), Hideki Matsuyama (23rd), Matt Fitzpatrick (43rd), Tony Finau (60th), and Robert MacIntyre (15th) are already playoff-bound. But they still have reasons to sharpen up, especially with Ryder Cup implications looming.

The field also includes Rickie Fowler (61st), who made the cut at the 3M Open and has a real shot at making the top 50. And Tom Kim, a past Wyndham champion who sits far outside the top-70 at 89th position.

With so much at stake and the clock ticking on the regular season, the pressure is real. Who do you think will make or break this year? Let us know below!