Sedgefield Country Club

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Sedgefield Country Club
Sedgefield's historic Tudor-style clubhouse viewed from the ninth fairway.jpg
Sedgefield's Tudor-style clubhouse viewed from the ninth fairway.
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Coordinates 36°00′50″N79°53′13″W / 36.014°N 79.887°W / 36.014; -79.887
Location Greensboro, North Carolina
Elevation830 feet (250 m)
Established1926;98 years ago (1926)
TypePrivate
Owned byMcConnell Golf LLC
Total holes18
Events hosted Wyndham Championship
GreensChampion Bermuda
FairwaysTifway 419 Bermuda [1]
Website sedgefieldcc.org
Ross Course
Designed by Donald Ross
Par 70
Length7,127 yards (6,517 m)
Course rating 75.3
Slope rating 143 [2]
Course record59 (Brandt Snedeker, 2018 Wyndham Championship) [3]

Sedgefield Country Club is a country club in the eastern United States, located in Greensboro, North Carolina, southwest of the city center. Established in 1926, it is primarily known for its golf course and the PGA Tour event it has held annually since 2008: the Wyndham Championship, formerly the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic, and the Greater Greensboro Open (GGO). It also hosted the tournament from 1938 to 1976 (alternating some years with Starmount Forest Country Club).

The course was designed by Donald Ross and opened for play in 1926. Along with Detroit Golf Club, they are currently the only two Ross-designed courses hosting a regular event on the PGA Tour. From its inception, the Ross course consisted of Bentgrass greens until 2007, in which a major $3 million restoration project added Champion Bermuda Grass greens and restored its rolling fairways with Tifway 419 Bermuda grass. In 2011, McConnell Golf acquired Sedgefield Country Club and added new membership benefits, including reciprocal access to the 14 other McConnell Golf properties.

From 2003 until 2021, Rocky Brooks of the PGA served as director of golf at Sedgefield. He was succeeded by Eric Ferguson who now serves as the director of golf.

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References

  1. "Wyndham Championship" (PDF). GCSAA. Tournament fact sheets. August 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. "Course Rating and Slope Database: Sedgefield CC - Ross Course". USGA. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  3. "Wyndham Championship: Brandt Snedeker cards 10th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history". BBC Sport . BBC. August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.