Course Guide — Wyndham Championship
SedgefieldCountry Club.
Greensboro, North Carolina · Par 70 · 7,131 yards · Hosts: Wyndham Championship
Sedgefield closes the PGA Tour's regular season, and the identity here hasn't changed across eighteen playings since the tournament returned in 2008: this is a positional golf course, not a power course. Just 25 acres of fairway and thick Bermuda rough put a premium on the tee shot that few other Tour stops demand. The market keeps pricing distance. The data keeps rewarding accuracy.
01 — Course Fingerprint
What Sedgefield actually demands.
Sedgefield is a Donald Ross design that underwent a $3 million, ten-month restoration in 2007 led by Ross restoration specialist Kris Spence, returning the course to its original routing and lengthening it for the modern Tour player. No further structural work has been made since: no green rebuilds, no tee relocations, no routing changes. This year's setup is the same course the field has played for most of the last two decades, just with the usual small, incremental yardage adjustments (7,131 yards in 2026, up from 7,030 as recently as 2023).
There's a quirk worth knowing before anything else: Sedgefield's members play the course to par 71. The 18th, a 507-yard closer that tumbles 50 feet downhill off the tee before climbing back up to a steeply bunkered green, is a par 5 on the member scorecard and a par 4 for the Wyndham Championship. That's where tournament par 70 comes from. It isn't a different hole count or a shorter course, just one hole reclassified for the pros.
The bigger structural fact is fairway width. Sedgefield plays across only 25 acres of short grass, tight by Tour standards, lined with mature trees and thick Bermuda rough. Combine that with a run of eight short-to-mid par 4s between 400 and 450 yards, and the course produces an approach-shot distribution unlike almost anywhere else on Tour: nearly 30% of approaches come from 150-175 yards, well above the Tour average. The model classifies Sedgefield as a positional course where the tee shot, not the driver, does the separating.
2026 course status
No material change from last year's event. The last structural work at Sedgefield was the 2007 Kris Spence restoration; everything since has been routine tee and yardage maintenance. Course history and prior Sedgefield form carry full predictive weight this year, nothing about the 2026 setup should discount it.
02 — Predictive Stats
What the data says actually matters.
Ranked by how consistently each category has separated the field at Sedgefield, based on the course's known approach-shot distribution and recent winner profiles.
Driving Accuracy
#1 Predictor
With only 25 acres of fairway and thick Bermuda rough throughout, missing the short grass at Sedgefield is costly in a way it isn't at wider, more forgiving Tour venues. The field hits well above 80% of greens in regulation from the fairway and barely over 50% from the rough, a bigger accuracy penalty than most weeks on Tour.
SG: Approach (50-100y wedge range)
#2 Predictor
The concentration of short-to-mid par 4s pushes nearly 30% of the field's approach shots into the 150-175 yard window, well above Tour average, and wedge proximity from 50-100 yards is one of the most cited predictors of success here. This is a shorter-iron and wedge test more than a long-iron test.
Bermuda Putting
#3 Predictor
Sedgefield's greens run small, averaging around 6,000 square feet, well below Tour average, on Bermuda grass. Players with a track record on Bermuda greens and at comparably tight, positional courses have historically had an edge here that pure ball-striking numbers alone don't capture.
Comp-Course Track Record
#4 Predictor
The same type of player wins the Wyndham Championship most years: an accurate ball-striker with prior results at Sedgefield itself or at similarly tight, tree-lined, positional venues. Multi-year Sedgefield form is a real signal, not noise, because the course hasn't structurally changed since 2007.
Driving Distance
Low predictor, not the separator
At 7,131 yards with a tight, tree-lined fairway grid, Sedgefield doesn't reward length the way a wide-open bomber's course does. The recent winner profile is accurate ball-strikers, not long hitters. Distance rank has not been the story at this event.
03 — Winner Profile
The traits every champion shares.
Qualitative course-fit filters based on Sedgefield's known characteristics and the recent winner pattern. This section will get the model's actual numeric thresholds once this week's workbook is in. For now, this is the fit profile, not model output.
Must-pass filter
Accurate
Above-average driving accuracy is close to a requirement. Only 25 acres of fairway and thick Bermuda rough punish wayward tee shots more than most Tour stops.
Must-pass filter
Wedge Play
Strong short-iron and wedge distance control, specifically from 50-100 yards. The course's short par-4 cluster pushes an unusually high share of approaches into this window.
Strong signal
Bermuda Putting
Comfort on small, fast Bermuda greens. Sedgefield's greens average around 6,000 sq ft, meaningfully smaller than Tour average, raising the cost of a missed approach quadrant.
Strong signal
Sedgefield Form
Prior good finishes at Sedgefield itself, or at comparably tight, tree-lined positional courses elsewhere on Tour. The course hasn't changed structurally since 2007, so this history still applies.
Context signal
Bubble Motive
As the last event before the FedExCup Playoffs cut the field to 70, players near that cut line are playing for their season, not just the $8.5M purse. That stakes context is worth weighing alongside the stats.
Fade signal
Pure Distance
Length off the tee without matching accuracy has not been the winning formula at Sedgefield. A bomber's price tag isn't automatically a Sedgefield fit.
04 — Key Holes
Where the round gets decided.
Sedgefield doesn't have a single dominant "moment" hole the way some Tour venues do. Its identity is the cumulative grind of tight fairways and small greens. These three are the most-cited holes in tournament coverage.
| Hole |
Name / Type |
Par / Yards |
Key betting signal |
| 18 |
The Closer |
Par 4 (tournament) · 507 yds |
A par 5 for members, set up as a demanding two-shotter for the field. Tumbles 50 feet downhill off the tee, then climbs back up to a green guarded by steep front bunkers. A stern finishing test rather than a birdie chance. |
| 15 |
Reachable Par 5 |
Par 5 · 549 yds |
Plays downhill roughly 30 feet, tempting longer hitters to go for it in two, but a phalanx of front bunkers guards the green, so it plays closer to a "par 4.5" than a true scoring hole. |
| 16 |
Short Par 3 |
Par 3 · 175 yds |
Plays downhill about 10 feet with deep front bunkers to avoid. Widely described as the one hole on the course where pros get a real scoring look, the closest thing Sedgefield has to a birdie gimme. |
05 — Historical Trends
What recent winners tell us.
Winning scores and profile notes from the last five Wyndham Championships at Sedgefield.
| Year | Winner | Score | Key note |
|---|
| 2025 |
Cameron Young |
-22 |
Six-shot margin, the largest of this group. Defending champion heading into 2026. |
| 2024 |
Aaron Rai |
-18 |
Two-shot win. Rai's game is built on elite driving accuracy, a textbook Sedgefield fit. |
| 2023 |
Lucas Glover |
-20 |
Two-shot win for a veteran accurate ball-striker, not a bomber, consistent with the course's recent winner pattern. |
| 2022 |
Tom Kim |
-20 |
Five-shot win. Precision iron player, not a distance-first profile. |
| 2021 |
Kevin Kisner |
-15 |
Won a record-tying six-man playoff. The lowest of the five winning scores here, a reminder that Sedgefield can play firmer and tougher some years than others. |
Reading the winning-score spread
Five different winners, scores ranging from -15 to -22. Sedgefield's winning number moves more with weather and setup firmness than most positional courses. What doesn't move is the profile: every one of the last five champions is an accurate ball-striker, not a power player. That consistency matters more than the exact number to shoot for.
06 — Betting Angles
How to bet Sedgefield smart.
01
Accuracy is the gate here, not a bonus stat
At most Tour venues driving accuracy is a tiebreaker. At Sedgefield, with 25 acres of fairway and heavy Bermuda rough, it functions closer to a prerequisite. Screen for above-average accuracy before anything else.
02
Check wedge proximity specifically, not just overall approach rank
Because Sedgefield's short par-4 cluster pushes so many approaches into the 150-175 yard band, a player's overall SG: Approach rank can understate or overstate their actual Sedgefield fit. Wedge proximity from 50-100 yards is the more targeted number.
03
Weight Sedgefield-specific history heavily
Because the course hasn't structurally changed since the 2007 restoration, multi-year Sedgefield form is unusually reliable compared to course history at venues that get renovated more often. A player with three quiet-but-solid Sedgefield starts is saying something real.
04
Factor in FedExCup bubble motivation
This is the last event before the field is cut to the top 70 for the playoffs, with the top 50 after the second playoff event locking in 2027 signature-event status. Players sitting near those lines have more than prize money riding on the week, a real, if hard-to-quantify, motivation signal.
05
Don't pay up for distance alone
The last five winners are accurate ball-strikers, not bombers, and the course's tight fairway grid explains why. A short-priced favorite whose main selling point is driving distance is fighting the course's actual identity.
07 — FAQ
Quick answers.
What is par at Sedgefield Country Club for the 2026 Wyndham Championship?
Par 70 for tournament play. Members play the course to par 71: the 18th, a 507-yard closer that's a par 5 on the member card, is set up as a demanding par 4 for the Wyndham Championship.
How long is Sedgefield Country Club for the Wyndham Championship?
7,131 yards for the 2026 tournament setup, per the PGA Tour's official listing.
When is the 2026 Wyndham Championship?
Tournament rounds run Thursday through Sunday, August 6-9, 2026, at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, with the pro-am on Wednesday, August 5.
Why does the Wyndham Championship matter so much on the PGA Tour calendar?
It's the final event of the PGA Tour regular season. The top 70 players in FedExCup points after Sedgefield advance to the playoffs, and reaching the second playoff event locks in 2027 signature-event status for the top 50, job security stakes stacked on top of the $8.5 million purse.
What stats predict a winner at Sedgefield Country Club?
Driving accuracy first, then approach precision from the 50-100 yard wedge range, with Bermuda putting and prior form at similarly tight, positional courses as secondary signals. Distance off the tee has not been the separator here.
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