Date: August 16-19, 2007
Location: Forest Oaks Country Club ? Greensboro, NC
2006 Champion: Davis Love III
FedEx Cup points: 25,000
2007 Purse: $5.0 million ($900,000 to the winner)
2006 Recap
After struggling throughout the first eight months of the season, Davis Love III emerged victorious with four rounds in the 60s, including a final-round 66 that was enough to hold off runner-up Jason Bohn by two strokes. Love, a native North Carolinian, had won the event previously way back in 1992. It was DL3's 19th career PGA TOUR title, and his first since 2003, when he won four times.
2005 Recap
K.J. Choi shot an opening-round 64, then birdied the first four holes of his final round and recorded 10 one-putts on Sunday en route to the third victory of his PGA Tour career. He finished two shots ahead of 2003 champion Shigeki Maruyama, who holed out from a greenside bunker on the 18th hole to finish alone in second place. Choi carded four consecutive rounds in the 60s and finished at 22-under-par thanks to a blazing hot putter. He also hit every single fairway on Sunday. Three players tied for third, five shots behind Choi.
The Course
Forest Oaks was redesigned in 2003 by none other than DL3 himself, who said it was his intent to preserve the course's more traditional heritage. As you might expect, Love lengthened the course significantly, and the par-72 layout now measures over 7,300 yards. The 222-yard par-3 17th hole is one of the toughest on the track and one to keep an eye on this week. The greens, as a whole, are large with lots of undulation. There are minimal water hazards.
The Field
It wouldn't do fantasy golfers much good to play their top draft pick when he doesn't plan on teeing it up, which is why fantasy owners have to be very cognizant of who is playing each week. As a courtesy, we've provided this link to the official field as provided by PGATOUR.com.
Note: It's a good idea to check this list for the official field of players again on Wednesday, as it is not unusual for golfers to drop out of tournaments in the days leading up the first round.
**Wyndham Championship Official Field.
Leaderboards
Wyndham Championship (2006 Top 20)
Player Scores Total To Par Earnings
Win Davis Love III 69-69-68-66 272 -16 $900,000
2 Jason Bohn 69-69-70-66 274 -14 $540,000
T-3 Steve Flesch 69-69-69-68 275 -13 $290,000
T-3 Eric Axley 68-69-71-67 275 -13 $290,000
5 Ryan Palmer 71-65-73-67 276 -12 $200,000
T-6 Ryan Moore 67-70-71-69 277 -11 $151,250
T-6 Joe Durant 67-71-70-69 277 -11 $151,250
T-6 Daniel Chopra 68-74-66-69 277 -11 $151,250
T-6 Lucas Glover 73-69-66-69 277 -11 $151,250
T-6 Nick Watney 64-71-74-68 277 -11 $151,250
T-6 Troy Matteson 71-68-70-68 277 -11 $151,250
T-12 Chris Couch 69-68-69-72 278 -10 $92,143
T-12 Jonathan Byrd 67-71-71-69 278 -10 $92,143
T-12 Greg Owen 68-69-73-68 278 -10 $92,143
T-12 Brent Geiberger 64-75-71-68 278 -10 $92,143
T-12 Steve Stricker 69-70-71-68 278 -10 $92,143
T-12 Joe Ogilvie 69-72-70-67 278 -10 $92,143
T-12 Hunter Mahan 70-72-72-64 278 -10 $92,143
T-19 Brett Quigley 69-71-68-71 279 -9 $65,000
T-19 Charles Howell III 69-72-68-70 279 -9 $65,000
T-19 Billy Mayfair 71-70-70-68 279 -9 $65,000
Wyndham Championship (2005 Top 20)
Player Scores Total To Par Earnings
Win K.J. Choi 64-69-67-66 266 -22 $900,000
2 Shigeki Maruyama 70-65-66-67 268 -20 $540,000
T-3 Jason Bohn 71-65-65-70 271 -17 $260,000
T-3 Brandt Jobe 72-65-67-67 271 -17 $260,000
T-3 Charles Warren 62-74-70-65 271 -17 $260,000
T-6 Justin Rose 69-65-68-71 273 -15 $157,500
T-6 Tim Herron 70-66-67-70 273 -15 $157,500
T-6 Tim Clark 66-69-70-68 273 -15 $157,500
T-6 Jerry Kelly 70-68-67-68 273 -15 $157,500
T-6 J.L. Lewis 72-68-67-66 273 -15 $157,500
T-11 Carl Pettersson 69-67-69-69 274 -14 $120,000
T-11 Kent Jones 70-71-67-66 274 -14 $120,000
T-13 D.J. Trahan 65-69-66-75 275 -13 $94,750
T-13 Sergio Garcia 69-69-66-71 275 -13 $94,750
T-13 Wes Short, Jr. 68-70-69-68 275 -13 $94,750
T-13 Scott Gutschewski 67-74-66-68 275 -13 $94,750
T-17 Olin Browne 68-72-65-71 276 -12 $73,500
T-17 John Huston 66-66-74-70 276 -12 $73,500
T-17 Darron Stiles 69-69-68-70 276 -12 $73,500
T-17 Dudley Hart 70-67-70-69 276 -12 $73,500
Recent History
Year Champion Runner Up
2004 Brent Geiberger Michael Allen
2003 Shigeki Maruyama Brad Faxon
2002 Rocco Mediate Mark Calcavecchia
2001 Scott Hoch Brett Quigley / Scott Simpson
2000 Hal Sutton Andrew Magee
World Rankings
The following are the top-ranked players from the current Official World Golf Rankings entered into this event:
12. K.J. Choi
40. Anders Hansen
43. Davis Love III
47. John Senden
48. Carl Pettersson
52. John Rollins
53. Jerry Kelly
55. Joe Durant
58. Lucas Glover
65. Jonathan Byrd
67. Chad Campbell
68. Vaughn Taylor
71. Shaun Micheel
74. Pat Perez
75. J.J. Henry
80. Brandt Snedeker
86. Brett Quigley
87. Bubba Watson
88. Dean Wilson
89. Peter Lonard