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Greensboro’s PGA Tour event will be part of the Tour’s new Championship Series beginning in 2028, with Raymond James becoming the title sponsor.
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The tournament will be called GO by Raymond James under a multi-year agreement, following the expiration of Wyndham’s sponsorship contract.
The Tour is instituting the Championship Series structure to assemble more top talents consistently across 23 to 24 events, which means the Greensboro tournament should attract more well-known golfers in the new top tier.
“The PGA TOUR’s Greensboro event has one of the richest histories in men’s professional golf,” PGA Tour Chief Commercial Officer Dhruv Prasad said, “and we are proud to continue building on its longstanding legacy and local charitable impact with the support of our new partners at Raymond James.”
The event, which has regularly been a part of the PGA Tour schedule since its inception in 1938, will take place at Sedgefield Country Club as a full-field tournament in early August 2027 before transitioning to the Championship Series.
Lawmakers had approved $40 million in the North Carolina state budget, which Gov. Josh Stein signed into law Tuesday, to keep the Greensboro event locally.
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Sedgefield CC, a Donald Ross-designed course, has hosted the event since 2008, though the Sports Business Journal reported that “industry chatter has pointed toward the Tour considering other options in the Greensboro area.
Michael Brennan won the Greensboro event this year, beating the likes of reigning champion Cameron Young, Tom Kim, Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth.
“Greensboro has supported the PGA TOUR for nearly nine decades, and we are excited to launch this new chapter by bringing the best players in the world to the Piedmont Triad region,” Prasad said.
The Tour has now confirmed six Championship Series events as it rolls out part of the schedule for its restructured top tier, which will be fully announced in early 2027, according to the Tour.
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