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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Established | 2003 |
| Course(s) | Quail Hollow Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,538 yards (6,893 m) |
| Organized by | Champions for Education |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$20,000,000 |
| Month played | May |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 Wyndham Clark (2023) |
| To par | −21 Rory McIlroy (2015) |
| Current champion | |
 Rory McIlroy | |
| Location map | |
  Quail Hollow Club Location in the United States  Quail Hollow Club Location in North Carolina | |
The Wells Fargo Championship is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour.[1] Held in early May, usually at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, it has attracted some of the top players on the tour. It debuted in 2003 as the Wachovia Championship and was known in 2009 and 2010 as the Quail Hollow Championship.
From 2004–06 and 2011–13, the tournament ended in a playoff. Additionally, the event has one of the tougher finishes on tour with 16, 17, and 18, commonly known as the "Green Mile," often ranked among the PGA Tour's toughest holes. Organized by Champions for Education, Inc.,[2] the majority of the charitable proceeds from the tournament benefit Teach for America.
In 2017, the tournament was held on the coast in Wilmington at Eagle Point Golf Club, as Quail Hollow hosted the PGA Championship in mid-August.[3] Wilmington hosted the Azalea Open on tour in the 1950s and 1960s at the Donald Ross-designed Cape Fear Country Club; it was a tune-up event for The Masters through 1965,[4] part of the city's Azalea Festival.
In 2022, the tournament was held near Washington, D.C. at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Potomac, Maryland, as Quail Hollow hosted the Presidents Cup in late September.
Decades earlier, Quail Hollow hosted the PGA Tour's Kemper Open eleven times, from 1969 through 1979.
- ^ "New name for Quail Hollow: Wells Fargo Championship". PGA Tour. August 3, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ^ Champions for Education
- ^ Ross, Helen (June 27, 2016). "Changes in store for upcoming PGA Tour season". PGA Tour.
- ^ Blondin, Alan (May 4, 2017). "Wilmington used to be home to star-studded PGA Tour event". PGA of America. Retrieved May 6, 2017.