Behind Vijay Singh's Addition to an Already Strong Field, Wyndham 'Surging for a Big Year'

Donald Ross is known worldwide to golf fans as one of the consummate masters of course design. And now, thanks to the Wyndham Championship's recent move to the Sedgefield Country Club, PGA golfers competing in the FedEx Cup event (August 11-17, 2008) will get to experience the same pristine Piedmont Triad golf conditions that legends like enjoyed for years after Ross' original design in 1926. Of course, this isn't the Wyndham's first rodeo here, although it is the first year back to Sedgefield following a 31 year hiatus, and the return did not come at a cheap price. The recently finished, nearly year long renovation of the course cost over $3 million, but as Tournament Director Mark Brazil put it, the intent was to make Sedgefield "one of the favorite spots on tour." Brazil also pointed out that right now, "this golf course... [read full story]