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Tour Turns to “The Green Mile”

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CHARLOTTE – The Wells Fargo Championship is the 29th event of the 2022-23 PGA TOUR Season and seventh designated event, featuring six of the Top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (33 of top 50), 25 of the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings and 19 of the 23 players that have won on TOUR this season.

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Prize money is a lofty $20m with the winner getting $3.6 million from the bank’s coffers.

Two-time Wells Fargo Championship winner Max Homa (2019 at Quail Hollow Club, 2022 at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm) is one of four players with multiple titles this season (Fortinet Championship, Farmers Insurance Open) and is seeking to successfully defend a title for the second time this season (Fortinet Championship).

No player has ever successfully defended a title at the Wells Fargo Championship.

Five players successfully defended a title during the 2021-22 season, the most since 2007 (5), and Homa is one of three that have done so this season (Rory McIlroy/The CJ CUP in South Carolina, Scottie Scheffler/WM Phoenix Open).

Three-time Wells Fargo Championship winner Rory McIlroy, the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 3 in the Official World Golf Ranking, will be making his 12th start at the event. The Wells Fargo Championship is one of six TOUR events at which McIlroy has collected multiple victories and the first that he won three or more times.

Quail Hollow Club’s 16th, 17th and 18th holes make up the most difficult three-hole finish on Tour, known as the Green Mile. Among non-major courses that have been played in at least five seasons since 2003, “The Green Mile” ranks as the toughest finishing three holes (+0.904 on average).

Max Homa is one of 18 players in the field that competed in the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Club. Those items included:

  • International Team: Corey Conners (Canada), Cam Davis (Australia), Sungjae Im (South Korea), Si Woo Kim (South Korea), Tom Kim (South Korea), K.H. Lee (South Korea), Taylor Pendrith (Canada), Adam Scott (Australia)
  • United States: Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, Max Homa, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Cameron Young

Wells Fargo | Tournament Facts

COURSE: Quail Hollow, Charlotte, North Carolina

YARDS/PAR: 7,538 yards/Par 71

ARCHITECT: George Cobb

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $20,000,000/$3,600,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Max Homa

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500

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