Blog#263 Wyndham Championship

Blog#263 Wyndham Championship July 31-Aug 3, 2025 Par 70 Purse $8.2K+ 300K 4%

This is the final tournament before the Tour Championship(TC). It is important for some players to gain participation in the TC and making the 100 fully exempt players for 2026.

This blog will concentrate on these players and those contending to win.

HISTORY Started as Greensboro Open. Last year Max Greyserman blew the tournament on the last 5 holes and Aaron Rai got his 1st PGA win.

FAVORITES If not Fitzpatrick I think winner will be a surprise player from the pack, and it was Cameron Young at 50/1, 28 years old, joined PGA Tour in 2021, first win.

1 Matt Fitzpatrick 20/1 Fourth at Scottish Open & The OPEN, my pick to win. FINISH 8-13

2 Aaron Rai 20/1 Won last year, bogie free final RD overtakes Max Greyserman. FINISH 5-14

3 Ben Griffin 25/1 #7FedX, won Schwab this year, missed cut in Deere & OPEN. FINISH 11-5

4 Keegan Bradley 25/1 Now #10 inFedX, may be playing Captain in Ryder Cup. FINISH Cut

5 J Spieth 30/1 I don’t get this one, love the guy, but may not make the top 10. FINISH 31-7

ROUND 1

1 J Dahman-9 61 One bogie 10 birdies 3 on his last 3 holes, his low RD on Tour. FINISH 15-11

2 A Noren-8 62 A win moves him from #141 to #83, 1 eagle 7 birdies 1 bogie. FINISH 3-15

3 C Young-7 63 He’s in at #40. On back 9 1 bogie, birdies last 5 holes FINISH W-22

3 N Echavarria-7 63 Win he goes from #65 to 58. Bogie free 1 eagle 5 birdies. FINISH 19-10

7 M Hubbard-7 63 #98 can hold card, bogie free, birdies #1&2 then 5 more. FINISH 3-15

8 A Scott-5 65 #85 7 birdies 2 bogies. RD2 DB10, he may be out. FINISH 62-1

8 C Bezuidenhout-5 65 Starts 5 birdies on his front 9, then par on back. FINISH 62-1

18 M Homa-4 66 Two bogies 6 birdies, not good enough to crack top 100. FINISH Cut

34 M Fitzpatrick One DB, 1 bogie 6 birdies. FINISH 8-13

152 Isaiah Salinda+5 75 Withdraws at #100 OWGR 18/29 cuts 3 top 10s, drops to #104

ROUND 2 Delay at 4:30PM

1 Cameron Young-15 62 #40, bogie free 8 birdies, may get 1st win.

2 Mac Meissner-12 63 #152 missed 9/20 cuts, 1 bogie 8 birdies. FINISH 2-16

5 Mark Hubbard-11 First bogie with 5 birdies, may secure card for 2026.

7 Gary Woodland-9 64 One eagle, 4 birdies, 1 bogie, chance to make top 70. FINISH 23-9

13 P Rogers-7 63 Two bogies 9 birdies up 97 spots, may secure his top 70. FINISH 15-11

38 Matt Fitzpatrick-4 69 3 bogies 1 RD 1 with DB, bad pick.

152 Isaih Salinda+5 WD for 4th time, 5 missed cuts 10 finishes 19 events. Withdraws

Cut+3 MISSED

ROUND 3

1 Cameron Young-20 65 Opens with 2 pars then 4 birdies for 8 shot lead.

One bogie #14 then birdies #15&17 for 5 stroke lead.

2 Nico Echavarria-15 64 Makes it a 2 horse race with 3 birdies last 3 holes.

3 Chris Kirk-12 67 DB on #2 but moves up from #19 RD1.

7 Matt Fitzpatrick-10 64 Low RD of day bogie free 6 birdies, too little to late.

FINAL ROUND

1 Cameron Young-22 68 Gets his first win after 9 runner ups. A dominating performance

all 4 RDs especially the final RD when he bogies 1st hole then 5 straight birdies for a

8 stroke lead. There was a watch party at the clubhouse at Sleepy Hollow CC where his

Father is head pro, moves from #40 to #16 FedX. See what he does at the TC. $1.5M

2 Mac Meissner-16 66 Moves from #152 two #86 for a 2026 card.” “ “ “ $894K

3 Mark Hubbard-15 63 Moves from#98 to #77. Low RD 7 birdies 0 bogies. “ $484K

3 Alex Noran-15 64 Moves from #141 to #105, may get into top 100 in Fall. “ $484K 3-15

5 Chris Kirk-14 68 Moves from #73 to #39, only player to make TC. “ $317K 5-14

8 Matt Fitzpatrick-13 67 Stats with DB and only 5 bogies bunt not enough. “ $258K

15 Joel Dahmen-11 68 Moves from 101 to 93, 3 sub par RDs. X $146K

19 Nico Echavarria-10 75 DBs on #11&12, but moves up 3 spots to #63. “ $113K