Greensboro secures spot on future PGA Tour schedule, elevated to top-tier Championship Series
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Greensboro's spot on the PGA Tour is secure - with a little help from state lawmakers. The PGA Tour announced Wednesday that Greensboro's tournament will be called GO by Raymond James and will be on the Tour's new upper-tier Championship Series beginning in 2028. Other WRAL Top Stories Lawmakers approved $40 million for the event to be allocated over four years in the recently passed additions to the state budget. Gov. Josh Stein signed the bill into law Tuesday night. The funding was contingent on the Greensboro event being part of the Championship Series from 2028 through 2031. The Championship Series will feature the top players in roughly 24 events, including major championships, postseason events and international team events from February to August. The 2027 event will be played August 2-8 at Sedgefield Country Club. "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," Dhruv Prasad, the chief commercial officer of the PGA TOUR, said in a statement. Greensboro has had a PGA Tour event since 1938. It was originally called the Greater Greensboro Open. In recent years, it's been called the Wyndham Championship. Michael Brennan won the tournament last week in the Tour's regular-season finale. Golf legend Sam Sneed won the event eight times...
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