The Wells Fargo Championship is a professional

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tournament in

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on the

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. Held in early May at the

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(except in 2022, when it was played at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm), it has attracted some of the top players on the tour. It debuted in

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as the Wachovia Championship and was known in

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and

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as the Quail Hollow Championship. In 2017, the tournament offered a $7.5 million purse with a winner's share of $1.35 million. 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., the majority of the charitable proceeds from the tournament benefit Teach for America. In

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, the tournament was held on the coast in Wilmington at Eagle Point Golf Club, as Quail Hollow hosted the

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in mid-August. Wilmington hosted the

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on tour in the 1950s and 1960s at the Donald Ross-designed Cape Fear Country Club; it was a tune-up event for

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through

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, part of the city's Azalea Festival. In

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, the tournament will be held near Washington, D.C. at

TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm (formerly TPC Avenel) is a private golf club in the eastern United States, located in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C. It was formerly a regular stop on the PGA Tour as host of the Booz Alle ...

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, as Quail Hollow is scheduled to host the

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in late September. Decades earlier, Quail Hollow hosted the PGA Tour's

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eleven times, from

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through

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

Sponsorship

The event is sponsored by

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, which purchased

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in 2008. In 2009, Wells Fargo dropped the Wachovia name from the tournament for marketing purposes as they intended to stop using the Wachovia name for all purposes. In addition, Wells Fargo was concerned about the image of a bank sponsoring a sporting event that had received Federal funding under the

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. After two editions as the Quail Hollow Championship, Wells Fargo attached its name to the event in 2011. On April 30, 2019, a five-year extension was announced, and Wells Fargo's sponsorship of the tournament currently runs through 2024.

Tournament hosts

Winners

''Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.''
Sources:Wells Fargo Championship – Winners
– at www.pgatour.com

Multiple winners

;3 wins *

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: 2010, 2015, 2021 ;2 wins *

Max Homa John Maxwell Homa (born November 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. In college, he won the individual 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. As a professional he has won five times on the PGA Tour. Ea ...

: 2019, 2022

References

External links

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Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
PGA Tour events Golf in North Carolina Golf in Maryland Sports competitions in Charlotte, North Carolina