- James Hahn looks to defend his title despite the change of venue. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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• COURSE: Eagle Point Golf Club, 7,259 yards, par 72. The Tom Fazio design, opened in 2000, serves as the event’s stand-in host with Quail Hollow Club preparing for the PGA Championship in August. Accentuating North Carolina’s coastal geography, Fazio and his team built up a mostly flat swath of land with gentle contours and mature pines to make it look like they’ve been there forever. The course has been ranked as high as 48th on Golf Digest’s top 100 list, currently standing at No.100. Carl Pettersson, a winner of five PGA TOUR events, is an Eagle Point member.
• FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 points.
• CHARITY: The First Tee of Greater Wilmington, which is building a new facility adjacent to the city-owned Wilmington Municipal Golf Course. The chapter has a stated goal of reaching 25,000 youth within the community by 2018. In all, the tournament has raised more than $19 million for charities in the Charlotte area since its 2003 inception.
• FIELD WATCH: World No.1 Dustin Johnson, back from missing the Masters after a freak stairs accident, heads a roster that features six of the top 20 men in the present rankings. No.10 Adam Scott and No.13 Jon Rahm also will test Eagle Point. … Sweden’s Alex Noren, currently No.12, will make just his second U.S. start at a stop that’s neither a major nor a World Golf Championships event. He reached the quarterfinals of the WGC Dell Match Play. … Former U.S. Amateur champ Curtis Luck makes the Wells Fargo Championship his second start after turning professional. He missed the cut at the Valero Texas Open.
• 72-HOLE RECORD: 267, Rory McIlroy (2015 at Quail Hollow).
• 18-HOLE RECORD: 61, Rory McIlroy (3rd round, 2015 at Quail Hollow).
• LAST YEAR: James Hahn, who arrived at Quail Hollow having missed his previous eight cuts, made up for it in a big way by outlasting such names as Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose for his second PGA TOUR victory. A three-putt bogey to end regulation sent Hahn into a playoff with Roberto Castro, which he won on the first extra hole after Castro drove into the creek that runs alongside Quail Hollow’s 18th fairway. It was Hahn’s second trophy in little more than a year, having also won at Riviera in 2015. Before Charlotte, though, he had not played the weekend since the Waste Management Phoenix Open – a span of 13 weeks. Rose was one shot out of the playoff, while McIlroy and Mickelson came up short with late charges that resulted in 66s. Rickie Fowler, the 54-hole leader, tumbled to a closing 74.
• STORYLINES: Johnson, last seen telling Masters officials he couldn’t go after hurting himself at his rented house one day earlier, ends his four-week layoff to heal a bruised back. He had come to Augusta having won his previous three starts, including both the WGC Mexico Championship and WGC Dell Match Play. … Phil Mickelson tries once again for his first Wells Fargo victory, despite 11 top-12 finishes in 13 previous visits. The Hall of Famer was runner-up to McIlroy in 2010, beaten out by the youngster’s closing 62. … Five of the previous seven defending champions have not been around on Sunday. McIlroy tied for fourth last year, while Derek Ernst held a share of 30th in 2014.
• SHORT CHIPS: Will a change of venue still leave 2011 champion Lucas Glover as the only man to post all four rounds in the 60s? Last year, no one had more than two sub-70 rounds. … Brian Gay arrives off back-to-back top-10 finishes at the RBC Heritage and Valero Texas Open. He’s never done that before, despite a 17-year career that includes four wins. … Two entrants have yet to miss a Wells Fargo Championship start – J.J. Henry and Rory Sabbatini. … Longtime fans may remember Wilmington as a regular stop in the 1950s and ‘60s, known primarily as the Azalea Open. Winners included Arnold Palmer, Mike Souchak and Art Wall Jr.
• TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).
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• RADIO: Thursday-Friday, noon-6 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com).
The PGSF rolls into Eagle Point CC , the course has a ton of positive buzz so looking forward to a good tournament on a new tour stop
congratulations to last weeks winners DFS and fsu67810
good luck to everyone this week
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