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USA Today
an hour ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Is 'one of the best players to never win on PGA Tour' going to finally win this week?
He's long been near the top of everyone's list of "The best golfer who has yet to win on the PGA Tour," but maybe this is the week he finally breaks through. Cameron Young caught fire late in his first round at the 2025 Wyndham Championship, his online scorecard on lighting up with those little fireball icons as he birdied six of his last seven holes, including five straight on Nos. 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. His birdie at the last came by way of his wedge. After he missed the green to the right, he chipped in for a 3. Young signed for a 7-under 63 on Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, his best score in 2025 by two shots in his now 68 rounds on Tour this season. In those rounds, he's only shot in the 60s a total of 25 times. To dig a little deeper, after opening his year with five straight rounds in the 60s, he only managed 20 more sub-70 scores over his next 63 rounds. He has had a stretch in 2025 where he went 18 straight rounds without breaking 70, including an 82 in the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and an 81 in the third round of the Players Championship. But enough drilling into Young's season. His Thursday 63 at the Wyndham was a work of art, although he downplayed his smoking-hot finish. "To be honest, nothing really clicked, the ball just kind of started going in a little bit," he said. "I started off the day totally the opposite end of that spectrum. I hit it close a few times and missed a few. I think it kind of just evened out and happened to end up looking dramatic on the scorecard, but it wasn't much of a difference really throughout the day." Despite his scorecards as well as making only 13 of 20 cuts in 2025, Young started the week at No. 40 in the FedEx Cup Playoffs standings, safely inside the top-70 cutoff. After he signed his Thursday card, he shot up to 16th, which, should that hold, would make him eligible for all three postseason tournaments. "I think it's just been a progression throughout the year. It's one of those times early in the year where it feels like I'm doing a lot of stuff right and getting nothing for it and the results show the nothing and not the stuff that I felt like was getting better," he said. "It's been a long season and I think I've kind of grown and built some confidence throughout it. It's just a matter of some of that work starting to show and looking forward to doing more of it the next few days." Young's 63 was later matched by Aaron Rai and Nico Echavarria and then bested by Alex Noren's 62 and Joel Dahmen's 61. Young is playing in his 94th PGA Tour event. He has seven seconds, a pair of thirds and 12 top-5s in his career.
Skift
6 hours ago
- Business
- Skift
Wyndham Misses Climate Targets, Reassesses Emissions Strategy
Wyndham's decision to reassess its climate targets after rising emissions shows how challenging follow-through can be. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is on track to miss some of its key 2025 climate goals and is now reassessing its emissions strategy, according to its latest sustainability report. The company had previously committed to reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 15% by 2025, using a 2019 baseline. But emissions rose in 2024 for the third year in a row, setting the company off course and prompting it to rethink its climate go
USA Today
9 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Wyndham Championship live leaderboard updates for PGA Tour's 2025 regular-season finale
Hard to believe but we have arrived at the final regular-season event on the PGA Tour's 2025 schedule. It's the Wyndham Championship, which will be played at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, once again. Sedgefield, a 7,131 yard, par 70 Donald Ross golf course, is hosting the Wyndham for the 17th time. Originally opened in the 1920s, the course underwent a restoration in 2007. The course is tied for 183rd on the Golfweek's Best 2025: Top 200 Classic Courses in the U.S. list. This week will see the 156-man field chasing a trophy and a payday but the tournament-within-the-tournament will be the race to make the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings. It's a new metric, as last year, the top 100 made the FedEx Cup Playoffs. 2025 Wyndham Championship leaderboard, tee times Keep tabs on all the first-round scores right here. You can also find Wyndham Championship tee times here. Who's in the field for the 2025 Wyndham Championship? Since the creation of the FedEx Cup in 2007, the Wyndham has been the final event of the FedEx Cup regular season. The field in 2025 is as strong as it's ever been – from Adam Scott to Jordan Spieth and fellow past major winner Hideki Matsuyama. Other big names include Tony Finau (60), Matt Fitzpatrick (43), Robert MacIntyre (15) and Keegan Bradley (10). Who's near the top 70 cutoff for the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs? Rickie Fowler, who enters the week at No. 61, made the cut at the 3M Open so he likely will survive the cut off for the top 70 (see the standings here) but he still has work to do if he intends to move on to the second playoff event, the BMW Championship, which is limited to the top 50. Others near the 70 mark include: Where to watch, follow 2025 Wyndham Championship? This is the TV channel, streaming and radio schedule, with Golf Channel, CBS, ESPN+, Paramount+ and PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM all teaming up for the coverage. All times listed are ET. What's the prize money payouts at the 2025 Wyndham Championship? The total purse for the 2025 Wyndham Championship is $8.2 million. The winner of the 2025 Wyndham Championship receives $1.476 million, or 18 percent of the total purse. See the complete money breakdown here.
Travel Weekly
18 hours ago
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Wyndham-Ovolo deal adds five Ovolo hotels to the Wyndham network
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has inked a strategic partnership with Hong Kong-based lifestyle hospitality company Ovolo Group to bring five Ovolo hotels to the Wyndham network later this fall. The hotels are the Ovolo Central in Hong Kong plus four Australian properties: the Ovolo Nishi in Canberra, Ovolo South Yarra in Melbourne, Ovolo The Valley in Brisbane and Ovolo Woolloomooloo in Sydney. All five will be integrated into Wyndham's sales, marketing and distribution platforms and join the Wyndham Rewards loyalty program, which grants them access to roughly 120 million members. Wyndham said that the Ovolo Group will continue to own and manage the Ovolo brand while working with Wyndham "to unlock additional development opportunities throughout Asia Pacific." Ovolo Group launched its upscale Ovolo Hotels concept in 2010, billing it as a design-focused and experiential boutique brand. "Through our partnership with Wyndham, we're flipping the script to unlock bold new growth opportunities by franchising a lifestyle brand without diluting its DNA," said Ovolo Group chief of staff Shivang Jhunjhnuwala, adding that Wyndham's support will help the brand "grow with intention and impact."
Miami Herald
a day ago
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- Miami Herald
Wyndham Championship Preview: Field, Course, History, Tee Times, How to Watch
It's time for the grand finale. The Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., marks the final event of the PGA Tour's regular season. For players outside the top 70 in the FedExCup standings, it's the final chance to get into the playoffs. Therefore, those on the bubble likely need a strong performance at Sedgefield Country Club. The field will feature 156 players and an $8.2 million purse, with the winner collecting $1.4 million. From its field, course, history, tee times and how to watch, here's everything you need to know for the 2025 Wyndham Championship. The Wyndham field features five of the top 30 players in the world: Keegan Bradley, Hideki Matsuyama, Robert MacIntyre, Ben Griffin and Sungjae Im. Plus, other notables such as Ryan Fox, Akshay Bhatia, Jordan Spieth and defending champion Aaron Rai. But the limelight will be on those hovering around the top 70 bubble. Every player between Nos. 60 and 80 is in the field: Tony Finau (60), Rickie Fowler (61), Davis Riley (62), Kevin Yu (63), Erik van Rooyen (64), Nico Echavarria (65), Emiliano Grillo (66), Cam Davis (67), Patrick Rodgers (68), Byeong Hun An (69), Matti Schmid (70, the cutoff spot), Nicolai Højgaard (71), Keith Mitchell (72), Chris Kirk (73), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (74), Gary Woodland (75), Kevin Roy (76), Alex Smalley (77), Davis Thompson (78), Eric Cole (79) and William Mouw (80). There's also Adam Scott (85), Tom Kim (91) and Max Homa (106) looking to make a big jump into the top 70. Here are the minimum finishes needed for those on the outside looking in for the postseason: Players 82nd and 83rd: Need a top-four 84th to 94th: Need a top-three finish or 95th to 107th: Need either a two-way or three-way tie for 108th to 120th: Need a solo second or 121st to 173rd: Need to win. Bad shots aren't rewarded at Sedgefield CC. "It's not one of the modern courses that you can overpower," Shane Lowry said last year. "You need to be precise off the tee and hit fairways. If you miss fairways out here, you're going to be in trouble." The Donald Ross design, which opened in 1926, is a 7,131-yard par-70. It's the sixth-shortest course on Tour, and features 52 bunkers (the fifth fewest on Tour), an average green size of 6,000 square feet, 75 acres of rough, 25 acres of fairway and water in play on six holes. In 2024, the bermudagrass layout was the 23rd hardest course on Tour (out of 50), with a scoring average of 68.948. Its hardest hole was the 505-yard par-4 14th, ranking as the Tour's toughest hole with a 4.285 scoring average. Meanwhile, Sedgefield's easiest hole is the 529-yard par-5 5th, which yielded a scoring average of 4.389, making it the 31st least difficult hole on Tour. Sedgefield first hosted the then-Greater Greensboro Open in 1946 when Sam Snead won and has been there every year since 2008 after undergoing a $3 million restoration. A year ago, one of the most bizarre decisions in golf history-that's not hyperbolic-happened at the Wyndham Championship. On the last hole of the final round after a 36-hole Sunday, Matt Kuchar hit his drive with sunlight fading in Greensboro. His playing partners were out of the mix and leader Rai was done and seven strokes ahead. But when Kuchar walked up to his approach shot, he decided he was done. It was too dark for his liking, so he opted to finish the hole the following morning at 8 a.m.-and was the only player to do so. Roughly 12 hours between shots, the 46-year-old received line-of-sight relief due to the scoreboard near the green and dropped in the adjacent fairway. His shot then fell short of the green, but his following attempt struck the flagstick en route to a tap-in par. It took him six minutes to play the hole with several fans showing up at Sedgefield to witness the moment. Afterward, Kuchar explained his curious decision. "Listen, nobody wants to be that guy, which I feel I turned into, the one guy that didn't finish," he said. "I can't tell you how many times I have been finished with a round thinking, bummed out that somebody didn't finish, that we didn't get to make the cut because somebody didn't finish. Here, it's me now as the guy that didn't get to finish the tournament." And he knew that some people had to work an extra day due to his choice. "Certainly, I apologize to force everybody to come out here," Kuchar said. With the par, however, Kuchar finished T12 and finished 109th in the FedExCup standings, well inside the top 125 threshold to keep full Tour status for the following season. So perhaps that final hole was vital to Kuchar's playing status. Thursday: 3–6 p.m. (Golf Channel)Friday: 3–6 p.m. (Golf Channel)Saturday: 1–3 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3–6 p.m. (CBS)Sunday: 1–3 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3–6 p.m. (CBS) ESPN+ will also have featured coverage during each round. This article was originally published on as Wyndham Championship Preview: Field, Course, History, Tee Times, How to Watch. Copyright ABG-SI LLC. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. All Rights Reserved.
