The Wells Fargo Championship is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour.[1] Held in early May, usually at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, it has attracted some of the top players on the tour. It debuted in 2003 as the Wachovia Championship and was known in 2009 and 2010 as the Quail Hollow Championship.
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.,[2] the majority of the charitable proceeds from the tournament benefit Teach for America.
In 2017, the tournament was held on the coast in Wilmington at Eagle Point Golf Club, as Quail Hollow hosted the PGA Championship in mid-August.[3] Wilmington hosted the Azalea Open on tour in the 1950s and 1960s at the Donald Ross-designed Cape Fear Country Club; it was a tune-up event for The Masters through 1965,[4] part of the city's Azalea Festival.
In 2022, the tournament was held near Washington, D.C. at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Potomac, Maryland, as Quail Hollow hosted the Presidents Cup in late September.
Decades earlier, Quail Hollow hosted the PGA Tour's Kemper Open eleven times, from 1969 through 1979.
El evento está patrocinado por Wells Fargo , que compró Wachovia en 2008. En 2009, Wells Fargo eliminó el nombre Wachovia del torneo con fines de marketing, ya que tenían la intención de dejar de utilizar el nombre Wachovia para todos los fines. Además, a Wells Fargo le preocupaba la imagen de un banco que patrocinaba un evento deportivo y que había recibido financiación federal en el marco del Programa de Ayuda para Activos en Problemas . [5] Después de dos ediciones como Quail Hollow Championship, Wells Fargo adjuntó su nombre al evento en 2011.
El 30 de abril de 2019, se anunció una extensión de cinco años y el patrocinio del torneo por parte de Wells Fargo actualmente se extiende hasta 2024.
El 8 de diciembre de 2023, Wells Fargo anunció que dejaría de patrocinar el torneo a partir de 2025. [6]
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