Truist Championship

Truist Championship
Tournament information
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Established2003 (2003)
Course(s)Quail Hollow Club
Par71
Length7,538 yards (6,893 m)
Organized byChampions for Education
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$20,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Sepp Straka (2025)
To par−21 Rory McIlroy (2015)
Current champion
Sepp Straka
Location map
Quail Hollow Club
Location in the United States
Quail Hollow Club
Location in North Carolina

The Truist 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, was known in 2009 and 2010 as the Quail Hollow Championship, from 2011 to 2024 as the Wells Fargo Championship and became the Truist Championship in 2025.

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.

Decades earlier, Quail Hollow hosted the PGA Tour's Kemper Open eleven times, from 1969 through 1979.

Sponsorship

Wachovia, a financial services company, was the title sponsor from the tournament's inception until the company was acquired by Wells Fargo, which chose to remove the Wachovia branding for the 2009 event.[3] After two editions as the Quail Hollow Championship, Wells Fargo attached its name to the event in 2011.

On December 8, 2023, Wells Fargo announced it would not sponsor the tournament after 2024.[4] On August 6, 2024, Truist, a Charlotte-based bank, was announced as the new title sponsor.

Tournament hosts

Years No. Venue City
2003–Present
(except below)
19 Quail Hollow Club Charlotte, North Carolina
2025 1 Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2022 1 TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm[5] Potomac, Maryland
2017 1 Eagle Point Golf Club Wilmington, North Carolina

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.[6] 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,[7] part of the city's Azalea Festival.

In 2022, it 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.

In 2025, the tournament moved further north to Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course}, due to the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow one week later.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
Truist Championship
2025 Sepp Straka 264 −16 2 strokes Shane Lowry
Justin Thomas
20,000,000 3,600,000
Wells Fargo Championship
2024 Rory McIlroy (4) 267 −17 5 strokes Xander Schauffele 20,000,000 3,600,000
2023 Wyndham Clark 265 −19 4 strokes Xander Schauffele 20,000,000 3,600,000
2022 Max Homa (2) 272 −8 2 strokes Keegan Bradley
Matt Fitzpatrick
Cameron Young
9,000,000 1,620,000
2021 Rory McIlroy (3) 274 −10 1 stroke Abraham Ancer 8,100,000 1,458,000
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
2019 Max Homa 269 −15 3 strokes Joel Dahmen 7,900,000 1,422,000
2018 Jason Day 272 −12 2 strokes Nick Watney
Aaron Wise
7,700,000 1,386,000
2017 Brian Harman 278 −10 1 stroke Dustin Johnson
Pat Perez
7,500,000 1,350,000
2016 James Hahn 279 −9 Playoff Roberto Castro 7,300,000 1,314,000
2015 Rory McIlroy (2) 267 −21 7 strokes Patrick Rodgers
Webb Simpson
7,100,000 1,278,000
2014 J. B. Holmes 274 −14 1 stroke Jim Furyk 6,900,000 1,242,000
2013 Derek Ernst 280 −8 Playoff David Lynn 6,700,000 1,206,000
2012 Rickie Fowler 274 −14 Playoff Rory McIlroy
D. A. Points
6,500,000 1,170,000
2011 Lucas Glover 273 −15 Playoff Jonathan Byrd 6,500,000 1,170,000
Quail Hollow Championship
2010 Rory McIlroy 273 −15 4 strokes Phil Mickelson 6,500,000 1,170,000
2009 Sean O'Hair 277 −11 1 stroke Lucas Glover
Bubba Watson
6,500,000 1,170,000
Wachovia Championship
2008 Anthony Kim 272 −16 5 strokes Ben Curtis 6,400,000 1,152,000
2007 Tiger Woods 275 −13 2 strokes Steve Stricker 6,300,000 1,134,000
2006 Jim Furyk 276 −12 Playoff Trevor Immelman 6,300,000 1,134,000
2005 Vijay Singh 276 −12 Playoff Jim Furyk
Sergio García
6,000,000 1,080,000
2004 Joey Sindelar 277 −11 Playoff Arron Oberholser 5,600,000 1,008,000
2003 David Toms 278 −10 2 strokes Robert Gamez 5,600,000 1,008,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Source:[9]

Multiple winners

4 wins
2 wins

References

  1. ^ "New name for Quail Hollow: Wells Fargo Championship". PGA Tour. August 3, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Champions for Education
  3. ^ "Event in Charlotte renamed Quail Hollow Championship". PGA Tour. February 27, 2009. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Muccigrosso, Catherine (December 9, 2023). "Wells Fargo ending longstanding sponsorship of PGA Quail Hollow tournament". The Charlotte Observer.
  5. ^ "Past Results: Wells Fargo Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  6. ^ Ross, Helen (June 27, 2016). "Changes in store for upcoming PGA Tour season". PGA Tour.
  7. ^ Blondin, Alan (May 4, 2017). "Wilmington used to be home to star-studded PGA Tour event". PGA of America. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  9. ^ "Past Champions". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 1, 2023.

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