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Description

The Wells Fargo Championship is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour.[2] Held in early May 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. In 2017, the tournament offered a .5 million purse with a winner's share of .35 million.
From 2004–06 and 2011–13, the tournament ended in a playoff. Additionally, the event is known to have 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. The majority of the charitable proceeds from the tournament benefit Teach for America. The tournament is organized by Champions for Education, Inc.[3]
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.[4] 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,[5] part of the city's Azalea Festival.
Winners[edit]
Year
Player
Country
Score
To par
Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
Purse ($)
Winner's
share ($)
Wells Fargo Championship
2019
Max Homa
United States
269
−15
3 strokes
United States Joel Dahmen
7,900,000
1,422,000
2018
Jason Day
Australia
272
−12
2 strokes
United States Nick Watney
United States Aaron Wise
7,700,000
1,386,000
2017
Brian Harman
United States
278
−10
1 stroke
United States Dustin Johnson
United States Pat Perez
7,500,000
1,350,000
2016
James Hahn
United States
279
−9
Playoff
United States Roberto Castro
7,300,000
1,314,000
2015
Rory McIlroy (2)
Northern Ireland
267
−21
7 strokes
United States Patrick Rodgers
United States Webb Simpson
7,100,000
1,278,000
2014
J. B. Holmes
United States
274
−14
1 stroke
United States Jim Furyk
6,900,000
1,242,000
2013
Derek Ernst
United States
280
−8
Playoff
England David Lynn
6,700,000
1,206,000
2012
Rickie Fowler
United States
274
−14
Playoff
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
United States D. A. Points
6,500,000
1,170,000
2011
Lucas Glover
United States
273
−15
Playoff
United States Jonathan Byrd
6,500,000
1,170,000