Truist Championship

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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.

Truist Championship
Tournament information
LocationCharlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Established2003; 23 years ago (2003)
CourseQuail Hollow Club
Par71
Length7,538 yards (6,893 m)
Organized byChampions for Education
TourPGA 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
Norway Kristoffer Reitan
Location map
Quail Hollow Club is located in the United States
Quail Hollow Club
Quail Hollow Club
Location in the United States
Quail Hollow Club is located in North Carolina
Quail Hollow Club
Quail Hollow Club
Location in North Carolina

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

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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

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YearsNo.VenueCity
2003–Present
(except below)
19Quail Hollow ClubCharlotte, North Carolina
20251Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
20221TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm[5]Potomac, Maryland
20171Eagle Point Golf ClubWilmington, North Carolina

In 2017, the tournament was held on the coast in Wilmington at Eagle Point Golf Club, because 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 while Quail Hollow prepared to host 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

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YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPurse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
Truist Championship
2026Norway Kristoffer Reitan269−152 strokesUnited States Rickie Fowler
Denmark Nicolai Højgaard
20,000,0003,600,000
2025Austria Sepp Straka264−162 strokesRepublic of Ireland Shane Lowry
United States Justin Thomas
20,000,0003,600,000
Wells Fargo Championship
2024Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (4)267−175 strokesUnited States Xander Schauffele20,000,0003,600,000
2023United States Wyndham Clark265−194 strokesUnited States Xander Schauffele20,000,0003,600,000
2022United States Max Homa (2)272−82 strokesUnited States Keegan Bradley
England Matt Fitzpatrick
United States Cameron Young
9,000,0001,620,000
2021Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (3)274−101 strokeMexico Abraham Ancer8,100,0001,458,000
2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
2019United States Max Homa269−153 strokesUnited States Joel Dahmen7,900,0001,422,000
2018Australia Jason Day272−122 strokesUnited States Nick Watney
United States Aaron Wise
7,700,0001,386,000
2017United States Brian Harman278−101 strokeUnited States Dustin Johnson
United States Pat Perez
7,500,0001,350,000
2016United States James Hahn279−9PlayoffUnited States Roberto Castro7,300,0001,314,000
2015Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (2)267−217 strokesUnited States Patrick Rodgers
United States Webb Simpson
7,100,0001,278,000
2014United States J. B. Holmes274−141 strokeUnited States Jim Furyk6,900,0001,242,000
2013United States Derek Ernst280−8PlayoffEngland David Lynn6,700,0001,206,000
2012United States Rickie Fowler274−14PlayoffNorthern Ireland Rory McIlroy
United States D. A. Points
6,500,0001,170,000
2011United States Lucas Glover273−15PlayoffUnited States Jonathan Byrd6,500,0001,170,000
Quail Hollow Championship
2010Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy273−154 strokesUnited States Phil Mickelson6,500,0001,170,000
2009United States Sean O'Hair277−111 strokeUnited States Lucas Glover
United States Bubba Watson
6,500,0001,170,000
Wachovia Championship
2008United States Anthony Kim272−165 strokesUnited States Ben Curtis6,400,0001,152,000
2007United States Tiger Woods275−132 strokesUnited States Steve Stricker6,300,0001,134,000
2006United States Jim Furyk276−12PlayoffSouth Africa Trevor Immelman6,300,0001,134,000
2005Fiji Vijay Singh276−12PlayoffUnited States Jim Furyk
Spain Sergio García
6,000,0001,080,000
2004United States Joey Sindelar277−11PlayoffUnited States Arron Oberholser5,600,0001,008,000
2003United States David Toms278−102 strokesUnited States Robert Gamez5,600,0001,008,000

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

Multiple winners

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4 wins
2 wins

References

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  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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