By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk
GREENSBORO - First round leader Joel Dahmen (1st/-9) in his 232nd start on TOUR, bidding for his second career PGA TOUR title (2021 Corales Puntacana Championship).
Dahmen totaled 10 birdies, including three consecutive on Nos. 7-9 to finish his round, against one bogey (par-4 14th). His (61) tied his career low round on TOUR (R2/2020 RSM Classic/finished T50).
It was Dahmen’s best finish in six prior starts at the Wyndham Championship is T42 (2017). It marked his sixth career 18-hole lead/co-lead in individual stroke play (0-for-5 to date) and his second outright 18-hole lead this season (Corales Puntacana Championship/finished T2).
Notes
Following the Wyndham Championship, the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings will qualify for next week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship (the first of three events in the FedExCup Playoffs):
FedEx St. Jude Championship (Top 70 players following Wyndham Championship)
BMW Championship (Top 50 players following FedEx St. Jude Championship)
TOUR Championship (Top 30 players following BMW Championship)
Leaderboard (link)
Kaito Onishi (neck) and Nate Lashley (foot) WD after the first round of the Wyndham Championship
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Wyndham | Leaderboard After 18 Holes
1 Joel Dahmen 61 (-9)
2 Alex Noren 62 (-8)
T3 Cameron Young 63 (-7)
T3 Aaron Rai 63 (-7)
T3 Nico Echavarria 63 (-7)
T3 Mark Hubbard 63 (-7)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
Wyndham Championship | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
YARDS/PAR: 7,131 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECT: Donald Ross
PRIZE Money/Winner’s Share - Purse: $8,200,000/$1,476,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Aaron Rai
OVERVIEW: (link)
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
TOURNAMENT SITE: (link)
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WyndhamChamp
Wyndham Championship | Basics
Leaderboard: (link)
Tournament Overview: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
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Field, Updates and Tee Times
Field (link)
Updates:
Friday, July 25
Wyndham Clark (IN)
Sunday, July 27
Jhonattan Vegas (WD), Thomas Rosenmueller (IN)
Jeremy Paul (WD), Cristobal Del Solar (IN)
Wyndham Clark (WD), Trevor Cone (IN)
Trevor Cone (IN)
Chesson Hadley (IN; sponsor exemption)
Monday, July 28
Mackenzie Hughes (WD), Braden Thornberry (IN; sponsor exemption)
Thursday, July 31
Kaito Onishi (neck) and Nate Lashley (foot) WD after the first round.
Tee Times: (6:50am to 2:22pm) - (link)
The Wyndham | How to Watch
Friday, August 1, 2025 - (All Times Eastern)
6:45am - 6:00pm - ESPN+ Streaming
12 Noon - 6:00pm - PGA Tour Radio Online and Sirius XM
3:00pm - 6:00pm - Golf Channel
Link: (PGATourCom) and (ESPN)
The Wyndham | What They’re Saying
Dahmen Leads After R-1 (PGATourCom)
Spieth in his Element (PGATourCom)
Golf Coverage by CBS Sports (CBS Sports HQ)
Live FedEx Cup Points Standings (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
August 1, 2010 - Stuart Appleby became the fifth p-layer to shoot a 59 on the PGA Tour, making birdie on his final three holes in the final round of the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia to claim a one-shot victory. Appleby’s scorecard on the 7,020 yard par 70 Old White Course at The Greenbrier resort featured nine birdies and an eagle - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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