McConnell Golf’s Sedgefield Country Club Secures Place in PGA TOUR’s New Championship Series

Sedgefield Country Club

One of the most historic relationships between a golf course and the PGA TOUR is set to continue into a new era.

The PGA TOUR announced Wednesday that its longtime Greensboro event will become part of the new PGA TOUR Championship Series beginning in 2028, with Raymond James taking over as title sponsor under a multi-year agreement.

The announcement is significant for Greensboro — and particularly for Sedgefield Country Club and McConnell Golf.

Sedgefield will remain home to the tournament as the PGA TOUR restructures its schedule around approximately 23 to 24 Championship Series events featuring the TOUR’s top performers competing head-to-head throughout the season.

In 2027, the newly named GO by Raymond James will be contested August 2–8 at Sedgefield as a full-field PGA TOUR event, with coverage on CBS, Golf Channel, PGA TOUR LIVE on the ESPN App, PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and the PGA TOUR World Feed.

Beginning in 2028, the Greensboro event will transition into the Championship Series.

“This is an extraordinary day for Sedgefield Country Club, the City of Greensboro and the entire state of North Carolina,” said McConnell Golf Founder and CEO John McConnell. “There is tremendous pride throughout our company in Sedgefield’s history with the PGA TOUR, but what makes today especially exciting is knowing that this great club and golf course will also be part of the TOUR’s future.”

For Sedgefield, the announcement adds another chapter to a remarkable history with the PGA TOUR.

The Greensboro tournament was founded in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open, with Sedgefield among its original venues. Sam Snead won that inaugural tournament and eventually captured the event a record eight times. Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan also won in Greensboro, and 19 World Golf Hall of Fame members are among the tournament’s champions.

Sedgefield’s Donald Ross-designed course has now hosted the tournament more than 40 times.

After a 31-year absence, the PGA TOUR returned to Sedgefield in 2008 following the restoration of the historic course. McConnell Golf acquired Sedgefield Country Club in 2011, and the club has remained the tournament’s home ever since.

During that time, Sedgefield has provided a distinctive stage for the world’s best players. Its Ross design has produced memorable champions and finishes while demonstrating that a classic course can remain a demanding and compelling test of modern professional golf.

That relationship will now extend into the PGA TOUR’s next competitive structure.

First announced in June, the PGA TOUR Championship Series will consist of approximately 23 to 24 events and run from February through August. The series will include THE PLAYERS Championship, the major championships, postseason events and international team competitions such as the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup.

The complete 2028 Championship Series schedule will be announced at a later date.

Raymond James, one of the nation’s leading diversified financial services companies, will succeed Wyndham as title sponsor of the Greensboro event.

The announcement also follows a major commitment from the State of North Carolina. Gov. Josh Stein on Tuesday signed legislation providing $10 million annually for four years to support the tournament.

Together, the Raymond James sponsorship, state support and inclusion in the Championship Series provide a path forward for an event that has been part of the PGA TOUR landscape for nearly nine decades.

For McConnell Golf, Wednesday’s announcement ensures that one of the most important venues in the company’s portfolio will remain on one of golf’s biggest stages.

“Golf has changed enormously since this tournament began in 1938, and the PGA TOUR is changing again today,” McConnell said. “What hasn’t changed is Greensboro’s passion for this event or the quality of Sedgefield Country Club. To know that Sedgefield will be part of this next era of the PGA TOUR is something all of us at McConnell Golf are extremely proud of.”

And there is a fitting historical symmetry to what comes next.

When the PGA TOUR Championship Series begins play in Greensboro in 2028, the tournament will mark 90 years since Snead won the inaugural Greater Greensboro Open.

The name will have changed. The PGA TOUR itself will have changed.

But Sedgefield Country Club will still be at the heart of it.