Brennan Captures Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield, Earns FedExCup Playoffs Berth

Wake Forest product closes with 64 to tie Sedgefield tournament scoring record and give Demon Deacons back-to-back Wyndham titles

Michael Brennan arrived at Sedgefield Country Club with his PGA TOUR season hanging in the balance.

Four days later, the former Wake Forest standout left Greensboro with a trophy, a place in the FedExCup Playoffs and his name alongside some impressive company in the history of one of the TOUR’s longest-running events.

Brennan closed with a 6-under-par 64 Sunday to win the Wyndham Championship by three shots over Beau Hossler, finishing at 22-under 258 and tying the tournament scoring record at Sedgefield Country Club.

The victory was the second of Brennan’s PGA TOUR career and continued a remarkable run of local connections at the Donald Ross-designed course. Brennan, who won eight individual titles during four seasons at nearby Wake Forest, followed fellow Demon Deacon Cameron Young, the 2025 Wyndham champion, to give Wake Forest alumni consecutive victories at Sedgefield.

Young also finished at 22-under 258 last year.

For Brennan, however, Sunday was about much more than a trophy.

The 24-year-old entered the final event of the PGA TOUR regular season at No. 105 in the FedExCup standings and needed at least a three-way tie for second to extend his season. Instead, he removed all doubt, jumping 58 places to No. 47 and earning a spot in the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis.

Alex Smalley

“I don’t want to be done playing golf,” Brennan said. “I feel like I’ve played the best golf I have all year the last couple weeks.”

Jackson Koivun

Brennan began the final round tied with Hossler at 16 under, one shot ahead of former Wyndham champion Tom Kim. The tournament changed quickly on Sedgefield’s front nine.

After falling one behind, Brennan reeled off five consecutive birdies from Nos. 4 through 8. His tee shot at the par-3 seventh stopped just inches from the hole, and by the time Hossler bogeyed No. 9, Brennan had transformed a one-shot deficit into a three-shot advantage.

He never relinquished control.

Tom Kim

Brennan acknowledged feeling the pressure early on the back nine, but a key par save at No. 12 settled him. At the demanding par-4 17th, he recovered from a drive that finished in a divot to make another important par. He then finished in style, rolling home a birdie at the 18th to cap his 64 and a three-shot victory.

The performance also erased the sting of two recent Sunday disappointments. Brennan had entered the final round of the 3M Open tied for fourth before shooting 74, then started the final round of the Rocket Classic in second place before closing with 73.

At Sedgefield, presented with another opportunity, he finished the job.

“This is my sixth week in a row, so seven is a lot,” Brennan said of advancing to Memphis, “but I think I’m going to be perfectly happy running on fumes next week.”

Hossler, seeking both his first PGA TOUR victory and a last-minute ticket to the playoffs, closed with 67 to secure second at 19 under. Despite leading after each of the first two rounds and sharing the 54-hole lead, his fifth career runner-up finish left him No. 72 in the FedExCup standings, two positions outside the playoff field.

Ben James delivered Sunday’s lowest round, a bogey-free 61 that vaulted the young professional into solo third at 18 under. James bookended his week with rounds of 62 and 61 in just his eighth professional start. Sedgefield member Alex Smalley carded a final-round 70 to share seventh at 14 under.

The final regular-season event once again delivered the FedExCup drama that has become a hallmark of the Wyndham Championship.

Brennan was the only player to move from outside the top 70 into the playoffs, while Steven Fisk fell from No. 69 to No. 71 after missing the cut. PGA TOUR rookie and Chapel Hill resident Jackson Koivun held onto the final postseason position at No. 70.

Several of the game’s most recognizable players saw their seasons end at Sedgefield. Keegan Bradley finished outside the top 70 after a tie for 49th, while five-time major champion Brooks Koepka tied for 67th. Jason Day missed the cut, ending an 18-year streak of FedExCup Playoffs appearances.

Throughout the week, Sedgefield again provided the combination of scoring opportunities and consequences that has defined the tournament since it returned to the historic Greensboro layout in 2008.

The par-70 Ross course yielded plenty of birdies but repeatedly punished players who missed the proper angles into its undulating Bermuda greens. Saturday alone produced an albatross by Davis Thompson at the par-5 fifth and a hole-in-one by Jordan Smith at No. 16.

On Sunday, Brennan solved Sedgefield better than anyone.

His 258 total matched the Sedgefield tournament record previously recorded by Henrik Stenson in 2017, J.T. Poston in 2019 and Young last year. Brennan also collected $1.53 million from the $8.5 million purse and 500 FedExCup points.

Sedgefield’s connection to professional golf dates to the inaugural Greater Greensboro Open in 1938, won by Sam Snead. The tournament returned to Sedgefield in 2008 following an extensive restoration of the Donald Ross design, and the course has since produced champions including Davis Love III, Webb Simpson, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed, Brandt Snedeker, Stenson, Poston, Kim, Lucas Glover, Aaron Rai and Young.

Now Brennan joins that list — with a victory particularly meaningful to the Piedmont Triad.

After four years and eight victories at Wake Forest, the former Demon Deacon returned to familiar territory needing one of the best weeks of his professional career.

He delivered it.

And when Brennan’s final birdie disappeared into the cup on Sedgefield’s 18th green Sunday evening, he hadn't simply won the Wyndham Championship.

He had earned himself another week.