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WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAMER ERNIE ELS JOINS 75TH ANNIVERSARY WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD

ERNIE ELS JOINS WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD

"GREENSBORO, N.C. – World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els just joined the field for the 75^th anniversary Wyndham Championship, the tournament announced this evening. The Wyndham begins Monday at Sedgefield Country Club.

Els joins a field that also includes former Wyndham winners Brandt Snedeker (2007), 2012 U.S. Open Champion Webb Simpson (2011), defending champion Patrick Reed, Davis Love III (1992, 2006), Rocco Mediate (1993, 2002) and 2008 champion Carl Pettersson, 2011 FedExCup champion Bill Haas, major championship winners Padraig Harrington, Retief Goosen, Stewart Cink, Mike Weir, Trevor Immelman, Lucas Glover and David Duval, Tim Clark, Hideki Matsuyama, Matteo Manassero, Francesco Molinari, Ryo Ishikawa and World Golf Hall of Famer Fred Couples. 2014 winners Brian Harman, Matt Every, Chesson Hadley, Scott Stallings and Steve Bowditch are also in the field.

Els is 98^th in the current FedExCup point standings and 60^th in the Official World Golf Rankings. Golfers playing this weekend’s PGA Championship have until 30 minutes after play concludes today at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., to join next week’s Wyndham field.

Sunbrella^®, Technology Concepts & Design, Inc. and VF Corporation for their continued support. Additional tournament information, including ticket packages and sponsorship information, is available at www.wyndhamchampionship.com or through the tournament office at (336) 379-1570. For more information about Wyndham Worldwide, please visit www.wyndhamworldwide.com. Stay connected with the Wyndham Championship through its social media channels, including the Wyndham Championship Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, Flickr and YouTube."

- A Press Release

WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAMER FRED COUPLES JOINS WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD

FRED COUPLES

"Fred Couples will play in the 75^th anniversary Wyndham Championship starting two weeks from tomorrow, the tournament announced today. The 75^thanniversary Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 11-17, 2014 at Sedgefield Country Club.

Couples, who was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2013, joins a field that also includes former Wyndham winners Brandt Snedeker, 2012 U.S. Open Champion Webb Simpson, defending champion Patrick Reed, Padraig Harrington, Retief Goosen, Davis Love III and Rocco Mediate.

Couples will make his 13^th appearance at the Wyndham Championship; he last played here in 2010. He has three top-10 finishes at the Wyndham with the latest coming in 2009 when he finished tied for fifth. The Wyndham Championship will be his third PGA TOUR start of the season; he finished tied for 20^th at the Masters and missed the cut at the Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles. He has 15 PGA TOUR victories, including the 1992 Masters tournament, five international wins and 27 “other” wins in special events.

On the Champions Tour, Couples is 7^th in the current Charles Schwab Cup point standings. He has a win and two runner-up finishes among five top-10s this season. He has 10 Champions Tour wins including the 2013 Charles Schwab Cup Championship and the 2012 U.S. Senior Open Championship.

Couples represented the United States on five Ryder Cup Teams (1989, ’91, 93, ’95 and ’97) and seven Presidents Cup teams; he was the winning Presidents Cup captain in 2009, ’11 and ’13 and played on the team in 1994, ’96, ’98 and 2005. A native of Seattle, he has earned nearly $30 Million in his PGA TOUR and Champions Tour careers combined. In addition to the World Golf Hall of Fame, he is a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame; he is an alumnus of the University of Houston.

“Having Fred join our field is a big deal for the Wyndham Championship,” tournament director Mark Brazil said. “He’s a great friend of the tournament, and I know he loves Sedgefield. We’re honored that he would come back and help us celebrate our 75^th anniversary.”

Celebrating its 75^th anniversary in 2014 and contested annually on the Donald Ross-designed course at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., the Wyndham Championship was founded in 1938 and is the sixth-oldest event on the PGA TOUR excluding the Majors. Tickets are available at Piedmont Triad Harris Teeter locations, www.wyndhamchampionship.com or through the tournament office. The tournament thanks title sponsor Wyndham Worldwide, presenting sponsor BB&T and Premier Partners, Cadillac, Harris Teeter, Lincoln Financial, McConnell Golf, New Breed Logistics, Sunbrella^®, Technology Concepts & Design, Inc. and VF Corporation for their continued support. Additional tournament information, including ticket packages and sponsorship information, is available at www.wyndhamchampionship.com or through the tournament office at (336) 379-1570. For more information about Wyndham Worldwide, please visit www.wyndhamworldwide.com. Stay connected with the Wyndham Championship through its social media channels, including the Wyndham Championship Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, Flickr and YouTube."

PAST CHAMPIONS JOIN WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD

WEBB SIMPSON

With just three weeks remaining before the 75^th anniversary Wyndham Championship, three PGA TOUR stars highlight the players making early commitments to the Wyndham field. Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker and defending champion Patrick Reed have now officially joined the field and will play this year’s Wyndham Championship, the tournament announced today. The 75^thanniversary Wyndham Championship is set for Aug. 11-17, 2014 at Sedgefield Country Club.

Simpson is the 2011 Wyndham winner and the 2012 U.S. Open Champion. The Wake Forest University alumnus is making his sixth consecutive appearance here. He finished tied for 11^th last year. Simpson is currently 13^th in the FedExCup point standings and 29^th in the Official World Golf Rankings.

Snedeker earned his first-career victory at the 2007 Wyndham Championship, the first tournament with Wyndham Worldwide as the title sponsor. He was later named the 2007 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year and has gone onto an exemplary career. He is the 2012 FedExCup champion and has six-career PGA TOUR victories. This year’s tournament will be Snedeker’s seventh consecutive appearance here. After battling some early-season injuries, Snedeker is 86^th in the current FedExCup point standings and 35^th in the Official World Golf Rankings.

Reed captured his first-career PGA TOUR win at the Wyndham last year. He survived a thrilling two-hole playoff with 2013 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year Jordan Spieth. Since then, he won the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation and the World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship earlier this year. He enters the 75^th anniversary Wyndham Championship in 10^th place in the current FedExCup point standings and 30^th in the Official World Golf Rankings.

“We always say our field will start taking shape around the middle of July, and these three players make a pretty good start,” Wyndham Championship tournament director Mark Brazil said. “A FedExCup champion, a U.S. Open champion and three former winners – that’s impressive. If we can keep things going at this pace, we should have a great field by the time the Wyndham gets here next month.”

-Submitted by Rob Goodman