‘Pissed Off’: Hours After Insane Announcement, PGA Tour Pro Bashes $7.6 Million Events Layout

After an exciting 3M Open last week, the PGA Tour is moving on with this week’s event, the Wyndham Championship. The tournament is being played at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, a regular Tour stop since 2008. However, it seems like not all on the field are fans of the course.

A PGA Tour pro who hasn’t fared too badly and even made it to the top-20 after the first round at the event on Thursday has expressed his disapproval of the North Carolina course. So what were these extreme challenges that the course presented to the Tour star that left him voicing “just not great” chants?

PGA Tour pro voices his frustration with the Wyndham Championship venue

The Wyndham Championship is in full swing at Sedgefield. After the first round, Russell Henley sits atop the leaderboard at 8-under par. And while he may have no complaints, the same does not hold true for the English golfer Matt Wallace. The 33-year-old, soon after the first round, took a heavy charge against Sedgefield at the after-press conference and vented out his frustration with a long monologue.

He claimed that the field was absolutely disagreeable and sternly spoke up against it. When asked about his performance, Wallace said, “A bit pissed off actually with the finish. Playing nicely. Yeah, just frustrated. I don’t like this golf course.” Matt termed his runoffs ridiculous and claimed that it is not fun at all to play on this course!

“[I] hit a shot out of the rough on the last, and it landed on the front and runs backward 40 yards,” he said, explaining his plight. “Yeah, I shouldn’t be in the rough, but it’s difficult to hit the fairway all the time.” Objections aside, Wallace is playing well at the $7.6 million event and is only 5 strokes behind the leader. However, with the stakes as high as ever, it’s clear why he’s upset.

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The Wyndham Champion is the ticket to the big event for Wallace

Despite his claimed hurdles, Wallace delivered a good performance in the first round on Thursday. He finished the day with a three-under 67, and his name is on T16 on the leader board. However, the golf pro needs to do better. Being the last event on the PGA Tour’s regular season, it is also the last chance for the Englishman to grab FedEx Cup points.

Only the top 70 players as per the standings get to compete in the high-reward playoff. Wallace currently ranks 80th and needs a fine finish at the end of this week to bump up his spot. Under such conditions, the difficult course presents a lot of issues for him and hence leads to frustration.

“It’s too severe, so they need to do something about it,” Wallace said about the course. He also openly declared that he wouldn’t have played in North Carolina if he didn’t absolutely need to! With three rounds left, it remains to be seen whether he can overcome the problematic Sedgefield course or whether it will get the better of him!

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