The Quail Hollow Championship is a PGA Tour golf tournament. The event is held at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina in early May. It was first played in 2003 as the Wachovia Championship and has attracted some of the top players on the tour. In 2009, the tournament had a $6.5 million purse with a winner's prize of $1.17 million. From 2004–06, the tournament ended in a playoff. Additionally, the event is known to have one of the tougher finishes on tour with 16, 17, and 18 often ranked among the PGA Tour's toughest holes. The majority of the charitable proceeds from the tournament benefit Teach for America.

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Sponsorship

The event is sponsored by Wells Fargo, which purchased Wachovia in 2008. In 2009, Wells Fargo dropped the Wachovia name from the tournament for marketing purposes (Wells Fargo is currently integrating Wachovia and dropping the Wachovia name). In addition, Wells Fargo was concerned about the image of a bank sponsoring a sporting event that had received Federal funding under the Troubled Assets Relief Program. ^[1] Wells Fargo's sponsorship of the tournament runs through 2014.

Winners

Year	Player	Country	Score	To par	1st Prize ($)	Purse ($)
Quail Hollow Championship
2009	Sean O'Hair		277	-11	1,170,000	6,500,000
Wachovia Championship
2008	Anthony Kim		272	-16	1,152,000	6,400,000
2007	Tiger Woods		275	-13	1,134,000	6,300,000
2006	Jim Furyk		276	-12	1,134,000	6,300,000
2005	Vijay Singh		276	-12	1,080,000	6,000,000
2004	Joey Sindelar		277	-11	1,008,000	5,600,000
2003	David Toms		278	-10	1,008,000	5,600,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Sources ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Event in Charlotte renamed Quail Hollow Championship
2. Quail Hollow Championship - Winners - at www.pgatour.com
3. Quail Hollow Championship - Winners - at golfobserver.com