Wells Fargo Championship PGA Tour 2020-2021 0 2021-05-06 2021-05-06 https://www.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/fknhb61611921856.jpg https://www.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/m72xf61611921842.jpg The Wells Fargo Championship is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour. Held in early May at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, it has attracted some of the top players on the tour. It debuted in 2003 as the Wachovia Championship and was known in 2009 and 2010 as the Quail Hollow Championship. The event is known to have one of the tougher finishes on tour with 16, 17, and 18, commonly known as the "Green Mile," often ranked among the PGA Tour's toughest holes. The majority of the charitable proceeds from the tournament benefit Teach for America. The tournament is organized by Champions for Education, Inc. The event takes place May 06-09 and has a prize fund of $8,100,000 Rory McIlroy shot a final round 68 to win his first title in 18 months in the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy held a two-shot lead when his drive at the 18th found a patch of deep grass near the water and his caddie Harry Diamond convinced him to take a penalty drop, he two-putted from 45 feet to close with a bogey for a one-shot win and his third Wells Fargo title. McIlroy, who had not won since the 2019 WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai and had not made the cut in two months, won his nineteenth PGA Tour title in Quail Hollow, where he also won his first in 2010. 1082738