Aug. 19, 2009

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Twenty-seven golfers with Atlantic Coast Conference ties will be among the field when the Wyndham Championship gets under way Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club.

The Greensboro stop of the PGA Tour will feature 2009 U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover, who starred at Clemson, as well as 2001 British Open champion David Duval (Georgia Tech) and 1997 PGA champion Davis Love III (North Carolina).

Five former golfers from Clemson and five from Georgia Tech are among the Wyndham field, which also includes four alumni from Duke, three each from NC State and Wake Forest, two apiece from North Carolina, Virginia and Virginia Tech, and one from Florida State.

The ACC has an even stronger tie to Sedgefield - the conference was founded there on May 8, 1953, and has made its headquarters in Greensboro throughout its 56-plus years of existence. The ACC's current office is only a few miles from the course.

Below is the complete list of ACC alumni competing in the 2009 Wyndham Championship, listed alphabetically:

Billy Andrade, Wake Forest
Ryan Blaum, Duke
Jonathan Byrd, Clemson
Tim Clark, NC State
Brendon de Jonge, Virginia Tech
James Driscoll, Virginia
David Duval, Georgia Tech
Lucas Glover, Clemson
Bill Haas, Wake Forest
Davis Love III, North Carolina
Steve Marino, Virginia
Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech
George McNeill, Florida State
Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech
Joe Oglivie, Duke
Leif Olson, Duke
Carl Pettersson, NC State
Webb Simpson, Wake Forest
Kyle Stanley, Clemson
Kevin Streelman, Duke
Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech
D.J. Trahan, Clemson
Marc Turnesa, NC State
Johnson Wagner, Virginia Tech
Charles Warren, Clemson
Matt Weibring, Georgia Tech
Mark Wilson, North Carolina