Hokie ClubVirginia Tech golfer Drew Weaver will compete in the 2008 Wyndham Championship on Thursday at the 7,117-yard, par 70 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
Weaver, a rising senior from nearby High Point, N.C., will tee off at 8:50 a.m. on Thursday morning from the 10th tee in a group with Bob Heintz and Tommy Gainey. The trio will tee off Friday afternoon from the first tee at 1:50 p.m.
This is Weaver’s final PGA Tour event of the summer. He has also competed in the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley and the AT&T National, hosted by Tiger Woods, along with his appearance in the 2008 Masters Tournament.
Weaver will compete in the 2008 U.S. Amateur Championship at the historic Pinehurst No. 2 course in Pinehurst, N.C., on August 18-24. Weaver is in the second year of a four-year exemption into the U.S. Amateur, earned by his 2007 British Amateur Championship.
Former Hokie Johnson Wagner, who won at the Shell Houston Open in April, has withdrawn from the Wyndham Championship. He is currently 50th in FedEx Cup points.