The Wyndham Championship has a new official bourbon: Statesville, N.C.’s Southern Star, the tournament announced today. The 85th annual Wyndham Championship is set for Aug, 7-11, 2024 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
Founded in 2013, Southern Distilling Company, makers of Southern Star bourbons and rye whiskeys, is one of the country’s largest privately-owned distilleries, and they’ll showcase their award-winning products at a new Wyndham Championship fan amenity, the Southern Star Tasting Room located adjacent to the ninth green.
The tasting room will carry specialty Southern Star cocktails, each featuring a different Southern Star expression: Bourbon Iced Tea, Double Shot Bourbon Iced Coffee, Bourbon Mule and a classic Old Fashioned available for purchase. Wyndham Championship fans, ages 21 and older, can also sample Southern Star’s four core products: Southern Star Paragon Bottled in Bond, Southern Star Bourbon, Southern Star Double Rye and Southern Star Double Shot, a bourbon cream liqueur.
“It’s our privilege to be the official bourbon of the Wyndham Championship,” said Pete Barger, Southern Star co-founder. “This is a tremendous opportunity for Southern Star to showcase our award-winning, North Carolina-sourced products to PGA TOUR fans. We couldn’t be more excited to have this partnership highlighted by the Wyndham Championship Single Barrel pick and the Southern Star Tasting Room at such a storied venue as Sedgefield Country Club.”
In the Southern Star Tasting Room, tournament patrons can also sample the Wyndham Championship Single Barrel bottle, a cask-strength version of Southern Star Bourbon, which was hand selected by Southern Star Co-Founder, Pete Barger, specifically for the Wyndham Championship. This single-barrel bottle features a mash bill of 60 percent corn, 36 percent rye and four percent malted barley. Aged for nearly six years, it comes at a cask-strength proof of 116.8. The special edition is available now in Greensboro, N.C., ABC stores and in the Southern Distilling Company tasting room.
“Partnering with North Carolina companies is very important to all of us at the Wyndham Championship, and this partnership is another example of all the incredible things North Carolina has to offer.” Executive Director Mark Brazil said. “North Carolina may not be the first state that comes to mind when you talk about bourbon, but Southern Star is a major player; we are incredibly proud to partner with this company and this brand. A lot of bourbon fans will be in the galleries at Sedgefield, and I expect the Southern Star Tasting Room to be a very popular place – especially with samples of our Wyndham Championship Single Barrel available.”
About Southern Distilling Company:
Family-owned and operated by Pete and Vienna Barger, Southern Distilling Company is proudly reigniting North Carolina’s distilling tradition while embracing the innovative future of America’s craft spirits industry. Headquartered in storied Statesville, N.C. – once labeled the “liquor capital of the world” in the 1800s – Southern Distilling Company has grown to become one of the country’s largest privately owned distilleries since being founded in 2013. Today, it offers an innovative range of new-fill barrel production, aged-barrel sales, barrel-warehouse aging and co-packaging for more than 130 brands globally. Rooted in North Carolina’s agricultural community, Southern Distilling Company supports a stringent grain-to-glass sustainability process that sources quality grains from farms within 20 miles of its facility.
Southern Distilling Company also produces its own line of award-winning artisan spirits, including Southern Star Paragon Wheated Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Southern Star Bourbon Whiskey, Southern Star Double Rye Whiskey, Southern Star Double Shot Bourbon Cream Liqueur and Hunting Creek Bottled-in-Bond Straight Rye Whiskey. Southern Star products are available in more than 18 markets across the U.S. with expanding national distribution. The distillery is open for tours, tastings and craft cocktails and hosts public and private events throughout the year. For more information, visit SouthernDistillingCompany.com.
About The Wyndham Championship:
Contested annually on the Donald Ross-designed golf course at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., the Wyndham Championship was founded in 1938 and is the seventh-oldest event on the PGA TOUR, excluding the Majors. As the last tournament of the regular season, it sets the 70-player field for the FedExCup Playoffs. The tournament thanks title sponsor Wyndham Rewards and presenting sponsor Truist for their continued support. Additional tournament information is available at WyndhamChampionship.com and the tournament’s social media channels (@WyndhamChamp) on Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn pages.
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