Another name change: no more Wachovia Championship

Posted on 27 Feb 2009 by Matthew Tyndall

“The Wachovia Championship has been replaced by the Quail Hollow Championship.

The annual PGA Tour stop in Charlotte – scheduled April 27-May 3 this year – has been renamed for the course where it is played, another result of the on-going financial crisis.

Tournament officials said Wells Fargo, which acquired Wachovia last year, will honor the financial terms of the tournament contract, which runs through 2014.”

Read more by Ron Green Jr. at the Charlotte Observer