(The Center Square) – Greensboro’s PGA Tour event, with a storied legacy of winners from Sam Snead, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson to Seve Ballesteros and Davis Love III, has made the cut on the good side of the new two-tiered competitive structure PGA Tour schedule.
And it did so, like another 700 to 900 nonprofits across the state, with an assist from North Carolina taxpayers.
Originally known as the Greater Greensboro Open, most recently the Wyndham Championship and about to get the new corporate-backed title GO by Raymond James, the event at Sedgefield Country Club is on the elite tier for the 2028 season. Known as the Championship Series, the 23 to 24 events inclusive of the four majors, international team events (Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup), and the Players Championship each will have a purse of at least $20 million and fields of 120 players with no sponsor exemptions.
First-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein last week signed 2026 Budget Technical Corrections – II, known also as House Bill 268, that includes Section 5.3.(a) sending $40 million over four years to the Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation. That’s the 501(c)(3) established in 1967 that operates and manages the tour stop at Sedgefield.
The bill language says for fiscal year 2027, taxpayers will provide $10 million in nonrecurring funds. It also says, “it is the intent of the General Assembly to appropriate additional funds in future acts in the aggregate amount of $30 million over an additional three fiscal years.”
For context, it is routine for lawmakers of both parties to have hundreds of special line-item grants for nonprofits in the final budget text. These may include food banks, community festivals, health-related or faith-based groups, or historical associations and YMCAs. Oversight is from the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management, with compliance subject to state grant rules.
There’s a potential for $25 million in the bill for the organizers of the Military World Games in Charlotte in summer 2027, and $250,000 for the Samantha and Kyle Busch Bundle of Joy Fund. The NASCAR driver died in May at age of 41. The nonprofit helps couples with infertility issues to pay for the expensive IVF treatments.
