By Cris Barrish
Tom Humphrey beams as he stands at the revamped first tee of Wilmington Country Club’s South Course.
Gazing down the long, lush fairway, Humphrey surveys the sprawling new grandstands and other structures under construction. One will display a huge electronic scoreboard at the apex of what he called “an amphitheater” around the 18th green.
Next week 70 of the world’s best will be playing there in the BMW Championship.
The BMW event is the semifinals of the PGA’s Fed-Ex Cup playoffs, with golfers competing for $15 million in prize money. More importantly, they will be vying for one of 30 spots in the finals later this month in Atlanta. The overall cup winner gets $18 million.
The BMW tournament is also by far the biggest sporting event ever to come to northern Delaware, with 130,000 spectators expected for the four days of competition that end on August 21.
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PGA tour stop to bring some of the world’s best golfers to Delaware
