PGA TOUR coming to DC area May 4-8
Written by Stacy M. Brown
POTOMAC, MD— Tournament officials announced today that Gregory Odom Jr., a senior standout on the Howard University Men’s golf team, accepted a sponsor exemption to compete in the Wells Fargo Championship as the PGA TOUR returns to the DC area next month at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm.
Odom Jr., a Memphis, TN native, will receive one of the tournament’s four unrestricted sponsor ex-emptions into the 156-player field and will compete as an amateur.
Odom Jr. has finished among the top ten in individual play in the Bison’s last two collegiate events. He also has a pair of top-five and top-15 finishes during the 2021-2022 season. Odom Jr. won the PGA Works National Championship last spring at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass for his first collegiate title. Last November, he finished third at the Golf Coaches Association of America Championship and earned an exemption to play in the 2022 Ontario Open on the PGA TOUR Canada circuit.
“I am extremely grateful to have this opportunity to play in a PGA TOUR event near where I will be winding down my collegiate experience,” said Odom Jr., who tied for fifth in last year’s MEAC Championship. “I really appreciate Wells Fargo and the tournament staff for giving me this opportunity and I look forward to the challenge of competing with the best players in the world.”
As a junior golfer, Odom Jr. finished second in the Tennessee State Championship his senior year at Middle College High School, where he also earned All-State honors in 2016. He was the 2017 First Tee of Memphis Player of The Year and the 2017 Boys High School USJGT Player of the Year
