The devastating floods that ripped through West Virginia and cancelled the 2016 edition of the Greenbrier Classic forced tens of millions of dollars in repairs and a renovation of the Old White TPC course on which the tournament is held.
The 2016 Greenbrier Classic was the first PGA Tour event cancelled and not rescheduled since the Sanderson Farms Championship in 2009. Players who’ve returned to the course this week for the tournament marvel at how the White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., community rallied around the resort and helped rebuild it, including the golf course.
Phil Mickelson, the Greenbrier resort’s tour ambassador, lauded all those who worked to get the course back in top shape, as well as the effort to help the surrounding communities rebuild and regroup.