The Greater St. Louis Golf Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in 1972 and 1973. It was played at the Norwood Hills Country Club in Normandy, Missouri.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Normandy, Missouri |
| Established | 1972 |
| Course(s) | Norwood Hills Country Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$210,000 |
| Month played | July |
| Final year | 1973 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 268 Gene Littler (1973) |
| To par | −12 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Gene Littler | |
| Location map | |
  Norwood Hills CC Location in United States  Norwood Hills CC Location in Missouri | |
In 1972, Lee Trevino made birdie on the first two holes Sunday to take over the lead from future PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman and eventually beat him by one shot.[1]
In 1973, Gene Littler won by one shot over Bruce Crampton. Sixteen months previously, Littler had been operated on for cancer of the lymph gland.[2]
Winners
edit| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Children's Hospital Golf Classic | |||||
| 1973 | Gene Littler |
268 | −12 | 1 stroke |  Bruce Crampton
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| Greater St. Louis Golf Classic | |||||
| 1972 | Lee Trevino |
269 | −11 | 1 stroke | Deane Beman
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