IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic

The IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was played at the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1980.[1]

IVB-Golf Classic
Tournament information
LocationLafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
Established1963
Course(s)Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
Par71
Length6,687 yards (6,115 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$250,000
Month playedJuly/August
Final year1980
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Jack Nicklaus (1978)
To par−17 Hubert Green (1974)
Final champion
United States Doug Tewell
Location map
Whitemarsh Valley CC is located in the United States
Whitemarsh Valley CC
Whitemarsh Valley CC
Location in the United States
Whitemarsh Valley CC is located in Pennsylvania
Whitemarsh Valley CC
Whitemarsh Valley CC
Location in Pennsylvania

Tournament highlights

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Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
IVB-Golf Classic
1980   Doug Tewell 272 −12 1 stroke   Tom Kite
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
1979   Lou Graham 273 −11 Playoff   Bobby Wadkins
1978   Jack Nicklaus (3) 270 −14 1 stroke   Gil Morgan
1977   Jerry McGee 272 −12 4 strokes   John Lister
  Bob Shearer
IVB-Bicentennial Golf Classic
1976   Tom Kite 277 −7 Playoff   Terry Diehl
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
1975   Tom Jenkins 275 −9 1 stroke   Johnny Miller
1974   Hubert Green 271 −17 4 strokes   Hale Irwin
1973   Tom Weiskopf (2) 274 −14 4 strokes   Jim Barber
1972   J. C. Snead 282 −6 1 stroke   Chi-Chi Rodríguez
1971   Tom Weiskopf 274 −14 1 stroke   Dave Hill
1970   Billy Casper 274 −4 3 strokes   Terry Wilcox
1969   Dave Hill 279 −9 Playoff   Gay Brewer
  Tommy Jacobs
  R. H. Sikes
Philadelphia Golf Classic
1968   Bob Murphy 276 −12 Playoff   Labron Harris Jr.
1967   Dan Sikes 276 −12 2 strokes   George Archer
1966   Don January 278 −10 1 stroke   Jack Nicklaus
1965   Jack Nicklaus (2) 277 −11 1 stroke   Joe Campbell
  Doug Sanders
Whitemarsh Open Invitational
1964   Jack Nicklaus 276 −12 1 stroke   Gary Player
1963   Arnold Palmer 281 −7 1 stroke   Lionel Hebert

References

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