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The West Virginia Open is a golf tournament that is administered by the West Virginia Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1933 except in 1959. Golf legend Sam Snead won the event 17 times, including a 22-stroke, 54-hole victory in 1957 over Mike Krak.[citation needed]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | West Virginia, U.S. |
| Established | 1933 |
| Course(s) | Different course each year The Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels, West Virginia (2020) |
| Organized by | West Virginia Golf Association |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Month played | June or July |
| Current champion | |
| Ryan Bilby | |
Winners
edit| Year | Champion | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Tournament location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ryan Bilby (a) | 2 | Mason Williams | Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston | |
| 2022 | Christian Brand (3) | 3 | David Bradshaw | Stonewall Jackson Resort, Roanoke | |
| 2021 | David Bradshaw (12) | 3 | Mason Williams | Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport | |
| 2020 | Kenneth Hess | 1 | Thaddeus Obecny II | The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | |
| 2019 | David Bradshaw (11) | 8 | Josef Dransfeld | Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg | |
| 2018 | David Bradshaw (10) | 6 | Will Evans | The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | |
| 2017 | David Bradshaw (9) | 3 | Davey Jude | Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville | |
| 2016 | David Bradshaw (8) | 4 | Tad Tomblin (a) | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | |
| 2015 | Christian Brand (2) | — | David Bradshaw | Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston | Brand won a three-hole playoff. |
| 2014 | Christian Brand | 3 | David Bradshaw | The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | |
| 2013 | David Bradshaw (7) | 4 | Sam O'Dell (a) | Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg | |
| 2012 | Jonathan Clark (2) | 6 | David Bradshaw Christian Brand |
Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville | |
| 2011 | David Bradshaw (6) | — | Bob Friend | Pines Country Club, Morgantown | Bradshaw won a three-hole playoff. |
| 2010 | David Bradshaw (5) | 1 | Tim Fisher (a) | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | |
| 2009 | David Bradshaw (4) | — | John Ross | Oglebay Park, Wheeling | Bradshaw won a three-hole playoff. |
| 2008 | Barry Evans | 3 | David Bradshaw | Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston | |
| 2007 | David Bradshaw (3) | 1 | Three players | Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown | |
| 2006 | David Bradshaw (2) | 1 | Three players | The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | |
| 2005 | Craig Berner | — | Barry Evans | The Raven Golf Club, Snowshoe | Berner won a three-hole playoff. |
| 2004 | David Bradshaw (a) | 1 | Jonathan Clark | Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville | |
| 2003 | Brad Westfall (5) | — | Pat Carter (a) | Pines Country Club, Morgantown | Westfall won a three-hole playoff. |
| 2002 | Brad Westfall (4) | 3 | Sam O'Dell (a) | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | |
| 2001 | Jonathan Clark | 1 | Brad Westfall | Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston | |
| 2000 | Brad Westfall (3) | 4 | Steve Shrawder | Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport | |
| 1999 | John Ross (2) | 7 | Jonathan Clark | Guyan Golf and Country Club, Huntington | |
| 1998 | Scott Davis (4) | 5 | John Ross | Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville | |
| 1997 | John Ross | 3 | Gary Blake Scott Davis |
The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | |
| 1996 | Barney Thompson (3) | — | John Ross | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | Thompson won on the first playoff hole. |
| 1995 | Scott Davis (3) | 5 | Greg Meade | Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley | |
| 1994 | Brad Westfall (2) | — | Scott Davis | Oglebay Park, Wheeling | Westfall won on the first playoff hole. The first round was rained out. |
| 1993 | Harold Payne (a) (4) | 2 | Brad Westfall | Pipestem Resort State Park, Summers County | |
| 1992 | Brad Westfall | 8 | Eric Shaffer (a) | Pines Country Club, Morgantown | |
| 1991 | Mike White (2) | 1 | Bob Bird | Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville | |
| 1990 | Scott Davis (2) | 1 | Mike White | Bridgeport Country Club, Bridgeport | |
| 1989 | Todd Satterfield (a) | — | Mike White | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | Satterfield won on the first playoff hole. |
| 1988 | Harold Payne (a) (3) | 3 | Ned Weaver | Williams Country Club, Weirton | |
| 1987 | Harold Payne (a) (2) | 8 | Cleve Coldwater | The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | |
| 1986 | Harold Payne (a) | 2 | Scott Davis Ed Vietmeier |
Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | |
| 1985 | Buddy Cook | 3 | Four players | Guyan Golf and Country Club, Huntington | |
| 1984 | Linden Meade (2) | 1 | Ken Lacy | Fincastle Country Club, Bluefield, Virginia | |
| 1983 | Jim Fankhauser (a) | 3 | John Ross | Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg | |
| 1982 | Scott Davis | 2 | Linden Meade | Wheeling Country Club, Wheeling | |
| 1981 | Matt Cooke (a) | 8 | Benny Bowles | Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston | |
| 1980 | Mike White | 4 | Barry Fleming Darrell Kestner |
Fincastle Country Club, Bluefield, Virginia | |
| 1979 | Benny Bowles | 1 | William C. Campbell (a) | Williams Country Club, Weirton | |
| 1978 | Barney Thompson (2) | 9 | Jim Jamieson | The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs | |
| 1977 | Barry Fleming | 2 | Mark Wheaton Randy Hillis (a) |
Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley | |
| 1976 | Terry Smith | 4 | Doug Ray | Preston Country Club, Kingwood | |
| 1975 | Barney Thompson | 2 | Terry Smith | Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley | |
| 1974 | Blake Watt (a) | 2 | Jerry Walker | Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville | |
| 1973 | Sam Snead (17) | 8 | Scott Bess | Bridgeport Country Club, Bridgeport | |
| 1972 | Sam Snead (16) | 2 | Barney Thompson | South Hills Golf Club, Parkersburg | |
| 1971 | Sam Snead (15) | 1 | Billy Capps | Bel Meadow Golf Club, Mount Clare | The first round was rained out. |
| 1970 | Sam Snead (14) | 12 | Joe Taylor | Sandy Brae Golf Club, Amma | |
| 1969 | Joe Taylor (3) | 1 | Horace Ervin | Meadowbrook Recreation Club, Charleston | |
| 1968 | Sam Snead (13) | 5 | Billy Capps | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | The first and final rounds were rained out. |
| 1967 | Sam Snead (12) | — | Roy Shreves | Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville | Snead won on the third playoff hole. |
| 1966 | Sam Snead (11) | 10 | Tom Cassady | South Hills Golf Club, Parkersburg | |
| 1965 | Joe Taylor (2) | 10 | George Hoffer | Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown | |
| 1964 | George Hoffer (2) | 8 | Joe Taylor | Par Mar Pines, Parkersburg | |
| 1963 | Linden Meade | 1 | Don Stickney | Kanawha Country Club, South Charleston | |
| 1962 | Ed Tutwiler (a) (3) | 1 | Joe Taylor | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | |
| 1961 | Sam Snead (10) | 5 | Al Atkins | Riviera Country Club, Lesage | |
| 1960 | Sam Snead (9) | 1 | Art Wall Jr. | Spring Valley Country Club, Huntington | |
| 1959 | No tournament | ||||
| 1958 | Sam Snead (8) | 14 | William C. Campbell (a) | Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown | The final round were rained out. |
| 1957 | Sam Snead (7) | 22 | Mike Krak | Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston | |
| 1956 | Ed Tutwiler (a) (2) | 7 | Joe Taylor | The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs | |
| 1955 | William C. Campbell (a) (3) | 5 | Ed Tutwiler (a) | Guyan Country Club, Huntington | |
| 1954 | Joe Taylor | 10 | Ed Tutwiler (a) | Williams Country Club, Weirton | |
| 1953 | William C. Campbell (a) (2) | 4 | Sam Snead | Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg | |
| 1952 | Sam Snead (6) | 9 | Ed Tutwiler (a) | The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs | |
| 1951 | Ed Tutwiler (a) | 6 | Ray Vaughan, Jr. | White Oak Country Club, Oak Hill | |
| 1950 | William C. Campbell (a) | 13 | Larry Wiechman | Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg | |
| 1949 | Sam Snead (5) | 18 | George Hoffer | Spring Valley Country Club, Huntington | |
| 1948 | Sam Snead (4) | 10 | George Hoffer | Wheeling Country Club, Wheeling | |
| 1947 | George Hoffer | 1 | Rut Coffey | The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs | |
| 1946 | Rut Coffey | 10 | Roy Blizzard (a) | Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville | |
| 1945 | Arnold Browning | 2 | Jules Blanton | Greenbrier Valley Country Club, Lewisburg | First round abandoned due to hailstorm. |
| 1944 | Joe Reposkey | 1 | Andy Brawley (a) | Preston Country Club, Kingwood | |
| 1943 | Clem Wiechman (4) | 2 | D. G. Rangeley (a) | Black Knight Country Club, Beckley | |
| 1942 | Clem Wiechman (3) | 1 | Ray Vaughan, Jr. | Meadowbrook Recreation Club, Charleston | |
| 1941 | Clem Wiechman (2) | 3 | Johnny Javins | The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs | |
| 1940 | Bill Swing | 2 | Arnold Browning | Guyan Country Club, Huntington | |
| 1939 | Clem Wiechman | 4 | Earl Tolley | Bluefield Country Club, Bluefield | |
| 1938 | Sam Snead (3) | 11 | Art Clark | Cedar Rocks, Elm Grove | |
| 1937 | Sam Snead (2) | 12 | Art Clark | Kanawha Country Club, Charleston | |
| 1936 | Sam Snead | 5 | Art Clark | Guyan Country Club, Huntington | The tournament was reduced to three rounds, due to the second round being rained out. |
| 1935 | Rader Jewett (2) | 2 | Horace Brand | Clarksburg Country Club, Clarksburg | |
| 1934 | Rader Jewett | 11 | Bobby Rownd (a) | Cedar Rocks, Elm Grove | |
| 1933 | Johnny Javins | — | I.C. Schorr | Kanawha Country Club, South Charleston | Javins and Schorr tied, with both men splitting the prize money and Javins taking the trophy. |
- (a) - denotes amateur