IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic

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

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]

Tournament highlights

Winners

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

References