IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic

IVB-Golf Classic

Tournament information
Location	Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
Established	1963
Course(s)	Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
Par	71
Length	6,687 yards (6,115 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$250,000
Month played	July/August
Final year	1980
Tournament record score
Aggregate	270 Jack Nicklaus (1978)
To par	−17 Hubert Green (1974)
Final champion
Doug Tewell
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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]

Winners[]

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
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

Tournament highlights[]

• 1963: Arnold Palmer wins the inaugural version of the tournament by one shot over Lionel Hebert. The $26,000 first prize was the most Palmer collected for a win up to that time.^[2]
• 1965: Jack Nicklaus successfully defends his title. He eagles the 71st hole to win by 2 shots over Joe Campbell and Doug Sanders.^[3]
• 1966: Jack Nicklaus narrowly misses winning in Philadelphia for the third consecutive year. Don January beats him by one shot.^[4]
• 1969: A four-player sudden death playoff is won by Dave Hill when he makes an eleven-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to defeat Tommy Jacobs, Gay Brewer, and R. H. Sikes.^[5]
• 1973: Tom Weiskopf wins for the second consecutive week. He beats by four shots.^[6]
• 1975: Tom Jenkins wins by one shot over Johnny Miller and by two over Bob Wynn. Wynn was leading by two shots until he made a quadruple-bogey eight on the tournament's 71st hole.^[7]
• 1976: Future World Golf Hall of Fame member Tom Kite wins for the first time on the PGA Tour. He defeats Terry Diehl on the fifth hole of a sudden death playoff.^[8]
• 1980: Doug Tewell wins the last edition of the tournament. He beats Tom Kite by one shot.^[9]

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