West Virginia Open
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| 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 | |
| Kenneth Hess | |
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.
Winners[]
| Year | Champion | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Tournament location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | (12) | 3 | Mason Williams | Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport | |
| 2020 | 1 | Thaddeus Obecny II | The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | ||
| 2019 | (11) | 8 | Josef Dransfeld | Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg | |
| 2018 | (10) | 6 | Will Evans | The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | |
| 2017 | (9) | 3 | Davey Jude | Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville | |
| 2016 | (8) | 4 | Tad Tomblin (a) | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | |
| 2015 | (2) | — | David Bradshaw | Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston | Brand won a three-hole playoff. |
| 2014 | 3 | David Bradshaw | The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | ||
| 2013 | (7) | 4 | Sam O'Dell (a) | Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg | |
| 2012 | (2) | 6 | David Bradshaw Christian Brand |
Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville | |
| 2011 | (6) | — | Bob Friend | Pines Country Club, Morgantown | Bradshaw won a three-hole playoff. |
| 2010 | (5) | 1 | Tim Fisher (a) | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | |
| 2009 | (4) | — | John Ross | Oglebay Park, Wheeling | Bradshaw won a three-hole playoff. |
| 2008 | 3 | David Bradshaw | Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston | ||
| 2007 | (3) | 1 | Three players | Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown | |
| 2006 | (2) | 1 | Three players | The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | |
| 2005 | — | Barry Evans | The Raven Golf Club, Snowshoe | Berner won a three-hole playoff. | |
| 2004 | (a) | 1 | Jonathan Clark | Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville | |
| 2003 | (5) | — | Pat Carter (a) | Pines Country Club, Morgantown | Westfall won a three-hole playoff. |
| 2002 | (4) | 3 | Sam O'Dell (a) | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | |
| 2001 | 1 | Brad Westfall | Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston | ||
| 2000 | (3) | 4 | Steve Shrawder | Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport | |
| 1999 | (2) | 7 | Jonathan Clark | Guyan Golf and Country Club, Huntington | |
| 1998 | (4) | 5 | John Ross | Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville | |
| 1997 | 3 | Gary Blake Scott Davis |
The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | ||
| 1996 | (3) | — | John Ross | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | Thompson won on the first playoff hole. |
| 1995 | (3) | 5 | Greg Meade | Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley | |
| 1994 | (2) | — | Scott Davis | Oglebay Park, Wheeling | Westfall won on the first playoff hole. The first round was rained out. |
| 1993 | (a) (4) | 2 | Brad Westfall | Pipestem Resort State Park, Summers County | |
| 1992 | 8 | Eric Shaffer (a) | Pines Country Club, Morgantown | ||
| 1991 | (2) | 1 | Bob Bird | Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville | |
| 1990 | (2) | 1 | Mike White | Bridgeport Country Club, Bridgeport | |
| 1989 | (a) | — | Mike White | Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | Satterfield won on the first playoff hole. |
| 1988 | (a) (3) | 3 | Ned Weaver | Williams Country Club, Weirton | |
| 1987 | (a) (2) | 8 | Cleve Coldwater | The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels | |
| 1986 | (a) | 2 | Scott Davis Ed Vietmeier |
Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane | |
| 1985 | Buddy Cook | 3 | Four players | Guyan Golf and Country Club, Huntington | |
| 1984 | (2) | 1 | Ken Lacy | Fincastle Country Club, Bluefield, Virginia | |
| 1983 | (a) | 3 | John Ross | Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg | |
| 1982 | 2 | Linden Meade | Wheeling Country Club, Wheeling | ||
| 1981 | (a) | 8 | Benny Bowles | Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston | |
| 1980 | 4 | Barry Fleming Darrell Kestner |
Fincastle Country Club, Bluefield, Virginia | ||
| 1979 | 1 | William C. Campbell (a) | Williams Country Club, Weirton | ||
| 1978 | (2) | 9 | Jim Jamieson | The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs | |
| 1977 | 2 | Mark Wheaton Randy Hillis (a) |
Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley | ||
| 1976 | 4 | Doug Ray | Preston Country Club, Kingwood | ||
| 1975 | 2 | Terry Smith | Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley | ||
| 1974 | (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 | (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 | (2) | 10 | George Hoffer | Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown | |
| 1964 | (2) | 8 | Joe Taylor | Par Mar Pines, Parkersburg | |
| 1963 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Rut Coffey | The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs | ||
| 1946 | 10 | Roy Blizzard (a) | Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville | ||
| 1945 | 2 | Jules Blanton | Greenbrier Valley Country Club, Lewisburg | First round abandoned due to hailstorm. | |
| 1944 | 1 | Andy Brawley (a) | Preston Country Club, Kingwood | ||
| 1943 | (4) | 2 | D. G. Rangeley (a) | Black Knight Country Club, Beckley | |
| 1942 | (3) | 1 | Ray Vaughan, Jr. | Meadowbrook Recreation Club, Charleston | |
| 1941 | (2) | 3 | Johnny Javins | The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs | |
| 1940 | 2 | Arnold Browning | Guyan Country Club, Huntington | ||
| 1939 | 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 | (2) | 2 | Horace Brand | Clarksburg Country Club, Clarksburg | |
| 1934 | 11 | Bobby Rownd (a) | Cedar Rocks, Elm Grove | ||
| 1933 | — | 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
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- Golf in West Virginia
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