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]

Winners

IVB-Golf Classic

• 1980 Doug Tewell

IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic

• 1979 Lou Graham
• 1978 Jack Nicklaus
• 1977 Jerry McGee

IVB-Bicentennial Golf Classic

• 1976 Tom Kite

IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic

• 1975 Tom Jenkins
• 1974 Hubert Green
• 1973 Tom Weiskopf
• 1972 J. C. Snead
• 1971 Tom Weiskopf
• 1970 Billy Casper
• 1969 Dave Hill

Philadelphia Golf Classic

• 1968 Bob Murphy
• 1967 Dan Sikes
• 1966 Don January
• 1965 Jack Nicklaus

Whitemarsh Open Invitational

• 1964 Jack Nicklaus
• 1963 Arnold Palmer

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 Jim Barber by four shots.^[6]

• 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.^[7]

• 1980: Doug Tewell wins the last edition of the tournament. He beats Tom Kite by one shot.^[8]

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