IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic

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IVB-Golf Classic
Tournament information
Location Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
Established1963
Course(s)Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
Par71
Length6,687 yards (6,115 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$250,000
Month playedJuly/August
Final year1980
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Jack Nicklaus (1978)
To par−17 Hubert Green (1974)
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Doug Tewell
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Whitemarsh Valley CC
Location in the United States
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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]

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Tournament highlights

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
IVB-Golf Classic
1980 Flag of the United States.svg Doug Tewell 272−121 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
1979 Flag of the United States.svg Lou Graham 273−11Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Wadkins
1978 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus (3)270−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan
1977 Flag of the United States.svg Jerry McGee 272−124 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg John Lister
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Shearer
IVB-Bicentennial Golf Classic
1976 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite 277−7Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Terry Diehl
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
1975 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Jenkins 275−91 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Miller
1974 Flag of the United States.svg Hubert Green 271−174 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin
1973 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Weiskopf (2)274−144 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jim Barber
1972 Flag of the United States.svg J. C. Snead 282−61 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Chi-Chi Rodríguez
1971 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Weiskopf 274−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Dave Hill
1970 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Casper 274−43 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Terry Wilcox
1969 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Hill 279−9Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Gay Brewer
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Jacobs
Flag of the United States.svg R. H. Sikes
Philadelphia Golf Classic
1968 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Murphy 276−12Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Labron Harris Jr.
1967 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Sikes 276−122 strokes Flag of the United States.svg George Archer
1966 Flag of the United States.svg Don January 278−101 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus
1965 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus (2)277−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Joe Campbell
Flag of the United States.svg Doug Sanders
Whitemarsh Open Invitational
1964 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus 276−121 stroke Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gary Player
1963 Flag of the United States.svg Arnold Palmer 281−71 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Lionel Hebert

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