JCPenney Classic

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The JCPenney Classic was a mixed team golf tournament sponsored by the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour. Teams consisted of one PGA Tour player and one LPGA Tour player (except in 1967 when the teams were male only). It was played in California and Florida. Corporate sponsors were Haig & Haig, Pepsi-Cola, and JCPenney. [1]

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In 2000, the tournament was replaced by the Valspar Championship.

Tournament hosts

YearsCourseLocation
1960–64Pinecrest Lakes Country Club Avon Park, Florida
Harder Hall Sebring, Florida
1965–67 La Costa Country Club Carlsbad, California
1976 Doral Country Club [2] Doral, Florida
1977–89Bardmoor Country Club Largo, Florida
1990–99 Innisbrook Resort Palm Harbor, Florida

Winners

JCPenney Classic

JCPenney Mixed Team Classic

Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Championship

Haig & Haig Scotch Foursome

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