Philadelphia Classic

Last updated
Nike Laurel Creek Classic
Tournament information
Location Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Established1995
Course(s)Laurel Creek Country Club
Par71
Tour(s) Nike Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$200,000
Month playedJuly
Final year1997
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Sean Murphy (1995)
To par−19 Matt Gogel (1997)
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Gogel
Location Map
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Laurel Creek CC
Location in the United States
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Laurel Creek CC
Location in New Jersey

The Philadelphia Classic was a golf tournament on the Nike Tour. It ran from 1995 to 1997. In 1995 and 1996 it was played at Philmont Country Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. In 1997 it was played at Laurel Creek Country Club in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

In 1997 the winner earned $36,000.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Nike Laurel Creek Classic
1997 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Gogel 269−151 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Paulson
Nike Philadelphia Classic
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Quigley 273−72 strokes Flag of the United States.svg R. W. Eaks
Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Walcher
1995 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Murphy 267−131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle


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