IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic

Template:Short description Template:Short description Template:Template other 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.

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.
• 1965: Jack Nicklaus successfully defends his title. He eagles the 71st hole to win by 2 shots over Joe Campbell and Doug Sanders.
• 1966: Jack Nicklaus narrowly misses winning in Philadelphia for the third consecutive year. Don January beats him by one shot.
• 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.
• 1973: Tom Weiskopf wins for the second consecutive week. He beats Jim Barber by four shots.
• 1975: Tom Jenkins wins by one shot over Johnny Miller and by two over Bob Wynn. Wynn was leading by two shots until he made a quadruple-bogey eight on the tournament's 71st hole.
• 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.
• 1980: Doug Tewell wins the last edition of the tournament. He beats Tom Kite by one shot.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
IVB-Golf Classic
1980	Template:Flagicon Doug Tewell	272	−12	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Tom Kite
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
1979	Template:Flagicon Lou Graham	273	−11	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Bobby Wadkins
1978	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (3)	270	−14	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan
1977	Template:Flagicon Jerry McGee	272	−12	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon John Lister Template:Flagicon Bob Shearer
IVB-Bicentennial Golf Classic
1976	Template:Flagicon Tom Kite	277	−7	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Terry Diehl
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
1975	Template:Flagicon Tom Jenkins	275	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller
1974	Template:Flagicon Hubert Green	271	−17	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin
1973	Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf (2)	274	−14	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jim Barber
1972	Template:Flagicon J. C. Snead	282	−6	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Chi-Chi Rodríguez
1971	Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf	274	−14	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Dave Hill
1970	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper	274	−4	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Terry Wilcox
1969	Template:Flagicon Dave Hill	279	−9	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer Template:Flagicon Tommy Jacobs Template:Flagicon R. H. Sikes
Philadelphia Golf Classic
1968	Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy	276	−12	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Labron Harris Jr.
1967	Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes	276	−12	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon George Archer
1966	Template:Flagicon Don January	278	−10	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus
1965	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (2)	277	−11	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Joe Campbell Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders
Whitemarsh Open Invitational
1964	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	276	−12	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Gary Player
1963	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer	281	−7	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Lionel Hebert