Greater St. Louis Golf Classic Explained

St. Louis Children's Hospital Golf Classic
Location:Normandy, Missouri
Establishment:1972
Course:Norwood Hills Country Club
Par:70
Tour:PGA Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:July
Final Year:1973
Aggregate:268 Gene Littler (1973)
To-Par:−12 as above
Final Champion: Gene Littler
Map:USA#USA Missouri
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Norwood Hills CC
Coordinates:38.722°N -90.284°W

The Greater St. Louis Golf Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour in 1972 and 1973. It was played at the Norwood Hills Country Club in Normandy, Missouri.

In 1972, Lee Trevino made birdie on the first two holes Sunday to take over the lead from future PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman and eventually beat him by one shot.[1]

In 1973, Gene Littler won by one shot over Bruce Crampton. Sixteen months previously, Littler had been operated on for cancer of the lymph gland.[2]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
St. Louis Children's Hospital Golf Classic
268 −12 1 stroke Bruce Crampton
Greater St. Louis Golf Classic
269 −11 1 stroke Deane Beman

Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XlVUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=144DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5055,5076884&dq=lee+trevino+st+louis&hl=en Trevino St. Louis Golf Classic victor
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dUodAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZVQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7357,2442332&dq=gene+littler+st+louis&hl=en Littler Wins St. Louis Open