West Virginia Open Explained

West Virginia Open
Location:West Virginia, U.S.
Establishment:1933
Course:Different course each year
The Resort at Glade Springs in
Org:West Virginia Golf Association
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:June or July
Current Champion:Ryan Bilby

The West Virginia Open is a golf tournament that is administered by the West Virginia Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1933 except in 1959. Golf legend Sam Snead won the event 17 times, including a 22-stroke, 54-hole victory in 1957 over Mike Krak.

Winners

YearChampionMargin of
victory
Runner-upTournament locationNotes
2023 Ryan Bilby (a) 2 Mason Williams
2022 3 David Bradshaw
2021 3 Mason Williams
2020 1 Thaddeus Obecny II
2019 8 Josef Dransfeld
2018 6 Will Evans
2017 3 Davey Jude
2016 4 Tad Tomblin (a)
2015 - David Bradshaw
2014 3 David Bradshaw
2013 4 Sam O'Dell (a) Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg
2012 6 David Bradshaw
Christian Brand
2011 -
2010 1 Tim Fisher (a)
2009 - John Ross
2008 3 David Bradshaw Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston
2007 1 Three players Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown
2006 1 Three players The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels
2005 - Barry Evans The Raven Golf Club, Snowshoe
2004 David Bradshaw (a) 1 Jonathan Clark Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville
2003 - Pat Carter (a) Pines Country Club, Morgantown
2002 3 Sam O'Dell (a) Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane
2001 1 Brad Westfall Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston
2000 4 Steve Shrawder
1999 7 Jonathan Clark
1998 5 John Ross Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville
1997 3 Gary Blake
Scott Davis
The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels
1996 - John Ross Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane
1995 5 Greg Meade
1994 - Scott Davis Oglebay Park, Wheeling
1993 Harold Payne (a) 2 Brad Westfall
1992 8 Eric Shaffer (a) Pines Country Club, Morgantown
1991 1 Bob Bird
1990 1 Mike White Bridgeport Country Club, Bridgeport
1989 Todd Satterfield (a) - Mike White Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane
1988 Harold Payne (a) 3 Ned Weaver
1987 Harold Payne (a) 8 Cleve Coldwater The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels
1986 Harold Payne (a) 2 Scott Davis
Ed Vietmeier
Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane
1985 3 Four players Guyan Golf and Country Club, Huntington
1984 1 Ken Lacy
1983 Jim Fankhauser (a) 3 John Ross Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg
1982 2 Linden Meade Wheeling Country Club, Wheeling
1981 Matt Cooke (a) 8 Benny Bowles Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston
1980 4 Fincastle Country Club, Bluefield, Virginia
1979 1 William C. Campbell (a) Williams Country Club, Weirton
1978 9 Jim Jamieson
1977 2 Mark Wheaton
Randy Hillis (a)
Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley
1976 4 Doug Ray
1975 2 Terry Smith Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley
1974 Blake Watt (a) 2 Jerry Walker Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville
1973 8 Scott Bess Bridgeport Country Club, Bridgeport
1972 2 Barney Thompson South Hills Golf Club, Parkersburg
1971 1 Billy Capps
1970 12 Joe Taylor
1969 1 Horace Ervin Meadowbrook Recreation Club, Charleston
1968 5 Billy Capps Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane
1967 - Roy Shreves Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville
1966 10 Tom Cassady South Hills Golf Club, Parkersburg
1965 10 George Hoffer Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown
1964 8 Joe Taylor Par Mar Pines, Parkersburg
1963 1 Don Stickney
1962 Ed Tutwiler (a) 1 Joe Taylor Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane
1961 5 Al Atkins
1960 1 Spring Valley Country Club, Huntington
1959 No tournament
1958 14 William C. Campbell (a) Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown
1957 22 Mike Krak Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston
1956 Ed Tutwiler (a) 7 Joe Taylor The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
1955 William C. Campbell (a) 5 Ed Tutwiler (a) Guyan Country Club, Huntington
1954 10 Ed Tutwiler (a) Williams Country Club, Weirton
1953 William C. Campbell (a) 4 Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg
1952 9 Ed Tutwiler (a) The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
1951 Ed Tutwiler (a) 6 Ray Vaughan, Jr.
1950 William C. Campbell (a) 13 Larry Wiechman Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg
1949 18 George Hoffer Spring Valley Country Club, Huntington
1948 10 George Hoffer Wheeling Country Club, Wheeling
1947 1 Rut Coffey The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
1946 10 Roy Blizzard (a) Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville
1945 2 Jules Blanton
1944 1 Andy Brawley (a) Preston Country Club, Kingwood
1943 2 D. G. Rangeley (a)
1942 1 Ray Vaughan, Jr. Meadowbrook Recreation Club, Charleston
1941 3 Johnny Javins The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
1940 2 Arnold Browning Guyan Country Club, Huntington
1939 4 Earl Tolley
1938 11 Art Clark
1937 12 Art Clark Kanawha Country Club, Charleston
1936 5 Art Clark Guyan Country Club, Huntington
1935 2 Horace Brand
1934 11 Bobby Rownd (a) Cedar Rocks, Elm Grove
1933 - I.C. Schorr Kanawha Country Club, South Charleston

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