CVS Charity Classic
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The CVS Charity Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 through 1998. It was held under various names at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts.
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[edit] Winners
CVS Charity Classic
- 1998 Steve Pate
- 1997 Loren Roberts
- 1996 John Cook
Ideon Classic at Pleasant Valley
- 1995 Fred Funk
New England Classic
- 1994 Kenny Perry
- 1993 Paul Azinger
- 1992 Brad Faxon
- 1991 Bruce Fleisher
Bank of Boston Classic
- 1990 Morris Hatalsky
- 1989 Blaine McCallister
- 1988 Mark Calcavecchia
- 1987 Sam Randolph
- 1986 Gene Sauers
- 1985 George Burns
- 1984 George Archer
- 1983 Mark Lye
- 1982 Bob Gilder
Pleasant Valley Jimmy Fund Classic
- 1981 Jack Renner
- 1980 Wayne Levi
American Optical Classic
- 1979 Lou Graham
- 1978 John Mahaffey
Pleasant Valley Classic
- 1977 Raymond Floyd
- 1976 Buddy Allin
- 1975 Roger Maltbie
- 1974 Victor Regalado
USI Classic
- 1973 Lanny Wadkins
- 1972 Bruce Devlin
Massachusetts Classic
- 1971 Dave Stockton
AVCO Golf Classic
- 1970 Billy Casper
- 1969 Tom Shaw
[edit] Tournament highlights
- 1975: Roger Maltbie wins for the second consecutive week on the PGA Tour. He beats Mac McLendon by one shot.[1] Afterwards, Maltbie left his $40,000 winner's check behind in a bar.[2]
- 1977: Due to the PGA Tour labeling it a 'designated event',[3] Jack Nicklaus plays in the tournament for the first and only time. He finishes in second place two shots behind winner Raymond Floyd.[4]
- 1978: One week after winning the PGA Championship, John Mahaffey also takes home the American Optical Classic title. He beats defending champion Raymond Floyd and the PGA Tour's only optometrist, Gil Morgan, by two shots.[5]
- 1986: Gene Sauers defeats Blaine McCallister on the third hole of a sudden death playoff for his first ever PGA Tour title after having to hole a par chip on the first playoff hole to avoid elimination.[6]
- 1989: Three years after suffering a tough luck playoff loss at Pleasant Valley, Blaine McCallister birdies the final two holes to win the 21st edition of the tournament by one shot over Brad Faxon.[7]
- 1998: Steve Pate wins the last edition of the tournament. He beat Scott Hoch and Bradley Hughes by one shot.[8] For Pate it was his first victory since a 1996 car accident.
[edit] See also
- CVS Caremark Charity Classic - an unofficial PGA Tour event that used the CVS Charity Classic name
[edit] References
- ^ Roger Maltbie comes from behind to win Pleasant Valley Golf Classic
- ^ Maltbie serious about golf, but draws laughs
- ^ Pleasant Valley is 'designated'
- ^ Ray Floyd wins Pleasant Valley
- ^ Mahaffey takes Pleasant Valley
- ^ Sauers' Sweet Putt
- ^ McCallister birdies his way from pack to Boston title
- ^ Car crash, bad hole can't stop Steve Pate
