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New England Classic

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CVS Charity Classic
Tournament information
LocationSutton, Massachusetts
Established1969
Course(s)Pleasant Valley Country Club
Par71
Length7,110 yards (6,500 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,500,000
Month playedJuly
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Loren Roberts (1997)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
United States Steve Pate
Location map
Pleasant Valley CC is located in the United States
Pleasant Valley CC
Pleasant Valley CC
Location in the United States
Pleasant Valley CC is located in Massachusetts
Pleasant Valley CC
Pleasant Valley CC
Location in Massachusetts

The New England 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.

Tournament highlights

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  • 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.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
CVS Charity Classic
1998 United States Steve Pate 269 −15 1 stroke United States Scott Hoch
Australia Bradley Hughes
1997 United States Loren Roberts 266 −18 1 stroke United States Bill Glasson
1996 United States John Cook 268 −16 3 strokes United States Russ Cochran
Ideon Classic at Pleasant Valley
1995 United States Fred Funk 268 −16 1 stroke United States Jim McGovern
New England Classic
1994 United States Kenny Perry 268 −16 1 stroke Northern Ireland David Feherty
1993 United States Paul Azinger 268 −16 4 strokes United States Jay Delsing
United States Bruce Fleisher
1992 United States Brad Faxon 268 −16 2 strokes United States Phil Mickelson
1991 United States Bruce Fleisher 268 −16 Playoff Australia Ian Baker-Finch
Bank of Boston Classic
1990 United States Morris Hatalsky 275 −9 1 stroke United States Scott Verplank
1989 United States Blaine McCallister 271 −13 1 stroke United States Brad Faxon
1988 United States Mark Calcavecchia 274 −10 1 stroke United States Don Pooley
1987 United States Sam Randolph 199[a] −14 4 strokes Australia Wayne Grady
United States Gene Sauers
Canada Ray Stewart
1986 United States Gene Sauers 274 −10 Playoff United States Blaine McCallister
1985 United States George Burns 267 −17 6 strokes United States John Mahaffey
United States Jodie Mudd
Australia Greg Norman
United States Leonard Thompson
1984 United States George Archer 270 −14 6 strokes United States Frank Conner
United States Joey Sindelar
1983 United States Mark Lye 273 −11 1 stroke United States John Mahaffey
United States Sammy Rachels
United States Jim Thorpe
1982 United States Bob Gilder 271 −13 2 strokes United States Fuzzy Zoeller
Pleasant Valley Jimmy Fund Classic
1981 United States Jack Renner 273 −11 2 strokes United States Scott Simpson
1980 United States Wayne Levi 273 −11 Playoff United States Gil Morgan
American Optical Classic
1979 United States Lou Graham 275 −9 1 stroke United States Ben Crenshaw
1978 United States John Mahaffey 270 −14 2 strokes United States Raymond Floyd
United States Gil Morgan
Pleasant Valley Classic
1977 United States Raymond Floyd 271 −13 1 stroke United States Jack Nicklaus
1976 United States Buddy Allin 277 −7 1 stroke United States Ben Crenshaw
1975 United States Roger Maltbie 276 −8 1 stroke United States Mac McLendon
1974 Mexico Victor Regalado 278 −6 1 stroke United States Tom Weiskopf
USI Classic
1973 United States Lanny Wadkins 279 −9 2 strokes United States Lee Elder
United States Tom Jenkins
United States Rik Massengale
1972 Australia Bruce Devlin 275 −13 3 strokes United States Lee Elder
Massachusetts Classic
1971 United States Dave Stockton 275 −13 1 stroke United States Raymond Floyd
AVCO Golf Classic
1970 United States Billy Casper 277 −11 3 strokes United States Rod Funseth
United States Tom Weiskopf
1969 United States Tom Shaw 280 −4 1 stroke Australia Bob Stanton

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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