West Virginia Open

West Virginia Open
Tournament information
Location West Virginia, U.S.
Established 1933
Course(s) Different course each year
Berry Hills Country Club in Charleston, West Virginia (2015)
Organized by West Virginia Golf Association
Format Stroke play
Prize fund $26,150 (2014)
Month played June or July
Current champion
Christian Brand

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

Year Champion Margin of
victory
Runner-up Tournament location Notes
2015 Christian Brand (2) David Bradshaw Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston Brand won a three-hole playoff.
2014 Christian Brand 3 David Bradshaw The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels
2013 David Bradshaw (7) 4 Sam O'Dell (a) Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg
2012 Jonathan Clark (2) 6 David Bradshaw
Christian Brand
Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville
2011 David Bradshaw (6) Bob Friend Pines Country Club, Morgantown Bradshaw won a three-hole playoff.
2010 David Bradshaw (5) 1 Tim Fisher (a) Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane
2009 David Bradshaw (4) John Ross Oglebay Park, Wheeling Bradshaw won a three-hole playoff.
2008 Barry Evans 3 David Bradshaw Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston
2007 David Bradshaw (3) 1 Three players Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown
2006 David Bradshaw (2) 1 Three players The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels
2005 Craig Berner Barry Evans Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston Berner won a three-hole playoff.
2004 David Bradshaw (a) 1 Jonathan Clark Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville
2003 Brad Westfall (5) Pat Carter (a) Pines Country Club, Morgantown Westfall won a three-hole playoff.
2002 Brad Westfall (4) 3 Sam O'Dell (a) Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane
2001 Jonathan Clark 1 Brad Westfall Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston
2000 Brad Westfall (3) 4 Steve Shrawder Pete Dye Golf Club, Bridgeport
1999 John Ross (2) 7 Jonathan Clark Guyan Golf and Country Club, Huntington
1998 Scott Davis (4) 5 John Ross Edgewood Country Club, Sissonville
1997 John Ross 3 Gary Blake
Scott Davis
The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels
1996 Barney Thompson (3) John Ross Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane Thompson won on the first playoff hole.
1995 Scott Davis (3) 5 Greg Meade Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley
1994 Brad Westfall (2) Scott Davis Oglebay Park, Wheeling Westfall won on the first playoff hole. The first round was rained out.
1993 Harold Payne (a) (4) 2 Brad Westfall Pipestem Resort State Park, Summers County
1992 Brad Westfall 8 Eric Shaffer (a) Pines Country Club, Morgantown
1991 Mike White (2) 1 Bob Bird Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville
1990 Scott Davis (2) 1 Mike White Bridgeport Country Club, Bridgeport
1989 Todd Satterfield (a) Mike White Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane Satterfield won on the first playoff hole.
1988 Harold Payne (a) (3) 3 Ned Weaver Williams Country Club, Weirton
1987 Harold Payne (a) (2) 8 Cleve Coldwater The Resort at Glade Springs, Daniels
1986 Harold Payne (a) 2 Scott Davis
Ed Vietmeier
Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane
1985 Buddy Cook 3 Four players Guyan Golf and Country Club, Huntington
1984 Linden Meade (2) 1 Ken Lacy Fincastle Country Club, Bluefield, Virginia
1983 Jim Fankhauser (a) 3 John Ross Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg
1982 Scott Davis 2 Linden Meade Wheeling Country Club, Wheeling
1981 Matt Cooke (a) 8 Benny Bowles Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston
1980 Mike White 4 Barry Fleming
Darrell Kestner
Fincastle Country Club, Bluefield, Virginia
1979 Benny Bowles 1 William C. Campbell (a) Williams Country Club, Weirton
1978 Barney Thompson (2) 9 Jim Jamieson The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
1977 Barry Fleming 2 Mark Wheaton
Randy Hillis (a)
Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley
1976 Terry Smith 4 Doug Ray Preston Country Club, Kingwood
1975 Barney Thompson 2 Terry Smith Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Canaan Valley
1974 Blake Watt (a) 2 Jerry Walker Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville
1973 Sam Snead (17) 8 Scott Bess Bridgeport Country Club, Bridgeport
1972 Sam Snead (16) 2 Barney Thompson South Hills Golf Club, Parkersburg
1971 Sam Snead (15) 1 Billy Capps Bel Meadow Golf Club, Mount Clare The first round was rained out.
1970 Sam Snead (14) 12 Joe Taylor Sandy Brae Golf Club, Amma
1969 Joe Taylor (3) 1 Horace Ervin Meadowbrook Recreation Club, Charleston
1968 Sam Snead (13) 5 Billy Capps Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane The first and final rounds were rained out.
1967 Sam Snead (12) Roy Shreves Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville Snead won on the third playoff hole.
1966 Sam Snead (11) 10 Tom Cassady South Hills Golf Club, Parkersburg
1965 Joe Taylor (2) 10 George Hoffer Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown
1964 George Hoffer (2) 8 Joe Taylor Par Mar Pines, Parkersburg
1963 Linden Meade 1 Don Stickney Kanawha Country Club, South Charleston
1962 Ed Tutwiler (a) (3) 1 Joe Taylor Sleepy Hollow Golf Club, Hurricane
1961 Sam Snead (10) 5 Al Atkins Riviera Country Club, Lesage
1960 Sam Snead (9) 1 Art Wall, Jr. Spring Valley Country Club, Huntington
1959 No tournament
1958 Sam Snead (8) 14 William C. Campbell (a) Lakeview Country Club, Morgantown The final round were rained out.
1957 Sam Snead (7) 22 Mike Krak Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston
1956 Ed Tutwiler (a) (2) 7 Joe Taylor The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
1955 William C. Campbell (a) (3) 5 Ed Tutwiler (a) Guyan Country Club, Huntington
1954 Joe Taylor 10 Ed Tutwiler (a) Williams Country Club, Weirton
1953 William C. Campbell (a) (2) 4 Sam Snead Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg
1952 Sam Snead (6) 9 Ed Tutwiler (a) The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
1951 Ed Tutwiler (a) 6 Ray Vaughan, Jr. White Oak Country Club, Oak Hill
1950 William C. Campbell (a) 13 Larry Wiechman Parkersburg Country Club, Parkersburg
1949 Sam Snead (5) 18 George Hoffer Spring Valley Country Club, Huntington
1948 Sam Snead (4) 10 George Hoffer Wheeling Country Club, Wheeling
1947 George Hoffer 1 Rut Coffey The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
1946 Rut Coffey 10 Roy Blizzard (a) Moundsville Country Club, Moundsville
1945 Arnold Browning 2 Jules Blanton Greenbrier Valley Country Club, Lewisburg First round abandoned due to hailstorm.
1944 Joe Reposkey 1 Andy Brawley (a) Preston Country Club, Kingwood
1943 Clem Wiechman (4) 2 D. G. Rangeley (a) Black Knight Country Club, Beckley
1942 Clem Wiechman (3) 1 Ray Vaughan, Jr. Meadowbrook Recreation Club, Charleston
1941 Clem Wiechman (2) 3 Johnny Javins The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
1940 Bill Swing 2 Arnold Browning Guyan Country Club, Huntington
1939 Clem Wiechman 4 Earl Tolley Bluefield Country Club, Bluefield
1938 Sam Snead (3) 11 Art Clark Cedar Rocks, Elm Grove
1937 Sam Snead (2) 12 Art Clark Kanawha Country Club, Charleston
1936 Sam Snead 5 Art Clark Guyan Country Club, Huntington The tournament was reduced to three rounds, due to the second round being rained out.
1935 Rader Jewett (2) 2 Horace Brand Clarksburg Country Club, Clarksburg
1934 Rader Jewett 11 Bobby Rownd (a) Cedar Rocks, Elm Grove
1933 Johnny Javins I.C. Schorr Kanawha Country Club, South Charleston Javins and Schorr tied, with both men splitting the prize money and Javins taking the trophy.

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