Greater St. Louis Golf Classic
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Normandy, Missouri |
| Established | 1972 |
| Course(s) | Norwood Hills Country Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$210,000 |
| Month played | July |
| Final year | 1973 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 268 Gene Littler (1973) |
| To par | −12 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Gene Littler | |
| Location map | |
  Norwood Hills CC Location in United States  Norwood Hills CC Location in Missouri | |
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
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Children's Hospital Golf Classic | |||||
| 1973 | Gene Littler |
268 | −12 | 1 stroke |  Bruce Crampton
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| Greater St. Louis Golf Classic | |||||
| 1972 | Lee Trevino |
269 | −11 | 1 stroke | Deane Beman
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