Crestar Classic
Encyclopedia
The Crestar Classic was a golf
tournament on the Champions Tour
from 1983 to 1990. It was played in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
at the Hermitage Country Club. In 1988, it was the last professional victory for golf legend Arnold Palmer
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The purse for the 1990 tournament was US$350,000, with $52,500 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1983 as the United Virginia Bank Seniors.
United Virginia Bank Seniors
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Champions Tour
Champions Tour
The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...
from 1983 to 1990. It was played in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
Manakin-Sabot, consisting of the villages of Manakin and Sabot, is an unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. It is located northwest of Richmond and is part of the Greater Richmond region. The area is home to several country clubs. Justin Verlander, pitcher for the...
at the Hermitage Country Club. In 1988, it was the last professional victory for golf legend Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
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The purse for the 1990 tournament was US$350,000, with $52,500 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1983 as the United Virginia Bank Seniors.
Winners
Crestar Classic- 1990 Jim DentJim DentJames Lacey Dent is an American professional golfer.Dent was born in the golf mecca of Augusta, Georgia, home of the Masters Tournament, though as an African American he wouldn't have been allowed onto the Augusta National course at the time, except as a caddie. He caddied both at Augusta National...
- 1989 Chi Chi Rodriguez
- 1988 Arnold PalmerArnold PalmerArnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
- 1987 Larry MowryLarry MowryLarry Mowry is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour ....
United Virginia Bank Seniors
- 1986 Chi Chi Rodriguez
- 1985 Peter Thomson
- 1984 Dan SikesDan SikesDaniel David Sikes, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. Sikes won nine tournaments as a pro, including six PGA Tour events.- Early years :...
- 1983 Miller BarberMiller BarberMiller Barber is an American professional golfer who enjoyed significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s, and a greater degree of success on the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s.-Career:...