This article is about the former PGA Tour event, for information on the former Nationwide Tour event, see St. Louis Golf Classic

St. Louis Golf Classic

This article is about the former Nationmwide Tour event, for information on the former PGA Tour event, see Greater St. Louis Classic.The St. Louis Golf Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It ran from 1994 to 1998. From 1994 to 1996 it was played at Lake Forest Golf & Country Club...

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The Greater St. Louis Golf Classic was a golf

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 PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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 in 1972 and 1973. It was played at the Norwood Hills Country Club

Norwood Hills Country Club

Norwood Hills Country Club, also known as North Hills Country Club, is a country club located in or near St. Louis, Missouri. Norwood Hills Country Club has a rich tradition and history dating back to the 1920s, when Norwood found its beginning as North Hills Country Club. It has an excellent...

 in Normandy, Missouri

Normandy, Missouri

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In 1972, Lee Trevino

Lee Trevino

Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...

 made birdie on the first two holes Sunday to take over the lead from future PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman

Deane Beman

Deane R. Beman is an American professional golfer, golf administrator, and golf course architect.Beman was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he played for the varsity golf team. Following graduation, Beman had a career in the insurance...

 and eventually beat him by one shot.

In 1973, Gene Littler

Gene Littler

Gene Alec Littler is an American professional golfer. Known for a solid temperament and nicknamed "Gene the Machine" for his smooth rhythmical swing, he once said that, "Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of the best misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes."-Early years...

 won by one shot over Bruce Crampton

Bruce Crampton

Bruce Crampton is an Australian professional golfer.Crampton was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and attended Kogarah High School from 1948-1950. He turned professional in 1953....

. Sixteen months previously, Littler had been operated on for cancer of the lymph gland.

Winners

St. Louis Children's Hospital Golf Classic

• 1973 Gene Littler
  Gene Littler
  Gene Alec Littler is an American professional golfer. Known for a solid temperament and nicknamed "Gene the Machine" for his smooth rhythmical swing, he once said that, "Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of the best misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes."-Early years...
  
  

Greater St. Louis Golf Classic

• 1972 Lee Trevino
  Lee Trevino
  Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...