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tournament on the Senior PGA Tour (now

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). Held from

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through

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, the 54-hole event was played in July at

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resort near White Sulphur Springs. The inaugural event was played Thursday through Saturday, starting on the

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won the first two editions, the second in a sudden-death playoff. Bruce Crampton opened with a 63 and won the final tournament in 1987 by six strokes, tying January's scoring record of 200 (–16). The

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returned to the resort in

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with its

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Results

*All events played at

; playoff in 1986 was won with a par on the first extra hole. Source:

References

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