The West Virginia Open is a
golf tournament
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
that is administered by the West Virginia Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1933 except in 1959. Golf legend
Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead (; May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for the better part of four decades (having won PGA of America and Senior PGA Tour events over six decades) an ...
won the event 17 times, including a 22-stroke, 54-hole victory in 1957 over Mike Krak.
Winners
*(a) - denotes amateur
External links
West Virginia Golf Association official siteList of winnersYear-by-year history
{{State Open Championships (golf)
Golf tournaments in West Virginia
State Open golf tournaments
Recurring sporting events established in 1933
1933 establishments in West Virginia