Pepsi Championship

Pepsi Championship
Tournament information
LocationEast Norwich, New York
Established1958
Course(s)Pine Hollow Country Club
Par71
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$52,000
Month playedJune
Final year1958
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Arnold Palmer (1958)
To par−11 as above
Final champion
United States Arnold Palmer
Location map
Pine Hollow CC is located in the United States
Pine Hollow CC
Pine Hollow CC
Location in the United States
Pine Hollow CC is located in New York
Pine Hollow CC
Pine Hollow CC
Location in New York

The Pepsi Championship, also known as the Pepsi-Boys Club Open, was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played at Pine Hollow Country Club in East Norwich, New York for a single year — 1958. The purse was the largest on the PGA Tour that year[1] and was the first PGA Tour event ever held on Long Island.[2][3]

The "Pine Hollow" course at the Pine Hollow Country Club is an 18-hole, par-71 championship course that was designed by William F. Mitchell and opened in 1958.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1958 United States Arnold Palmer 273 −11 5 strokes United States Jay Hebert

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to Pine Hollow Country Club". Retrieved December 20, 2007.
  2. ^ "Pine Hollow Country Club History". Archived from the original on May 29, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
  3. ^ "Arnold Palmer Captures Long Island Golf Tournament". The News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. AP. June 30, 1958. p. 2-B. Retrieved May 6, 2011.