West End Classic

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title: "West End Classic" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["former-pga-tour-events", "golf-tournaments-in-the-bahamas"] description: "Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour" topic_path: "general/former-pga-tour-events" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_Classic" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox golf tournament"]

Field	Value
name	West End Classic
location	West End, Bahamas
establishment	1967
course	Grand Bahama Hotel and Country Club
par	72
tour	PGA Tour
format	Stroke play
purse
month_played	December
final_year	1969
aggregate	274 Jim Wiechers (1969)
to-par	−14 as above
final_champion	USA Jim Wiechers
map	Bahamas
map_relief	yes
map_label_position	bottom
map_label	Grand Bahama Hotel and CC
map_caption	Location in The Bahamas
coordinates
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| name = West End Classic | image = | location = West End, Bahamas | establishment = 1967 | course = Grand Bahama Hotel and Country Club | par = 72 | yardage = | tour = PGA Tour | format = Stroke play | purse = | month_played = December | final_year = 1969 | aggregate = 274 Jim Wiechers (1969) | to-par = −14 as above | final_champion = USA Jim Wiechers | map = Bahamas | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = bottom | map_label = Grand Bahama Hotel and CC | map_caption = Location in The Bahamas | coordinates = The West End Classic was PGA Tour satellite event that was played at the Grand Bahama Hotel and Country Club in West End on Grand Bahama Island from 1967 to 1969. In 1970 it was replaced by a new PGA Tour event, the Bahamas National Open, which was contested in 1970 and 1971.

Summary

In 1967, Butch Baird won by one stroke over Bert Weaver, winning $4,000 from a $20,000 purse. In 1968, Bruce Crampton won by two strokes, winning $4,000 from a $20,000 purse. The 1969 tournament was won by Jim Wiechers, a 25-year-old Californian, by five strokes over Al Besselink and Johnny Pott. The purse was $25,000 with $5,000 going to the winner. The 1969 tournament was played in December opposite the Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic, which was won by Arnold Palmer. The field, however, was better than a normal satellite field because it was the last tournament of the year, and the players were jockeying for position on the top-60 money list.

Players were allowed to use the regular-sized American ball and/or the smaller English ball. This may have been the only time that this was ever allowed during a PGA-sanctioned event. The competitors would play the bigger ball down wind, and the small ball into the wind.

Winners

::data[format=table] | Year | Tour | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1969 | PGAT | USA Jim Wiechers | 274 | −14 | 5 strokes | USA Al Besselink USA Johnny Pott | | | 1968 | | AUS Bruce Crampton | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | USA Gene Borek USA Bob Watson | | | 1967 | | USA Butch Baird | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | USA Bert Weaver | | ::

Notes

References

References

1. (July 2, 1970). "Bahama Islands Open added to golf tour". The Record.
2. (December 7, 1967). "Butch Baird Collects in PGA Classic". The State Journal.
3. (November 25, 1968). "Crampton Wins West End Golf Classic". The Daily Home News.
4. "1969 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour.
5. (December 9, 1969). "Wiechers Triumphs in West End Classic". Sun-Democrat.
6. (8 December 1969). "Wiechers Picks Up $5000 in Bahamas Win". The San Francisco Examiner.
7. (25 November 1968). "Bruce Crampton Wins West End". The Spokesman-Review.
8. (4 December 1967). "Fleckman Baird Win". The Gazette (Montreal).

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