Ohio Golf Journal August 2018

!T THE BEGINNING OF !UGUST &IRESTONE #OUNTRY #LUB HOSTED one last PGA Tour event the 7'# "RIDGESTONE 4HIS EVENT WILL BE MOVED TO -EMPHIS NEXT season and rebranded as the 7'# &ED%X 3T *UDE #LASSIC It is a sad occasion for Ohio golf fans as venerable Firestone has hosted more PGA Tour events than any other golf course in the COUNTRY 0LUS IT LEAVES A GAPING HOLE IN !KRONmS ECONOMY 4HE COURSE WAS BUILT IN BY (ARVEY &IRESTONE FOR HIS EMPLOYEES AND HOSTED ITS ÚRST 0'! 4OUR EVENT THE 2UBBER #ITY #LASSIC IN 4OMMY "OLT WON THAT INAUGURAL TOURNAMENT POCKETING OF THE TOTAL PURSE &IRESTONE HOSTED THE ÚRST OF ITS THREE 0'! #HAMPIONSHIPS IN WITH *AY (EBERT HOISTING THE 7ANAMAKER 4ROPHY !L 'EIBERGER WON HIS MAJOR THE 0'! #HAMPIONSHIP AT &IRESTONE 4HE ÚRST !MERICAN 'OLF #LASSIC WAS HELD AT &IRESTONE IN AND ONE YEAR LATER A SECOND TOURNAMENT WAS ADDED TO &IRESTONEmS WORK LOAD )N THE FALL OF THE FOUR MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS COMPETED IN THE 7ORLD 3ERIES OF 'OLF WHICH LATER EXPANDED TO THE BEST PLUS PLAYERS IN THE WORLD AND BECAME THE 7'# "RIDGESTONE IN )N /HIO NATIVE *ACK .ICKLAUS WON HIS FOURTH 0'! #HAMPIONSHIP AT &IRESTONE DEFEATING "RUCE #RAMPTON BY MAKING A REMARKABLE PAR ON THE LONG AND DIFÚCULT YARD PAR th Firestone Country Club Takes a Final Bow By Fred Altvater Ohio Golf Journal

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