CVS Charity Classic

Tournament information
Location	Sutton, Massachusetts
Established	1969
Course(s)	Pleasant Valley Country Club
Par	71
Length	7,110 yards (6,500 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$1,500,000
Month played	July
Final year	1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Loren Roberts (1997)
To par	−18 as above
Final champion
Steve Pate
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The New England Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 through 1998. It was held under various names at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Massachusetts.

Tournament highlights

• 1975: Roger Maltbie wins for the second consecutive week on the PGA Tour. He beats Mac McLendon by one shot.^[1] Afterwards, Maltbie left his $40,000 winner's check behind in a bar.^[2]
• 1977: Due to the PGA Tour labeling it a 'designated event',^[3] Jack Nicklaus plays in the tournament for the first and only time. He finishes in second place two shots behind winner Raymond Floyd.^[4]
• 1978: One week after winning the PGA Championship, John Mahaffey also takes home the American Optical Classic title. He beats defending champion Raymond Floyd and the PGA Tour's only optometrist, Gil Morgan, by two shots.^[5]
• 1986: Gene Sauers defeats Blaine McCallister on the third hole of a sudden death playoff for his first ever PGA Tour title after having to hole a par chip on the first playoff hole to avoid elimination.^[6]
• 1989: Three years after suffering a tough luck playoff loss at Pleasant Valley, Blaine McCallister birdies the final two holes to win the 21st edition of the tournament by one shot over Brad Faxon.^[7]
• 1998: Steve Pate wins the last edition of the tournament. He beat Scott Hoch and Bradley Hughes by one shot.^[8] For Pate it was his first victory since a 1996 car accident.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
CVS Charity Classic
1998	Steve Pate	269	−15	1 stroke	Scott Hoch Bradley Hughes
1997	Loren Roberts	266	−18	1 stroke	Bill Glasson
1996	John Cook	268	−16	3 strokes	Russ Cochran
Ideon Classic at Pleasant Valley
1995	Fred Funk	268	−16	1 stroke	Jim McGovern
New England Classic
1994	Kenny Perry	268	−16	1 stroke	David Feherty
1993	Paul Azinger	268	−16	4 strokes	Jay Delsing Bruce Fleisher
1992	Brad Faxon	268	−16	2 strokes	Phil Mickelson
1991	Bruce Fleisher	268	−16	Playoff	Ian Baker-Finch
Bank of Boston Classic
1990	Morris Hatalsky	275	−9	1 stroke	Scott Verplank
1989	Blaine McCallister	271	−13	1 stroke	Brad Faxon
1988	Mark Calcavecchia	274	−10	1 stroke	Don Pooley
1987	Sam Randolph	199[a]	−14	4 strokes	Wayne Grady Gene Sauers Ray Stewart
1986	Gene Sauers	274	−10	Playoff	Blaine McCallister
1985	George Burns	267	−17	6 strokes	John Mahaffey Jodie Mudd Greg Norman Leonard Thompson
1984	George Archer	270	−14	6 strokes	Frank Conner Joey Sindelar
1983	Mark Lye	273	−11	1 stroke	John Mahaffey Sammy Rachels Jim Thorpe
1982	Bob Gilder	271	−13	2 strokes	Fuzzy Zoeller
Pleasant Valley Jimmy Fund Classic
1981	Jack Renner	273	−11	2 strokes	Scott Simpson
1980	Wayne Levi	273	−11	Playoff	Gil Morgan
American Optical Classic
1979	Lou Graham	275	−9	1 stroke	Ben Crenshaw
1978	John Mahaffey	270	−14	2 strokes	Raymond Floyd Gil Morgan
Pleasant Valley Classic
1977	Raymond Floyd	271	−13	1 stroke	Jack Nicklaus
1976	Buddy Allin	277	−7	1 stroke	Ben Crenshaw
1975	Roger Maltbie	276	−8	1 stroke	Mac McLendon
1974	Victor Regalado	278	−6	1 stroke	Tom Weiskopf
USI Classic
1973	Lanny Wadkins	279	−9	2 strokes	Lee Elder Tom Jenkins Rik Massengale
1972	Bruce Devlin	275	−13	3 strokes	Lee Elder
Massachusetts Classic
1971	Dave Stockton	275	−13	1 stroke	Raymond Floyd
AVCO Golf Classic
1970	Billy Casper	277	−11	3 strokes	Rod Funseth Tom Weiskopf
1969	Tom Shaw	280	−4	1 stroke	Bob Stanton