Thunderbird Classic

Tournament information
Location	Clifton, New Jersey
Established	1962
Course(s)	Upper Montclair Country Club
Par	71
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$150,000
Month played	August/September
Final year	1968
Tournament record score
Aggregate	270 Jack Nicklaus (1965)
To par	−18 as above
Final champion
Bob Murphy
Location map
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The Thunderbird Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1962 to 1968. It was played at two locations, the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey in 1962 and 1966–68 and the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York in 1963–65.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Thunderbird Classic
1968	Bob Murphy	277	−11	3 strokes	Bruce Crampton Bob Lunn	[1]
1967	Arnold Palmer (2)	283	−5	1 stroke	Charles Coody Jack Nicklaus Art Wall Jr.	[2]
1966	Mason Rudolph	278	−10	1 stroke	Jack Nicklaus	[3]
1965	Jack Nicklaus	270	−18	2 strokes	Gary Player	[4]
1964	Tony Lema	276	−12	1 stroke	Mike Souchak	[5]
Thunderbird Classic Invitational
1963	Arnold Palmer	277	−11	Playoff	Paul Harney	[6]
1962	Gene Littler	275	−13	2 strokes	Jack Nicklaus	[7]

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