Ginn Open
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Reunion, Florida |
| Established | 2006 |
| CourseTemplate:Pluralize from text | Ginn Reunion Resort |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,505 yards (5,948 m) |
| TourTemplate:Pluralize from text | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Prize fund | $2,600,000 |
| Month played | April |
| Final year | 2008 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 269 - Lorena Ochoa (2008) |
| To par | -19 - Lorena Ochoa (2008) |
| Final champion | |
| Template:Flagicon Lorena Ochoa | |
The Ginn Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It was played from 2006 to 2008 at Ginn Reunion Resort in Reunion, Florida. For all three years, the tournament was broadcast on CBS Sports.The title sponsor was Ginn Resorts, a resort development and management firm with headquarters in Celebration, Florida. With a purse exceeding $2 million, the tournament winner automatically qualified for the season-ending ADT Championship.
The tournament used the front nine of the Legacy Course designed by Arnold Palmer and the front nine of the Independence Course designed by Tom Watson.[1]
Tournament names
- 2006 Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open
- 2007-2008 Ginn Open
History
Inaugural tournament
The 2006 inaugural Ginn Open tournament, was the most expensive LPGA inaugural tournament to date. The purse was the 3rd largest in the LPGA. In addition, the tournament weekend featured concerts by Brooks & Dunn.[2]
Winners
| Year | Date | Champion | Country | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Apr 20 | Lorena Ochoa | Script error: No such module "flag". | 68-67-65-69=269 | −19 | 3 strokes | Template:Flagicon Yani Tseng | 2,600,000 | 390,000 |
| 2007 | Apr 15 | Brittany Lincicome | Script error: No such module "flag". | 67-72-67-72=278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Lorena Ochoa | 2,600,000 | 390,000 |
| 2006 | Apr 30 | Mi-Hyun Kim | Script error: No such module "flag". | 70-66-69-71=276 | −12 | 2 strokes | Template:Flagicon Lorena Ochoa Template:Flagicon Karrie Webb |
2,500,000 | 375,000 |
The tournament record was set in 2008 by Yani Tseng.
| Year | Player | Score | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Yani Tseng | 64 (−8) | 2nd round |
Source:[1]
Ending
It was announced on January 28, 2009, that Ginn was ending all golf tournament sponsorships due to the economy.[3] As a result, the tournament was cancelled for 2009, and no substitute tournament was announced. The LPGA sued Ginn for breach of contract due to the cancellation.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tournaments: Ginn Open". Where2Golf. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Inaugural Ginn Open Is Most Expensive Ever On LPGA". GolfBlogger.com. April 24, 2006. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PGA Tour sues Ginn Resorts". ESPN. Associated Press. January 30, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
External links
- Tournament results at GolfObserver.com Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- Official LPGA microsite
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reunion Resort's story". OwnReunion.com. Retrieved November 7, 2024. Note: Originally owned by the Ginn Company, the Reunion golf community, as of 2019, is owned by Kingwood International Resorts.
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