Ginn Open
{{Short description|Women's professional golf tournament}}
{{use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = Ginn Open
| image = 200px
| location = Reunion, Florida
| establishment = 2006
| course = Ginn Reunion Resort
| par = 72
| yardage = {{convert|6505|yd|m}}
| tour = LPGA Tour
| format = Stroke play - 72 holes
| purse = $2,600,000
| month_played = April
| aggregate = 269 - Lorena Ochoa (2008)
| to-par = -19 - Lorena Ochoa (2008)
| current_champion =
| final_year = 2008
| final_champion = {{flagicon|MEX}} 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 $2 million, the tournament winner automatically qualified for the season-ending ADT Championship.
The tournament used the front nine of the Legacy Course designed by Arnold Palmer and the front nine of the Independence Course designed by Tom Watson.{{cite web |url=https://www.where2golf.com/golf-tournaments/ginn-open/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |title=Tournaments: Ginn Open |publisher=Where2Golf}}
Tournament names
- 2006 Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open
- 2007-2008 Ginn Open
History
=Inaugural tournament=
The 2006 inaugural Ginn Open tournament, was the most expensive LPGA inaugural tournament to date. The purse was the 3rd largest in the LPGA. In addition, the tournament weekend featured concerts by Brooks & Dunn.{{cite web |access-date=2024-11-07 |url=https://golfblogger.com/inaugural_ginn_open_is_most_expensive_ever_on_lpga/ |title=Inaugural Ginn Open Is Most Expensive Ever On LPGA |date=April 24, 2006 |website=GolfBlogger.com}}
=Winners=
| class="wikitable"
!Year | Date | Champion | Country | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
| 2008 | Apr 20 | Lorena Ochoa | {{MEX}} | 68-67-65-69=269 | align=center|−19 | 3 strokes | {{flagicon|TWN}} Yani Tseng | align=right|2,600,000 | align=right|390,000 |
| 2007 | Apr 15 | Brittany Lincicome | {{USA}} | 67-72-67-72=278 | align=center|−10 | 1 stroke | {{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa | align=right|2,600,000 | align=right|390,000 |
| 2006 | Apr 30 | Mi-Hyun Kim | {{KOR}} | 70-66-69-71=276 | align=center|−12 | 2 strokes | {{Flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa {{flagicon|AUS}} Karrie Webb | align=right|2,500,000 | align=right|375,000 |
The tournament record was set in 2008 by Yani Tseng.
| class="wikitable"
!Year | Player | Score | Round |
| 2008 | Yani Tseng | 64 (−8) | 2nd round |
Ending
It was announced on January 28, 2009, that Ginn was ending all golf tournament sponsorships due to the economy.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=3873307 |access-date=2024-11-07 |title=PGA Tour sues Ginn Resorts |agency=Associated Press |date=January 30, 2009 |work=ESPN}} 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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?style=&tour=LPGA&name=&year=&tournament=Ginn+Open&in=Search Tournament results at GolfObserver.com]
- [http://www.lpga.com/tournament_microsite.aspx?id=13670 Official LPGA microsite]
- {{cite web |url=https://ownreunion.com/history.html |access-date=2024-11-07 |title=Reunion Resort's story |publisher=OwnReunion.com}} Note: Originally owned by the Ginn Company, the Reunion golf community, as of 2019, is owned by Kingwood International Resorts.
{{Former LPGA Tour Events}}
Category:Former LPGA Tour events
Category:Golf tournaments in Florida