Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika
The Ginn Tribute hosted by Annika was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Hosted by Hall of Fame golfer Annika Sörenstam, the event was played in 2007 and 2008 at RiverTowne Country Club in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Established | 2007 |
| Course(s) | RiverTowne Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,459 yards (5,906 m) |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
| Prize fund | $2,600,000 |
| Final year | 2008 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 274 Seon Hwa Lee & Karrie Webb (2010) |
| To par | –14 as above |
| Final champion | |
| Seon Hwa Lee (2008) | |
With a purse of $2.6 million, it was one of the highest on the LPGA Tour at the time. The tournament was owned and sponsored by Bobby Ginn, a developer of golf and McDonald resort communities in the United States. Ginn also sponsored the Ginn Open on the LPGA Tour. The tournament was televised by Golf Channel and NBC in 2007 and 2008.
Annual tribute
Both years' events featured a tribute to a notable member or members of the women's golf community. The honorees were celebrated in ceremonies during the tournament week.
- 2008: Beth Daniel
- 2007: LPGA founders Bettye Danoff, Marlene Bauer Hagge, Betty Jameson, Marilynn Smith, Shirley Spork, Louise Suggs. And, posthumously, Alice Bauer, Opal Hill, Sally Sessions, Babe Zaharias, Patty Berg, Helen Dettweiler, and Helen Hicks
Winners
| Year | Date | Champion | Country | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Purse ($) | Winner's share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Jun 1 | Seon Hwa Lee | South Korea | 68-70-69-67=274 | −14 | Playoff | Karrie Webb | 2,600,000 | 390,000 |
| 2007 | Jun 3 | Nicole Castrale | United States | 69-71-68-71=279 | −9 | Playoff | Lorena Ochoa | 2,600,000 | 390,000 |
* both titles won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Karrie Webb | 65 (−7) | 1st |
| 2008 | In-Kyung Kim | 65 (−7) | 1st |
| 2008 | Sophie Gustafson | 65 (−7) | 2nd |
| 2008 | Suzann Pettersen | 65 (−7) | 2nd |