Ginn sur Mer Classic

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Ginn sur Mer Classic
Tournament information
Location Palm Coast, Florida
Established2007
Course(s)Ginn Hammock Beach Resort
(Conservatory Course)
Par72
Length7,663 yards (7,007 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$4,600,000
Month playedOctober/November
Final year2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate273 Daniel Chopra (2007)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Palmer
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Ginn Hammock Beach Resort
Location in the United States
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Ginn Hammock Beach Resort
Location in Florida

The Ginn sur Mer Classic was a PGA Tour golf tournament held in Florida that lasted for two years, 2007 and 2008.

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It was announced in June 2007 as a replacement for the Running Horse Golf Championship, another proposed new tournament that collapsed before its first outing. The PGA Tour and Ginn Resorts had agreed to a five-year deal under which the tournament would be played at several Ginn Resorts properties. After several tournaments played in Florida, the plan was to eventually relocate it to the Ginn Sur Mer resort then under construction on Grand Bahama island in The Bahamas. [1] The Ginn sur Mer Classic was a PGA Tour Fall Series event.

In 2007, the tournament was played at Tesoro Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Daniel Chopra won the event, and the total purse was US$4,500,000.

In 2008, The Conservatory Course at Ginn Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, Florida hosted the event. The purse was $4,600,000. The 2008 tournament was won by Ryan Palmer in wet, windy, rainy conditions, after he made a ten foot birdie putt on the final hole. [2]

Due to financial problems of the title sponsor, the tournament was cancelled after the 2008 PGA Tour season.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-up
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Palmer 281−71 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Ken Duke
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Letzig
Flag of the United States.svg George McNeill
Flag of the United States.svg Vaughn Taylor
Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Thompson
2007 Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Chopra 273−191 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Jacobson
Flag of Japan.svg Shigeki Maruyama

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References

  1. Vazquez, Andy (2007-08-22). "Looking ahead, it's now the Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro". article. TCPalm. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
  2. "Ginn sur Mer Classic moving to Palm Coast for 2008". PGA Tour. 13 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-15.