Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika
- Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika
The Ginn Tribute hosted by Annika is a golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. Hosted by Hall of Fame golfer Annika Sörenstam, the event is taking place for the first time in 2007 at RiverTowne Country Club in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
With a purse of $2,600,000, one of the highest on the LPGA Tour, the winner of this tournament automatically qualifies for the season-ending LPGA Playoffs at The ADT.
The tournament is owned and sponsored by Bobby Ginn, President and CEO of The Ginn Company, a developer of golf and resort communities in the United States. Ginn also sponsors the Ginn Open on the LPGA Tour.
Annual tribute
Each year's event features a tribute to a legendary member or members of the golfing community. The honoree is 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, Helen Hicks.
Winners
* Championship won in sudden-death playoff.
Tournament records
External links
* [http://www.ginntribute.com/ Official website]
* [http://lpga.com/tournament_microsite.aspx?id=9379 LPGA official microsite]
* [http://www.lpga.com LPGA official website]
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