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Golf tournament formerly on the LPGA Tour
Golf tournament
The
Ginn Tribute hosted by Annika
was a women's professional
golf
tournament on the
LPGA Tour
. Hosted by Hall of Fame golfer
Annika Sorenstam
, the event was played in 2007 and 2008 at
RiverTowne Country Club
in
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
.
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
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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
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* both titles won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
Tournament records
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