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The Ginn Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the
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. It was played from 2006 to 2008 at Ginn Reunion Resort in Reunion, Florida. With a purse exceeding $2 million, the tournament winner automatically qualified for the season-ending
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. The title sponsor was
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, a resort development and management firm with headquarters in Celebration, Florida. For all three years, the tournament was broadcast on
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. The tournament used the front nine of the Legacy Course designed by
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and the front nine of the Independence Course designed by Tom Watson. It was announced on January 28, 2009, that Ginn was ending all golf tournament sponsorships. As a result, the tournament was cancelled for 2009, and no substitute tournament was announced.


Tournament names

*2006 Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open *2007-2008 Ginn Open


Winners


Tournament record


External links


Tournament results at GolfObserver.comOfficial LPGA microsite
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