The Dana Open Presented By Marathon, is a women's professional golf tournament on the

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. It was founded in

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and has been played yearly, except in

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and

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, in

Sylvania, Ohio Sylvania is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 19,011 at the 2020 census. Sylvania is a suburb of Toledo, and encompassed by Sylvania Township. Its northern border is the southern border of the state of Michigan. T ...

, a suburb northwest of Toledo. The tournament is televised by

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History

The tournament was founded after

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caddie Judd Silverman, a Toledo native, sought to bring a ladies professional golf tournament to his hometown. He contacted sponsors and actor

Jamie Farr Jamie Farr (born Jameel Joseph Farah; July 1, 1934) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for playing the cross-dressing Corporal turned Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom ''M*A*S*H''. He was inducted to ...

, also a Toledo native, brought his name and several of his celebrity friends to the tournament. Throughout the history of the event, children's charities in Northwest Ohio and Southern

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have been the charitable beneficiaries of the tournament. They have received more than $13 million during the event's history. From 2004 to 2010, the title sponsor was

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, the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products, headquartered in Toledo, near the site of the tournament. In 2012, they became a presenting sponsor.

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, one of the largest American

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chains, with headquarters in

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, has also been involved as a sponsor of the tournament since 1997.

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(O-I) became a sponsor in 2012. From 1984 to 1988, the tournament was held in the village of

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at Glengarry Country Club which became Stone Oak Country Club The event moved several miles north in 1989 to its current home,

Highland Meadows Golf Club Highland Meadows Golf Club is a Privacy, private country club and golf course in the central United States, located in Sylvania, Ohio, a suburb northwest of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. Founded in 1925, it has hosted the Dana Open on the LPGA Tour since ...

in Sylvania, just south of the Michigan state line. The largest playoff in LPGA history took place at the 1999 Jamie Farr, a six-player affair involving

Karrie Webb Karrie Ann Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of ...

Carin Koch Anna Carin Pernilla Hjalmarsson Koch (née Hjalmarsson; born 23 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who previously played on the Ladies European Tour and on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was captain of the 2015 European Solheim Cup tea ...

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Se Ri Pak Pak Se-ri or Se-ri Pak ( ko, 박세리, ; born 28 September 1977) is a South Korean former professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1998 to 2016. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007. Career overview Born in D ...

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, and

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. Defending champion Pak won it on first hole of sudden death, sinking a birdie putt. In

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, Pak won the Farr for the fifth time, becoming only the fourth player on the LPGA Tour to win the same tournament five times. The tournament was at risk of ending after

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, due to a variety of circumstances including the slumping worldwide economy and reported dissatisfaction with LPGA Commissioner

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. Late in August 2009, after Bivens had resigned under pressure, it was announced that the tournament would continue for at least one more year, albeit with a sharply reduced purse. On June 29, 2010, LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan announced the Farr Classic would return for at least three more years beginning in 2012. The tournament took a one-year hiatus in

, as the Toledo area hosted the

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, a major championship on the

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, at the

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in late July. A similar break occurred in

, when the

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was at Inverness in August. On December 2, 2011, tournament director Judd Silverman announced that the Jamie Farr Classic would have a new name and a new logo; it became the ''Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Presented by Kroger, Owens Corning and O-I''. On January 8, 2013, the LPGA announced that

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was replacing Jamie Farr as the title sponsor. In 2016, the event received broadcast network coverage for the first time when

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televised the final round live. Tournament names through the years: *1984–1996: Jamie Farr Toledo Classic *1997–2000: Jamie Farr Kroger Classic *2001–2003: Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Presented by ALLTEL *2004–2010: Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger *2012: Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Presented by Kroger, Owens Corning and O-I *2013–2018: Marathon Classic Presented by Owens Corning and O-I *2019–2021: Marathon Classic Presented by Dana *2022–present: Dana Open Presented by Marathon

Winners

Source:
''Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.''

Multiple winners

Four players have won the event more than once. *5 wins:

(1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007) *2 wins:

Penny Hammel Penny Hammel (born March 24, 1962) is an American professional golfer, who joined the LPGA Tour in 1985. Amateur career Hammel was born in Decatur, Illinois. She won several amateur tournaments including the 1979 U.S. Girls' Junior. In the 1979 ...

(1985, 1989),

Kelly Robbins Kelly Robbins (born September 29, 1969) is a former American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1992 and won nine LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. Amateur career Robbins was born i ...

(1994, 1997), and

Lydia Ko Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer and the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer. She first achieved the top ranking on 2 February 2015 at of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked ...

(2014, 2016)

Tournament records

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References

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