The Dana Open Presented By Marathon, is a women's professional golf tournament on the
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...
. It was founded in
1984
Events
January
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and has been played yearly, except in
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
and
2011, in
Sylvania, Ohio, a suburb northwest of
Toledo. The tournament is televised by
Golf Channel
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.
History
The tournament was founded after
PGA Tour
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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
Michigan
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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
Owens Corning, 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.
Kroger
The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States.
Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cinci ...
, one of the largest American
supermarket chains, with headquarters in
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
, has also been involved as a sponsor of the tournament since 1997.
Owens-Illinois (O-I) became a sponsor in 2012.
From 1984 to 1988, the tournament was held in the village of
Holland
Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...
at Glengarry Country Club which became Stone Oak Country Club The event moved several miles north in
1989
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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 F ...
,
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 te ...
,
Sherri Steinhauer
Sherri Steinhauer (born December 27, 1962) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Legends Tour. She retired from the LPGA Tour in 2012 after a 26-year career. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas a ...
,
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 ...
,
Kelli Kuehne, and
Mardi Lunn
Mardi Lunn (born 9 January 1968) is an Australian professional golfer. Her sister, Karen Lunn, is also a professional golfer.
Lunn played on several tours including the ALPG Tour, LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour. She has won five times ...
. Defending champion Pak won it on first hole of sudden death, sinking a birdie putt.
In
2007, 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
2009, due to a variety of circumstances including the slumping worldwide economy and reported dissatisfaction with LPGA Commissioner
Carolyn Bivens
Carolyn Bivens (born December 29, 1952 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) was the commissioner of the LPGA from 2005 until her resignation on July 13, 2009. She was the seventh person and the first woman to hold the position of commissioner since the LPG ...
. 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
2011, as the Toledo area hosted the
U.S. Senior Open
The U.S. Senior Open is one of the five major championships in senior golf, introduced in 1980. It is administered by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and is recognized as a major championship by both the PGA Tour Champions and the Eu ...
, a
major championship on the
Champions Tour, at the
Inverness Club in late July. A similar break occurred in
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
, when the
PGA Championship
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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
Marathon Petroleum was replacing Jamie Farr as the title sponsor.
In 2016, the event received broadcast network coverage for the first time when
CBS Sports
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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:
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 ...
(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
Source:
See also
*
Glass City Classic: a LPGA Tour event that was played at Highland Meadows Golf Club in 1966.
References
External links
*
LPGA official tournament micrositeJamie Farr official websiteHighland Meadows Golf ClubStone Oak Country Clubformer venue, originally Glengarry C.C.
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LPGA Tour events
Golf in Ohio
Sports competitions in Ohio
Sports in Toledo, Ohio
Recurring sporting events established in 1984
1984 establishments in Ohio
Women's sports in Ohio