Stewart Ginn
Stewart Ginn | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Melbourne, Australia | 2 June 1949||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1971 | ||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour Japan Golf Tour Champions Tour European Seniors Tour | ||
Professional wins | 19 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 1 | ||
Japan Golf Tour | 1 | ||
PGA Tour of Australasia | 10 | ||
PGA Tour Champions | 1 | ||
European Senior Tour | 1 | ||
Other | 4 (Regular) 1 (Senior) | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||
The Open Championship | T21: 1976 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Stewart Ginn (born 2 June 1949) is an Australian professional golfer.
Early life[]
Ginn was born in Melbourne. He grew up behind the twelfth green of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club. Early in his life "he used to caddy at Royal Melbourne." He then moved on to be a golf manager at the club.[1]
Professional career[]
In the 1970s and 1980s he won several professional tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia and one on the European Tour, the 1974 Martini International. He also played regularly on the Asia Golf Circuit, winning three tournaments, and on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has one win. He won the inaugural PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit in 1973. In 1979 he won the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Melbourne at 284 (E). He defeated Bob Shearer and Bob Charles by three shots.[1]
As a senior, he played full-time on the U.S.-based Champions Tour from 2000 to 2004. His one official money win at that level came at one of the senior majors, the 2002 Senior Players Championship.[2]
Professional wins (19)[]
European Tour wins (1)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 8 Jun 1974 | Martini International | −2 (71-71-71-73=286) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Japan Golf Tour wins (1)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 15 Oct 1995 | Golf Digest Tournament | −17 (70-69-64-64=267) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (10)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 18 Feb 1973 | Tasmanian Open | −4 (72-67-66-75=280) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | 7 Oct 1973 | North Coast Open | −9 (67-74-68-69=279) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
3 | 2 Feb 1975 | Tasmanian Open (2) | −8 (70-69-66-67=272) | Playoff | ![]() |
4 | 9 Feb 1975 | Victorian Open | −5 (72-76-66-69=283) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
5 | 9 Sep 1979 | Joe Jansen New South Wales PGA Championship | −13 (68-71-69-67=275) | 8 strokes | ![]() |
6 | 11 Nov 1979 | Mayne Nickless Australian PGA Championship | E (71-72-69-72=284) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
7 | 9 Dec 1979 | New Zealand Open | −6 (70-68-71-69=278) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
8 | 10 Feb 1980 | Tattersall's Tasmanian Open (3) | −8 (68-67-72-73=280) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
9 | 2 Feb 1986 | Foster's Tasmanian Open (4) | −7 (70-71-69-71=281) | Playoff | ![]() |
10 | 6 Oct 1991 | Rothmans Malaysian Masters | −10 (70-70-70-68=278) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–4)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1975 | Tasmanian Open | ![]() |
Won with par on first extra hole |
2 | 1976 | Tasmanian Open | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Good won with birdie on fifth extra hole Ginn and Stanley eliminated by par on first hole |
3 | 1976 | Chrysler Classic | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
4 | 1979 | Tooth's Gold Coast – Tweed Classic | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
5 | 1979 | Garden State Victorian PGA Championship | ![]() |
Lost to par on second extra hole |
6 | 1986 | Foster's Tasmanian Open | ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Other Australasian wins (1)[]
Asia Golf Circuit wins (3)[]
Senior PGA Tour wins (1)[]
Legend |
Senior PGA Tour major championships (1) |
Other Senior PGA Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 8 Jun 2002 | Ford Senior Players Championship | −14 (66-72-70-66=274) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
European Senior Tour wins (1)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 30 Mar 2008 | Azores Senior Open | −5 (72-71-68=211) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2006 | AIB Irish Seniors Open | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Torrance won with eagle on second extra hole Encina and Ginn eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Other senior wins (1)[]
- 2004 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Bob Charles)
Results in major championships[]
Tournament | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | T21 | T46 | CUT |
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
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The Open Championship | T38 | CUT | CUT |
Note: Ginn only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1981 Open Championship)
"T" = tied
Senior PGA Tour major championships[]
Wins (1)[]
Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
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2002 | Ford Senior Players Championship | −14 (66-72-70-66=274) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Team appearances[]
- UBS Warburg Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2001, 2002
References[]
- ^ a b "Ex-caddy Ginn wins Australian PGA title". Arizona Republic. 12 November 1979. p. 51. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Ginn overcomes four-stroke deficit in final". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 July 2002.
- ^ "Ginn first in Open". The Canberra Times. 19 February 1973. p. 16. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Ginn takes Victorian Open". The Canberra Times. 10 February 1975. p. 12. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Golf: Ginn wins NSW PGA title". The Canberra Times. 10 September 1979. p. 13. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Golf: Stewart Ginn takes NZ Open". The Canberra Times. 10 December 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Ginn: from go to whoa". The Age. 11 February 1980. p. 31. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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External links[]
- Stewart Ginn at the European Tour official site
- Stewart Ginn at the PGA Tour official site
- Stewart Ginn at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Stewart Ginn at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Australian male golfers
- PGA Tour of Australasia golfers
- European Tour golfers
- Japan Golf Tour golfers
- European Senior Tour golfers
- PGA Tour Champions golfers
- Winners of senior major golf championships
- Golfers from Melbourne
- Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Australian golf biography stubs