Stewart Ginn
| Stewart Ginn | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 2 June 1949 Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Australia | ||
| 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 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | DNP | ||
| The Open Championship | T21: 1976 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
| |||
Stewart Ginn (born 2 June 1949) is an Australian professional golfer.
Ginn was born in Melbourne. He grew up behind the twelfth green of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club and started caddying at the age of ten. 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 Japan Golf Tour, where he has one win. He won the inaugural PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit in 1973.
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.[1]
Professional wins
- This list may be incomplete.
Australian PGA Tour wins (10)
- 1973 Tasmanian Open, North Coast Open
- 1974 Victorian PGA Championship
- 1975 Victorian Open, Tasmanian Open
- 1979 New Zealand Open, Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales PGA Championship
- 1980 Tasmanian Open
- 1986 Tasmanian Open
European Tour wins
Japan Golf Tour wins
Other wins
- 1977 Malaysian Open
- 1986 Malaysian Open
- 1991 Malaysian Masters
- 1992 Indian Open
Champions Tour wins
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun 8, 2002 | Ford Senior Players Championship | −14 (66-72-70-66=274) | 1 stroke |  Hubert Green, Mike McCullough, Jim Thorpe
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European Seniors Tour wins
- 2008 Azores Senior Open
Other senior wins
- 2004 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Bob Charles)
Champions Tour major championships
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Ford Senior Players Championship | −14 (66-72-70-66=274) | 1 stroke | Hubert Green, Mike McCullough, Jim Thorpe
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See also
References
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
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- 1949 births
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