Stewart Ginn

Stewart Ginn (born 2 June 1949) is an Australian professional golfer.

Stewart Ginn
Personal information
Born (1949-06-02) 2 June 1949
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Nationality Australia
ResidenceKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Career
Turned professional1971
Former tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Champions Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins19
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Japan Golf Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia10
PGA Tour Champions1
European Senior Tour1
Other4 (Regular)
1 (Senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT21: 1976
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australia
Order of Merit winner
1973

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 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.

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 (19)

This list may be incomplete.

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 8 Jun 1974 Martini International −2 (71-71-71-73=286) 1 stroke Brian Huggett

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 15 Oct 1995 Golf Digest Tournament −17 (70-69-64-64=267) 2 strokes Rick Gibson

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (10)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 18 Feb 1973 Tasmanian Open −4 (72-67-66-75=280) 2 strokes David Good, Ian Paul,
Randall Vines
2 7 Oct 1973 North Coast Open −9 (67-74-68-69=279) 5 strokes Tom Linskey
3 2 Feb 1975 Tasmanian Open (2) −8 (70-69-66-67=272) Playoff Ross Metherell
4 9 Feb 1975 Victorian Open −5 (72-76-66-69=283) 3 strokes Ian Stanley
5 9 Sep 1979 Joe Jansen New South Wales PGA Championship −13 (68-71-69-67=275) 8 strokes Richard Coombes
6 11 Nov 1979 Mayne Nickless Australian PGA Championship E (71-72-69-72=284) 3 strokes Bob Charles, Bob Shearer
7 9 Dec 1979 New Zealand Open −6 (70-68-71-69=278) 3 strokes Simon Owen
8 10 Feb 1980 Tattersall's Tasmanian Open (3) −8 (68-67-72-73=280) 3 strokes Brian Jones
9 2 Feb 1986 Foster's Tasmanian Open (4) −7 (70-71-69-71=281) Playoff Magnus Persson
10 6 Oct 1991 Rothmans Malaysian Masters −10 (70-70-70-68=278) 3 strokes Nandasena Perera

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1975 Tasmanian Open Ross Metherell Won with par on first extra hole
2 1976 Tasmanian Open David Good, Brian Jones,
Ian Stanley
Good won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Ginn and Stanley eliminated by par on first hole
3 1976 Chrysler Classic Bob Shearer Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4 1979 Tooth's Gold Coast – Tweed Classic Mike Ferguson Lost to birdie on third extra hole
5 1979 Garden State Victorian PGA Championship Ian Stanley Lost to par on second extra hole
6 1986 Foster's Tasmanian Open Magnus Persson Won with birdie on second extra hole

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6]

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
1 8 Jun 2002 Ford Senior Players Championship −14 (66-72-70-66=274) 1 stroke Hubert Green, Mike McCullough,
Jim Thorpe

European Senior Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 30 Mar 2008 Azores Senior Open −5 (72-71-68=211) 2 strokes Nick Job

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2006 AIB Irish Seniors Open Jerry Bruner, Guillermo Encina,
Sam Torrance
Torrance won with eagle on second extra hole
Encina and Ginn eliminated by birdie on first hole

Other senior wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Open Championship CUT T21 T46 CUT
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
The Open Championship T38 CUT CUT

Note: Ginn only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1981 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Senior PGA Tour major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunners-up
2002Ford Senior Players Championship−14 (66-72-70-66=274)1 stroke Hubert Green, Mike McCullough,
Jim Thorpe

Team appearances

References

  1. "Ginn overcomes four-stroke deficit in final". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 July 2002.
  2. "Ginn first in Open". The Canberra Times. 19 February 1973. p. 16. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. "Ginn takes Victorian Open". The Canberra Times. 10 February 1975. p. 12. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. "Golf: Ginn wins NSW PGA title". The Canberra Times. 10 September 1979. p. 13. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. "Golf: Stewart Ginn takes NZ Open". The Canberra Times. 10 December 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. "Ginn: from go to whoa". The Age. 11 February 1980. p. 31. Retrieved 28 October 2020.


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