Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open Brings LPGA Tour Stars To A Central Florida Golf Course
Reunion Resort & Club of Orlando, Central Florida's newest and most comprehensive golf destination, will soon be home to the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour's newest Tour stop beginning in 2006.
The inaugural Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open will be played April 27-30, 2006, at Reunion Resort & Club of Orlando on a composite layout of two of the resort's courses, the Legacy Course designed by Arnold Palmer and the Independence Course by Tom Watson. The Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open joins the ADT Championship as the LPGA's premier stops in Florida.
Destined to become one of the LPGA Tour's premier events, the Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open will offer $2.5 million in prize money and joins the Evian Masters as events on the LPGA Tour with the highest total prize money. Featuring weekend coverage on CBS Sports of the final two rounds, the Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open will be one of the Tour's elite events with a major television network broadcast package. A worldwide audience will also see the 72-hole championship TV coverage.
"We are thrilled to be the home of the LPGA's only full-field tournament in the state of Florida," said Bobby Ginn, president and CEO of Ginn Clubs & Resorts. "Our goal in hosting this tournament is to provide an exceptional experience for the players, their families and our guests."
Reunion is home to some of the greatest golf in Central Florida. The 7,147-yard Independence Course, Watson's first Florida design, has garnered many accolades since opening in February 2005. Equally beautiful and challenging is the 6,876-yard Legacy Course, designed by the legendary Palmer. Reunion's third course, the Tradition Course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature design, is scheduled to open in early 2006.
The four-year agreement between Ginn Clubs & Resorts, tournament organizer Pantheon International and the LPGA, ensures that women's professional championship golf will be prominently featured at a first-class Florida venue for years to come.
"We are very excited to welcome Ginn Clubs & Resorts to the LPGA sponsor family as title sponsor of our newest addition to the 2006 LPGA Tour schedule," said LPGA Commissioner Ty M. Votaw. "LPGA players are excited to return to Central Florida with a full-field event and with Ginn Clubs & Resorts reputation for attention to detail I am confident that players, sponsors, fans and media will have a great week at Reunion."
What LPGA Tour players and fans will discover at the event is the type of getaway destination that has prompted Reunion Resort & Club to be called "America's new breed of family resort towns." The Resort's extraordinary clubhouse and championship practice facility will provide the special qualities tour players will appreciate and visitors will notice
"Bobby Ginn has established an impressive track record in developing prestigious resort properties and providing the highest quality of service," said Kent Atherton, president & CEO of Pantheon International. "It is the same vision we share for the Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open, in producing a first class experience that establishes the highest event standards available on the LPGA Tour."
There are several other unique and exciting event activities that will be announced by the organizers over the next few months. More information about the Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open can be found on the official event Web site at www.ginnopen.com.
The inaugural Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open will be played April 27-30, 2006, at Reunion Resort & Club of Orlando on a composite layout of two of the resort's courses, the Legacy Course designed by Arnold Palmer and the Independence Course by Tom Watson. The Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open joins the ADT Championship as the LPGA's premier stops in Florida.
Destined to become one of the LPGA Tour's premier events, the Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open will offer $2.5 million in prize money and joins the Evian Masters as events on the LPGA Tour with the highest total prize money. Featuring weekend coverage on CBS Sports of the final two rounds, the Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open will be one of the Tour's elite events with a major television network broadcast package. A worldwide audience will also see the 72-hole championship TV coverage.
"We are thrilled to be the home of the LPGA's only full-field tournament in the state of Florida," said Bobby Ginn, president and CEO of Ginn Clubs & Resorts. "Our goal in hosting this tournament is to provide an exceptional experience for the players, their families and our guests."
Reunion is home to some of the greatest golf in Central Florida. The 7,147-yard Independence Course, Watson's first Florida design, has garnered many accolades since opening in February 2005. Equally beautiful and challenging is the 6,876-yard Legacy Course, designed by the legendary Palmer. Reunion's third course, the Tradition Course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature design, is scheduled to open in early 2006.
The four-year agreement between Ginn Clubs & Resorts, tournament organizer Pantheon International and the LPGA, ensures that women's professional championship golf will be prominently featured at a first-class Florida venue for years to come.
"We are very excited to welcome Ginn Clubs & Resorts to the LPGA sponsor family as title sponsor of our newest addition to the 2006 LPGA Tour schedule," said LPGA Commissioner Ty M. Votaw. "LPGA players are excited to return to Central Florida with a full-field event and with Ginn Clubs & Resorts reputation for attention to detail I am confident that players, sponsors, fans and media will have a great week at Reunion."
What LPGA Tour players and fans will discover at the event is the type of getaway destination that has prompted Reunion Resort & Club to be called "America's new breed of family resort towns." The Resort's extraordinary clubhouse and championship practice facility will provide the special qualities tour players will appreciate and visitors will notice
"Bobby Ginn has established an impressive track record in developing prestigious resort properties and providing the highest quality of service," said Kent Atherton, president & CEO of Pantheon International. "It is the same vision we share for the Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open, in producing a first class experience that establishes the highest event standards available on the LPGA Tour."
There are several other unique and exciting event activities that will be announced by the organizers over the next few months. More information about the Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open can be found on the official event Web site at www.ginnopen.com.
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