Bobby Ginn Adds Champions Event To Florida Golf Course
Ginn Resorts is bringing a Champions Tour stop to a Florida golf course in late March of 2007, a week before the Masters and two week's before the LPGA Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open at nearby Reunion.
Bobby Ginn is making an impact on tour golf, now sponsoring three events in Florida, including the 2007 ACE Group Classic at Naples and the LPGA Tour at Reunion. And more events may be coming.
"We're probably going to be making some more announcements in the next few weeks," said Ginn. "We're not going to let it all out of the bag in one day.
"Professional golf, integrated with our Florida golf courses, is a major part of our thrust going forward," said Ginn.
The Ginn Championship at Hammock Beach in Palm Coast will be played on another new layout by Tom Watson, who also designed the course at Reunion near Celebration.
"I've built a few golf courses in my life, and I have to say there's some with something always wrong," said Watson. "Some you wish you hadn't done it that way. But this particular Florida golf course, I know we've got 18 wonderful golf holes."
The Conservatory at Hammock Beach, just a few miles south of St. Augustine, will host the Champions Tour for the next five years.
The tournament March 30 to April 1 will feature the secondlargest purse on the Champions Tour, $2.5 million with $375,000 to the winner. Only the U.S. Senior Open has a larger purse, $2.6 million this year. Looks like this Florida golf course will have some cash to give away.
Bobby Ginn is making an impact on tour golf, now sponsoring three events in Florida, including the 2007 ACE Group Classic at Naples and the LPGA Tour at Reunion. And more events may be coming.
"We're probably going to be making some more announcements in the next few weeks," said Ginn. "We're not going to let it all out of the bag in one day.
"Professional golf, integrated with our Florida golf courses, is a major part of our thrust going forward," said Ginn.
The Ginn Championship at Hammock Beach in Palm Coast will be played on another new layout by Tom Watson, who also designed the course at Reunion near Celebration.
"I've built a few golf courses in my life, and I have to say there's some with something always wrong," said Watson. "Some you wish you hadn't done it that way. But this particular Florida golf course, I know we've got 18 wonderful golf holes."
The Conservatory at Hammock Beach, just a few miles south of St. Augustine, will host the Champions Tour for the next five years.
The tournament March 30 to April 1 will feature the secondlargest purse on the Champions Tour, $2.5 million with $375,000 to the winner. Only the U.S. Senior Open has a larger purse, $2.6 million this year. Looks like this Florida golf course will have some cash to give away.
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