Ginn sur Mer Classic

Ginn sur Mer Classic
Tournament information
Location Palm Coast, Florida
Established 2007
Course(s) Ginn Hammock Beach Resort
(Conservatory Course)
Par 72
Length 7,663 yards (7,007 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$4,600,000
Month played October/November
Final year 2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate 273 Daniel Chopra (2007)
To par −19 as above
Final champion
Ryan Palmer
Location Map
Ginn Hammock Beach Resort is located in the United States
Ginn Hammock Beach Resort
Ginn Hammock Beach Resort
Location in the United States
Ginn Hammock Beach Resort is located in Florida
Ginn Hammock Beach Resort
Ginn Hammock Beach Resort
Location in Florida

The Ginn sur Mer Classic was a PGA Tour golf tournament held in Florida that lasted for two years, 2007 and 2008.

It was announced in June 2007 as a replacement for the Running Horse Golf Championship, another proposed new tournament that collapsed before its first outing. The PGA Tour and Ginn Resorts had agreed to a five-year deal under which the tournament would be played at several Ginn Resorts properties. After several tournaments played in Florida, the plan was to eventually relocate it to the Ginn Sur Mer resort then under construction on Grand Bahama island in The Bahamas. The Ginn sur Mer Classic was a PGA Tour Fall Series event.

In 2007, the tournament was played at Tesoro Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Daniel Chopra won the event, and the total purse was US$4,500,000.

In 2008, The Conservatory Course at Ginn Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, Florida hosted the event. The purse was $4,600,000. The 2008 tournament was won by Ryan Palmer in wet, windy, rainy conditions, after he made a ten foot birdie putt on the final hole.

Due to financial problems of the title sponsor, the tournament was cancelled after the 2008 PGA Tour season.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up
2008 Ryan Palmer 281 −7 1 stroke Ken Duke
Michael Letzig
George McNeill
Vaughn Taylor
Nicholas Thompson
2007 Daniel Chopra 273 −19 1 stroke Freddie Jacobson
Shigeki Maruyama