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Stewart Ginn
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on 2001 SENIOR TOUR Money List
FULL NAME: Stewart Taylor Paxton Ginn
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 180
BIRTHDATE: June 2, 1949
BIRTHPLACE: Melbourne, Australia
RESIDENCE: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
FAMILY: Wife, Meng; Sarah (1973), Stewart, Jr. (1975),
Selby (1978), Sophie (1979), Arthur (1991), Sean (1993)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, restoring antiques and
cars
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971
JOINED TOUR: 1999
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| Other Victories |
| 1973 North Coast Open, Tasmanian Open, Victorian PGA
Championship, 1974 Martini International, 1975 Victorian
Open, 1977 Malaysian Open, 1979 Mayne Nickles PGA Championship,
New Zealand Open, New South Wales PGA Championship, 1980
Tattersalis Tasmanian Open, 1981 South Coast Open, 1986
Malaysian Open, Tasmanian Open, 1991 Malaysian Masters,
1992 Indian Open, 1995 Golf Digest Japan Championship |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup
Points and Positions |
| 135 (22nd) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $250,364 (18) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T3--Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 67 at Round 3, ACE Group Classic, at Round 2, Verizon
Classic, at Round 2, Toshiba Senior Classic, at Round
2, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| 29--1980 World Series of Golf. |
| Best SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 2--2001 Bruno's Memorial Classic. |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 2--Bruno's Memorial Classic; 3--ACE Group Classic; T5--Senior
PGA Championship; T9--SBC Senior Classic; T10--Mexico
Senior Classic, State Farm Senior Classic |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--28; in money--27; Top-10 finishes--6 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Backed up a fine rookie season with another solid campaign
last year...Was again among the circuit's top 31 money-winners
pocketing just less than $700,000 in official money...Played
his best golf early with five of his six top-10 finishes
coming in his first 12 starts...Shot three straight sub-70
rounds at the Bruno's Memorial Classic, including a 7-under
65 on Saturday, his low score of the campaign. His 17-under
199 total at Greystone CC still left him in second place
four strokes back of Hale Irwin...Equaled the low round
of the field at Pelican Marsh on Sunday when he posted
a 6-under 66 to vault from a T22 into third place at The
ACE Group Classic...Recorded his first top-five finish
in a senior major when he rebounded from an opening-round
73 at Ridgewood to eventually T5 at the Senior PGA Championship.
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| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Came on late in the year to earn a spot among
the top-31 money-winners...Earned over 40 percent ($318,140)
of his $717,058 in his last six appearances of the year.
Was not out of the top-12 in any of those final six events
and put together three straight top-10s during the fall
west coast swing to earn a trip to the season-ending IR
SENIOR TOUR Championship. Vaulted from 33rd to 29th place
on the money list with a third-place finish and top paycheck
of the year, $100,800, at the final full-field event of
the year, the SBC Senior Classic. Performance at Wilshire
CC came during a run of 10 straight sub-70 scores, tying
a season-best streak by Jim Thorpe earlier in October...Rallied
from 29th place after the first round of the BellSouth
Senior Classic at Opryland to finish fourth in Nashville,
thanks to a final-round 65...First was on the leaderboard
in a SENIOR TOUR event in his second official start on
the circuit. Was sixth after 36 holes of the ACE Group
Classic and eventually T6 in Naples, two strokes out of
a playoff. 1999: Primarily played on the PGA European
Seniors Tour and the Japan PGA Tour...Finished 40th on
the European Seniors Order of Merit and 47th on the Japan
PGA Tour Order of Merit...Best finish in Europe was a
T5 at the Senior British Open at Royal Portrush in Northern
Ireland...Also made 19 appearances on the Japan Golf Tour,
made 14 cuts and had four top-10s, highlighted by a T5
at the Super Mario Yomiuri Open...Earned a full exemption
on the SENIOR PGA TOUR for 2000 by finishing among the
top-eight at the National Qualifying Tournament at the
Omni Tucson National Resort & Spa...Was among the leaders
throughout the four-day event and eventually T2 with Howard
Twitty, five strokes back of Mark Hayes with a six-under
282 total...Was easily the medalist at the Q-School regional
in San Antonio, winning by 11 strokes at Canyon Springs
Golf Club with a 72-hole score of 20-under 268. |
| Personal |
| Was talked out of attempting to play the PGA TOUR by
his peers in the early 1970s and regrets his decision...Has
used up an estimated 20 passports to play golf throughout
the world and has won tournaments on three different tours
in his career...Came from a non-golf family, although
they lived behind the 12th green at famed Royal Melbourne
Golf Club...Began caddieing at Royal Melbourne at age
10 and fell in love with the game after watching the old
Canada Cup competition in 1959 from his backyard...Played
Australian Rules Football as a youth, but chose to pursue
a career in golf on advice from his uncle...Turned professional
at age 20 and was an assistant secretary manager at Royal
Melbourne for a short time...Married Meng Sept. 16, 2000
during the week of the Kroger Senior Classic. |
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