# Stewart Ginn

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

## Early life

Ginn was born in Melbourne. He grew up behind the twelfth green of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club. Early in his life "he used to caddy at Royal Melbourne." He then moved on to be a golf manager at the club.

## Professional career

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. In 1979 he won the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Melbourne at 284 (E). He defeated Bob Shearer and Bob Charles by three shots.
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.

## Personal life

Ginn lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is married and has a son, Stewart Ginn Jr., who is also an amateur golfer.

## Professional wins (19)
### European Tour wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 8 Jun 1974 | Martini International | −2 (71-71-71-73=286) | 1 stroke | Brian Huggett |

### PGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 15 Oct 1995 | Golf Digest Tournament | −17 (70-69-64-64=267) | 2 strokes | Rick Gibson |

### Asia Golf Circuit wins (3)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 13 Mar 1977 | Malaysian Open | −12 (76-67-63-70=276) | 1 stroke | Katsunari Takahashi |
| 2 | 9 Mar 1986 | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (2) | −8 (70-69-67-70=276) | 1 stroke | Brian Jones |
| 3 | 29 Mar 1992 | Wills Indian Open | −4 (68-73-70-73=284) | 2 strokes | Aaron Meeks |

### PGA Tour of Australasia wins (9)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin 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 | 10 Feb 1980 | Tattersall's Tasmanian Open (3) | −8 (68-67-72-73=280) | 3 strokes | Brian Jones |
| 8 | 2 Feb 1986 | Foster's Tasmanian Open (4) | −7 (70-71-69-71=281) | Playoff | Magnus Persson |
| 9 | 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. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(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 |
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### New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 9 Dec 1979 | New Zealand Open | −6 (70-68-71-69=278) | 3 strokes | Simon Owen |

### Other Australasian wins (1)

* 1974 Victorian PGA Championship

### 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 Seniors 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 Seniors Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
| 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)

* 2004 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Bob Charles)

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

## Senior PGA Tour major championships
### Wins (1)

| Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
| 2002 | Ford Senior Players Championship | −14 (66-72-70-66=274) | 1 stroke | Hubert Green, Mike McCullough, Jim Thorpe |

## Team appearances

* UBS Warburg Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2001, 2002