Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic
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Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic, in full the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger, is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1984 and has been played every July, except in 1986, in Sylvania, Ohio.
The tournament was founded after PGA Tour caddie Judd Silverman, a Toledo, Ohio native, sought to bring a ladies professional golf tournament to his hometown. He contacted sponsors and actor Jamie Farr, also a Toledo native, brought his name and several of his celebrity friends to the tournament. Throughout the history of the event, children's charities in Northwest Ohio and Southern Michigan have been the charitable beneficiaries of the tournament. They have received more than $4.8 million during the event's history.
Since 2004, the title sponsor is Owens Corning, the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. Owens Corning is headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, near the site of the tournament. Kroger, the largest American supermarket chain, with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been involved as a sponsor of the tournament since 1997.
From 1984 to 1988 the tournament was played at the Glengarry Country Club. In 1989 it moved to the Highland Meadows Golf Club, where it is currently played.
Tournament names through the years:
- 1984-1985 and 1987-1996: Jamie Farr Toledo Classic
- 1997-2000: Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
- 2001-2003: Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Presented by ALLTEL
- 2004-present: Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger
The tournament was last held from July 12 through July 15, 2007.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Champion | Country | Score | Tournament Location |
Purse | Winner's Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Se Ri Pak |  South Korea |
267 (-17) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $1,300,000 | $195,000 |
| 2006 | Mi Hyun Kim* | South Korea |
266 (-18) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $1,200,000 | $180,000 |
| 2005 | Heather Bowie* |  United States |
274 (-10) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $1,200,000 | $180,000 |
| 2004 | Meg Mallon | United States |
277 (-7) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $1,100,000 | $165,000 |
| 2003 | Se Ri Pak | South Korea |
271 (-13) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $1,000,000 | $150,000 |
| 2002 | Rachel Hetherington |  Australia |
270 (-14) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $1,000,000 | $150,000 |
| 2001 | Se Ri Pak | South Korea |
271 (-13) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $1,000,000 | $150,000 |
| 2000 | Annika Sörenstam* |  Sweden |
274 (-10) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $1,000,000 | $150,000 |
| 1999 | Se Ri Pak* | South Korea |
276 (-8) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $900,000 | $135,000 |
| 1998 | Se Ri Pak | South Korea |
261 (-23) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $800,000 | $120,000 |
| 1997 | Kelly Robbins | United States |
265 (-19) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $700,000 | $105,000 |
| 1996 | Joan Pittock | United States |
204 (-9) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $575,000 | $86,250 |
| 1995 | Kathryn Marshall |  Scotland |
205 (-8) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $500,000 | $75,000 |
| 1994 | Kelly Robbins * | United States |
204 (-9) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $500,000 | $75,000 |
| 1993 | Brandie Burton | United States |
201 (-12) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $500,000 | $75,000 |
| 1992 | Patty Sheehan | United States |
209 (-4) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $400,000 | $60,000 |
| 1991 | Alice Miller * | United States |
205 (-8) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $350,000 | $52,500 |
| 1990 | Tina Purtzer |  Canada |
205 (-8) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $325,000 | $48,750 |
| 1989 | Penny Hammel | United States |
206 (-7) | Highland Meadows Golf Club | $275,000 | $41,250 |
| 1988 | Laura Davies |  England |
277 (-11) | Glengarry Country Club | $275,000 | $41,250 |
| 1987 | Jane Geddes | United States |
280 (-8) | Glengarry Country Club | $225,000 | $33,750 |
| 1986 | Tournament did not take place | |||||
| 1985 | Penny Hammel | United States |
278 (-10) | Glengarry Country Club | $175,000 | $26,250 |
| 1984 | Lauri Peterson | United States |
278 (-10) | Glengarry Country Club | $175,000 | $26,250 |
* Championship won in sudden-death playoff.
[edit] Tournament records
| Year | Player | Score | Round | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Se Ri Pak | 61 (-10) | 2nd round | Highland Meadows Golf Club |
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