Stewart Ginn is an Australian professional golfer

Professional golfer

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Ginn was born in Melbourne

Melbourne

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. He grew up behind the twelfth green of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

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 and started caddying at the age of ten. In the 1970s and 1980s he won several professional tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia

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 and one on the European Tour, the 1974 Martini International

Martini International

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. He also played regularly on the Japan Golf Tour

Japan Golf Tour

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, where he has one win. He won the inaugural PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit in 1973.

As a senior he played full time on the U.S. based Champions Tour

Champions Tour

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 from 2000 to 2004. His one official money win at that level came at one of the senior majors

Senior major golf championships

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, the 2002 Senior Players Championship

Senior Players Championship

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Australian PGA Tour wins (10)

• 1973 Tasmanian Open, North Coast Open
• 1974 Victorian PGA
• 1975 Victorian Open
  Victorian Open
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  , Tasmanian Open
• 1979 New Zealand Open
  New Zealand Open
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  , Australian PGA Championship
  Australian PGA Championship
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  , New South Wales PGA Championship
• 1980 Tasmanian Open
• 1986 Tasmanian Open

Other wins

• 1977 Malaysian Open
• 1986 Malaysian Open
• 1991 Malaysian Masters
• 1992 Indian Open

Other senior wins

• 2004 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
  Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
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   - Raphael Division (with Bob Charles
  Bob Charles (golfer)
  Sir Robert James Charles, ONZ, KNZM, CBE is a New Zealand professional golfer whose achievements over five decades rank him among the most successful left-handed golfers of all time, being the first lefty to win a golf major, winning more than 70 titles, and beating his age twice during a...
  
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Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
2002	Ford Senior Players Championship	−14 (66−72−70−66=274)	1 stroke	Hubert Green Hubert Green Hubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.... ,   Mike McCullough,   Jim Thorpe Jim Thorpe (golfer) Jimmy Lee Thorpe is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the Champions Tour.Thorpe was born in Roxboro, North Carolina, the ninth of the twelve children of a fairway superintendent. He attended Morgan State University before turning pro in 1972. He won three times on the PGA Tour...

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