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Tournament History
How it all began
The Jamie Farr Owens
Corning Classic
JFOCC)
has made the hopes and dreams
come true for many NWO children. The
tournament was first held in 1984 at
Glengarry Country Club
(presently Stone Oak
Country Club) until 1988 when it moved to
Highland Meadows Golf Club. In 1984 the
purse was only $175,000
and 100 golfers
played in the tournament. Since that first
tournament, the growth of the event has been due to the support of
many local businesses and strong community support.
 The
JFOCC began as a dream of Toledo native, Judd Silverman. He was
living the life of a PGA caddy in 1982 when his aspirations to
bring a ladies' professional golf tournament to Toledo became a
reality. Silverman contacted John Laupheimer, the 1984 LPGA
commissioner and received approval to host an LPGA tournament in
Toledo. He returned home and secured the tournament's first 12
founding sponsors, who covered the purse that first year. Jamie
Farr agreed to lend his name to the event and brought his
celebrity friends to the tournament. The Toledo McDonald's
franchises underwrote the operating expenses with the agreement
that a portion of the money raised would benefit the Ronald
McDonald House.
The tournament has
become a highlighted stop on the LPGA tour. It was voted 5th
favorite of all the stops. The purse has grown substantially from
that first year to over $1,000,000, drawing the best professional
women golfers in the world.
Since 1984, the
tournament has donated millions of dollars to local children's
charities. Through the team work of over 1,500 volunteers and 400
local businesses, the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic is
making a difference for children in Northwest Ohio and Southeast
Michigan.
View our list of
past tournament champions
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