Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning & 0-I

The Marathon Classic is a 72-hole tournament on the LPGA Tour schedule, played during the summer months. The Owens Corning company is one of the presenting sponsors and has a long association with the event.

2013 Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning & 0-I
• When: July 18-21
• Where: Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio

2012 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic
So Yeon Ryu ran away with the 2012 Farr, winning by seven shots. She did so on the strength of a final-round score of 62, which tied the LPGA record for lowest final round by a winner. Ryu finished at 20-under 264. Angela Stanford was the player in a distant second place.

Ryu now shares the LPGA Tour record for lowest final-round score with four legends. Also shooting 62 in the final round to win were Juli Inkster (2003 LPGA Corning Classic), Annika Sorenstam (2006 State Farm Classic), Mickey Wright (1964 Tall City Open) and Kathy Whitworth (1968 Holiday Inn Classic).

LPGA Tour tournament site

• 18 holes: 60 - Paula Creamer, 2008
• 72 holes: 261 - Se Ri Pak, 1998

Note that during the tournament's time as a 54-hole event, the best 54-hole winning total was Brandie Burton's 201 in 1993.

• Se Ri Pak is the queen of the Marathon Classic, winning the tournament five times.

• Pak's first victory here was in 1998, her rookie year on the LPGA Tour. It was the third win of her LPGA career, following major championship victories at the LPGA Championship and U.S. Women's Open. Pak's winning score in 1998 of 261 was, at that time, a tour record for lowest 72-hole stroke total (that record has since been surpassed).

• Pak's five victories at this tournament ties the LPGA record for most wins in the same tournament. Mickey Wright (Sea Island Open) and Annika Sorenstam (Samsung World Championship and Mizuno Classic) also won the same tournament five times (twice in Annika's case).

• The tournament has skipped two years in its history since debuting in 1984. No tournament was played in 1986 or 2011. In 2011, the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic was skipped so that the tournament staff could focus on the U.S. Senior Open that was played in Toledo on dates close to this event's dates.

• The Farr began as a 72-hole tournament, switched to 54 holes from 1989-1996, went back to 72 holes in 1997 and has remained 72 holes since.

• Aside from Pak's five wins, only Penny Hammel and Kelly Robbins have multiple wins here. Hammel and Robbins each won the tournament twice.

• Paula Creamer won the 2008 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic after opening with a first-round 60. Only Sorenstam's 59 at the 2001 Standard Register Ping is a lower round in LPGA history. On one of her nines during that round of 60, Creamer carded a 27, which ties the LPGA record for lowest nine holes.

• The last of Meg Mallon's 18 LPGA victories happened at the 2004 Farr.

• So Yeon Ryu's 2012 victory was highlighted by the 62 she shot in the final round. That score tied the LPGA record for lowest final round by a winner, shared by Juli Inkster, Annika Sorenstam, Mickey Wright and Kathy Whitworth.

• The tournament name changed to Marathon Classic beginning in 2013. Actor Jamie Farr, a Toledo native, was a tournament booster throughout its history up to that point, and had his name in the title in previous years. Farr played the role of Klinger on the hit television series M*A*S*H in the 1970s and 1980s, and served as tournament host until retiring from those duties prior to the 2013 event.