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2 unusual facts about Pro am


Pro am

Pro–am, a level of play between amateur and professional in sports

Amateur professionalism, a socio-economic concept of amateur output of professional quality



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Amateur professionalism

The concept and terms have been used, since 2004, as a descriptor for an emerging sociological and economic trend of "people pursuing amateur activities to professional standards", as described by Demos, a British think tank, in the 2004 book The Pro-Am Revolution co-authored by eclectic writer Charles Leadbeater.

Broadmoor Golf Club, Seattle

With the Seattle World's Fair in 1962, the Seattle Open attracted Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Tony Lema, Ken Venturi, Dave Hill, Julius Boros, Doug Sanders, Hollywood stars Bob Hope, James Garner, Don Cherry, Dennis Morgan and Phil Crosby, and a crowd of 6,000 for the Pro Am.

Bulgarian Open

The Bulgarian Open (also known as the Victoria Bulgarian Open for sponsorship reasons) is a pro-am minor-ranking snooker tournament, which is part of the Players Tour Championship.

Craig Heatley

Heatley is a competitive amateur golfer who won the 2003 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach with professional golfer Phil Tataurangi, and the 2004 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship pro-am with professional golfer Fred Couples.

Cutco

The Foundation has donated to Pi Sigma Epsilon's annual Pro-Am Sell-A-Thon, an annual sales competition for college students.

D. A. Points

He also won the pro-am portion with amateur partner Bill Murray.

Ettore Tosi

Soon after, he took on a full-time position with Lucas Kazan Productions, which led him to oversee model scouting in Italy and eventually to directing his own gay porn series: The Road to Naples, Maspalomas (GayVN Award Nominated for Best Solo Video), Mykonos (GayVN Award winner for Best Pro-Am video), Sexcursions (GayVN Award nominated for Best Pro-Am video), Sexcursions 05 and an ongoing reality series for LucasKazan.com.

International Open

International Open Series, a pro-am series of snooker tournaments, also known as the Pontin's International Open Series for promotional purposes

International Tour de Toona

The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning Blair, Cambria, Bedford, and Somerset Counties in Pennsylvania.

Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup

The Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup (formerly known as the Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy) is a pro-am minor-ranking snooker tournament, which is part of the Players Tour Championship.

Pebble Beach Golf Links

The final round on Sunday is played at Pebble Beach, but the first three rounds of pro-am play are contested in round-robin format at Pebble Beach and two other courses: currently Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Monterey Peninsula Country Club.

Professional amateur

Pro–am (professional–amateur), a level of play between amateur and professional in sports

Steve Bono

Bono also played in the 1993 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament, one of the most prestigious pro-am events in the United States.

Tom Abbott

He was invited to play in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland, one of the game's most exclusive and prestigious pro-am tournaments, where he partnered Finnish golfer Mikko Ilonen.