The AT&T National Pro-Am is a charity tournament. The event is hosted at three different courses through out the 6 day tournament; 2 are within the Pebble Beach Resorts in Pebble Beach, California which consist of, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill, and the third is Monterey Peninsula Country Club which is also in Pebble Beach. "Pro-Am" means the field consists of pairs (teammates) one of which is a PGA Tour Professional and the other is an amateur, usually a celebrity. The whole point of this tournament is to raise money for nonprofit charities. The tournament contributes money to the Monterey Peninsula Foundation. This foundation has raised more than $85 million over it's almost 65 years of existence. The Chairman of this foundation is Clint Eastwood, just as a side-note.
Throughout this 6 day event there are many other sub-events than the tournament itself. On the Saturday before the tournament starts a youth exhibition is hosted. All the days leading up to the start on Thursday there are practice rounds at all three courses.On Tuesday there is a Charity Shoot-out hosted by Google. Wednesday is Military day and a Celebrity Challenge hosted by 3M. Thursday through Sunday is the 4 day, 4 round golf tournament.
This year's winners were D.A. Points and Bill Murray, who decided he would participate in the golf itself instead of trying to blow up the gophers on the course. Amongst the list of other celebrities is George Lopez, who as it turns out actually plays golf, it's not just for the show; Andy Garcia, Toby Mac, and many, many more. The list of pros that played consists of Davis Love III, Dustin Johnson, Jim Furyk, Brendon de Jonge, who is a close friend of my uncle's, and a TON more.
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Do you know who Toby Mac is? Do you ever get to go to these matches?
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Toby Mac is one of the most prolific Christian singers in the BIZ. No, I have not been to one of those tournaments. I have however, been to a small Senior PGA tournament at a course my grandfather is a member at in Concord, Mass. I am going to the Sunday round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quall Hollow in Charlotte. That is going to be awesome, they are great seats.
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