Who We Are

Most people who visit our blog or website may already be familiar with the name World Pro-Ams. Maybe you’ve attended one of our past tournaments or you are signed up to attend one this coming year. For some however, this may be the first time you’ve heard our name.

World Pro-Ams began with one golf tournament held at the Pebble Beach Golf Resort complex in 1971. Our vision was to have one club professional and three of his amateur members compete against other teams at one of the finest golf destinations in the world. Back in that first tournament we had just three teams competing at Pebble Beach, but the idea caught on. Our second year the tournament grew to 36 teams and was sponsored by Etonic. The following year 45 teams came to the event, and the next year 50 teams. The tournament became so large that we added a second event at Pebble Beach to accommodate everyone who wanted to play.

With the success at Pebble Beach, we decided to take that same format abroad to both Scotland and Ireland. Our contestants have played such world renowned courses as the Championship Links at Ballybunion, Ireland and the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland. World Pro-Ams has also hosted tournaments in Portugal, Spain, Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Los Cabos, Mexico. Our locations in the States have included Palm Springs,CA, Pinehurst, NC, Whistling Straits,WI and Orange Lake, Orlando,FL.

We currently provide tournaments for Golf Professionals and three of their amateur members, as well as our popular Father/Son events. If you’d like to find out more about the tournament locations that we currently offer click HERE or on any one of our links. We’d love to see you at one of our events in 2009!