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The 6th Annual 2009 People vs. the Pros Ultimate Pro-Am Championship,
will be held once again at the world class Pinehurst Resort. With eight championship
courses including the famous Pinehurst No. 2, the resort has held such prestigious
tournaments as the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, among others. It is perennial voted
the “Best Golf Resort in the World”. You now have a chance to play it
yourself.
This unique Official PGA TOUR event is the only tournament that allows amateur golfers
to play against PGA TOUR legends with the benefit of their handicap, in match play
and have it broadcast on National television. Will it be YOU?
The tournament is separated into two age divisions – 18 to 49 and 50 and over, in
a 54-hole finals tournament from October 24-27, 2009, following a practice round
on October 23, 2009. The tournament will be flighted competition with a 2-hole playoff
of the flight winners in each age group. The ultimate shoot-out winners in each
age division will battle Major Champions Fred Couples (18-49 Division) and Nick
Faldo (50+ Division), with benefit of their handicap, in the Championship matches
on October 27th, 2009. These final matches will be televised in the U.S. on ESPN2
from 12 noon to 2 P.M. EST, December 27th, 2009. Each winner will designate $50,000
to be donated to the charity of choice.
October is the most magnificent month to play golf at Pinehurst.
Average temperature is 72 degrees with little or no humidity. The leaves are changing
and demand to play in October at Pinehurst is higher then in any other month.
People vs. the Pros (PVP) has negotiated a player package that provides our players
with a savings of over $1100. In addition the first 104 players that sign up will
play Pinehurst No. 2 twice, which you can’t get at a regular stay at Pinehurst
and the wish fulfillment of a lifetime...to play against Fred Couples or Nick Faldo.
This exclusive event and accommodation package is being offered to amateur golfers
over the age of 18 with an established handicap index recognized by People vs. the
Pros, the USGA or R&A. The PLAYER package price is $3,995.00 inclusive of North
Carolina Sales Tax and Occupancy Tax. 10% resort fees will be added. In addition
each player must pay a $495 Tournament Fee.
The 2009 People vs. the Pros tournament has been postpond until 2010.
YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO PLAY THESE CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSES
Pinehurst No. 1
This 6,093-yard gem opened in 1898 and is a favorite among Pinehurst members as
a great “walk in the park” on a Sunday afternoon. The course was renovated
by the great Donald Ross in 1901 and bears his signature characteristics, using
the gentle role of the land to create challenge and variety. More recent renovations
in 2008 have improved playing conditions with more heat-resistant grass strains,
new irrigation system and greens rebuilt to USGA specifications.
Pinehurst No. 2
This championship course needs no introduction: more single golf championships have
been played here than any other course in America. From the 1901 North and South
and 1936 PGA Championship to the 2008 U.S. Amateur and many U.S. Opens including
the upcoming 2014 US Open, No. 2 has tested golf legends for over 100 years. Relatively
flat with wide fairways from the tee, No. 2’s test surrounds its challenging
green complexes, turtleback-shaped. Donald Ross proclaimed the course his masterpiece,
“the fairest test of golf I ever designed” when it opened in 1907. Remember
the first 104 players who sign up will play Pinehurst No. 2 TWICE!!!
Pinehurst No. 4
Dubbed “The Tribute” when Tom Fazio redesigned it in 2000, No. 4 pays
homage to Donald Ross’ original routing of this classic course. One of the
most picturesque on property, this championship course will serve as the co-site
of the 2008 U.S. Amateur, giving it much deserved recognition as one of the most
challenging designs on property.
Pinehurst No. 7
Designed by Rees Jones in 1986, No. 7 provides one of the biggest challenges among
the Pinehurst set. A long course measuring 7,216 yards, No. 7 is situated on rugged
terrain, with more up and down feel than any other on property. The course was renovated
in 2002 and now features the same G-2 bent grass found on all eight Pinehurst courses.
Rees’ Fingers and Devil’s Gut are among the names of its individual
golf holes. This course will be played by the lucky few who will play in the VIP
Sponsor outing on Monday October 26, 2009 with Fred Couples or Nick Faldo.
Pinehurst No. 8
Called the Centennial Course to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Pinehurst,
Tom Fazio designed this course in 1996 on one of the most naturally beautiful landscapes
in the region. The original location of the Pinehurst Gun Club, it embraces the
natural wetlands dotted throughout the course and is an Audubon Signature Sanctuary.
The second favorite among Pinehurst guests, it allows only resort play, is long
at 7,092 yards, and was the site of the 1997 and 1998 Club Pro Championships. This
course will be played by the two amateurs that win their respective divisions and
who will play against Fred Couples or Nick Faldo, in match play, with the benefit
of their handicap, on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.