Together with his partner, Ryuji Imada, and three amateurs, he won the Pro-Am Team tournament at the inaugural Mission Hills Star Trophy, now taking place in Haikou, China. The team will split a back-flip-worthy $100,000 prize for their efforts.
The Pro-Am Team tournament is the first of three segments that make up the Mission Hills Star Trophy event. It featured teams of one celebrity, one pro and three amateurs, in a scramble format. The improbable celebrity/pro pairings, combined with a collective sense of wonderment at the amazing new venue, made for two magical days of golf. The final results... and some of those unique parings... are listed here.
The amazing golf event will continue throughout the weekend with the Pro-Celebrity Team (one celebrity, one pro, four-ball stroke play) and the Professional Individual events (20 professionals, male and female, 36-hole individual stroke play).
In additional news from Mission Hills, precocious New Zealand pro Danny Lee gives good golf tips, Hugh Grant is contemplating a Chinese girlfriend and Hong Kong pop singer Arron Kwok is adorable (major new Golf Girl Junior Celeb Crush).
More to come this weekend.
October 27, 2010 - Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images AsiaPac)
I was there Thursday and it was great!! Aaron Kwok IS adorable. :)
ReplyDeleteNew celeb crush?? The ink isn't dry on the page 6 NY Post story of the Jorjoh phenomenon. The world is moving much too fast.
ReplyDeleteDucks-- I have many crushes, more you got more likely one will agree with you :) JorJoh still has a chance!
ReplyDeleteI don't think any country can hope to keep pace with China in the coming decades. The huge population and the huge pent-up demand pretty much guarantee that golf, and most other things, will grow there like nowhere else.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to post a link for the Morgan Pressel Foundation now on Facebook. Hope that is ok golfgirl.
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