Event News Pro-Am Golf Tournament a Success by GTP editing team 1 July 2006 written by GTP editing team 1 July 2006 0 comments Share 0FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 7 Great Britain’s Liam Bond accepting the prize for first place from Theodoros Vasilakis, president and managing director of Aegean Airlines. Aegean Airline’s first Pro-Am golf tournament was held last month at the Crete Golf Club in Hersonissos, an 18-hole championship desert course. Competitors for the 36-hole tournament came from 13 countries. Fifty-one teams, comprised of one professional and three amateur players competed for the 70,000 euro prize purse offered for PGA professionals and gift-awards for the amateurs. This tournament was organized by Aegean Airlines to expand tourism development in Greece. Golf is recognized as an excellent market for tourism because worldwide there are 50 million high-income consumers and 32,000 golf courses. Today, Greece has six 18-hole golf courses and one 9-hole course on Crete. Follow GTP Headlines on Google News to keep up to date with all the latest on tourism and travel in Greece. Share 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail GTP editing team This is the team byline for GTP. The copyrights for these articles are owned by GTP. They may not be redistributed without the permission of the owner. previous post Tourism Develops on Southern Kefalinia next post A note by the publisher You may also like CONVIN Wins Silver at Event Awards 2025 for Community Engagement & Awareness 31 January 2025 Parthenon Sculptures: Stephen Fry Calls for their Return to Greece 30 January 2025 Greek Government Focuses on Investments, Exports to Drive Economic Growth 29 January 2025 GNTO: Austrian Bookings Surge for Ionian Islands in 2025 29 January 2025 US Market ‘Gets a Taste’ of Ionian Islands’ Culinary Offerings 29 January 2025 Greece Celebrates Mikis Theodorakis’ Legacy with Global Musical Tour 28 January 2025 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ
