7th Aegean Airlines Pro-Am

Aegean Airlines, creator and major sponsor, proudly invites you, for the seventh year in a row, to participate in the 7th Aegean Airlines Pro-Am, the exceptional golf tournament in Europe that enjoys six years of success and high recognition. The golf tournament is endorsed by the PGAs of Europe and is fully supported by the PGA of Greece, the Cyprus Golf Federation and the Hellenic Golf Federation.

Aegean Airlines dynamically contributes to the reinforcement of quality forms of tourism, through the said initiative, and at the same time to the evolution of a highly prestigious international athletic institution under the auspices of the most acknowledged golf professionals’ association in Europe.

The 7th Aegean Airlines Pro-Am will be taken this year at a venue outside of Greece and in particular in Cyprus at the exceptional venue of Aphrodite Hills Resort and Golf from May 30th to June 2nd, 2012.

The first-ever leisure and golf development of its kind in Cyprus, the Aphrodite Hills Resort, is home to a magnificent 18-hole championship standard golf course, which spreads over 6,299 metres. Overlooking the site where Aphrodite, the “Goddess of love”, is said to have emerged from the sea, the golf course also has a dedicated three-hole golfing academy and sumptuous clubhouse.

This award-winning golf course officially opened in 2002 and was designed by acclaimed architect, Cabell Robinson. Robinson believes Aphrodite Hills to be the perfect mix of challenging pot bunkers, manicured fairways of lush Bermuda grass and generous tiered greens. Visually spectacular, the course expands through indigenous olive and carob trees and built on two plateaux separated by a dramatic ravine with outstanding views over the Mediterranean.

A total of 48 teams (1 Professional and 3 Amateurs) will compete over 36 holes stableford with the best two scores from the team of four to count on each hole. Each team will play 18 holes on Thursday 31st May and 18 holes on Friday 1st June 2012. Six Team Prizes (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th) will be awarded after the cumulating score of the day rounds and the 1st and 2nd team will be awarded over division (Gold, Silver and Bronze).

As every year, “Aegean Airlines Pro-Am” tournament will have its name linked to a public benefit purpose. To this end, the amount of €8,000 will be donated to the “Christos Steliou Joannou Foundation”. The foundation’s purpose is to approach people with mental handicap as individuals with needs, feelings, rights, abilities and interests, as well as responsibilities. A unique particularity of the Foundation is the effort to satisfy all the needs of each person with a mental handicap, with high standard of services, which never however cease to be human.