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BMW Charity Pro-AM 2011
The 2011 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation will be played May 19-22, 2011 at Bright’s Creek Golf Club, The Carolina Country Club and Thornblade Club.
The BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation is the only tournament on the Nationwide Tour where amateurs and celebrities are grouped with Nationwide Tour professionals in a four-day better-ball competition over three courses. Amateurs, celebrities and pros rotate between three courses on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the 14 lowest scoring pro-amateur/pro-celebrity teams advancing to play Sunday's final round at Thornblade Club.
Celebrities play once at each course on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Professional winner of the overall 72-hole event will take home $108,000 from the total purse of $600,000. Amateurs and celebrities compete for individual prizes and cash donations to the charity of their choice out of the beneficiaries selected by South Carolina Charities, Inc. You can't miss it.
Tournament Facts
- The 2010 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation generated $665,041. In ten years, the tournament has generated and distributed over $7.96 million to more than 150 charities in Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina.
- Nationwide Tour history was made in 2004 when two World Golf Hall of Famers - Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player - participated in the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation.
- According to a University of North Florida study, on average, a Nationwide Tour event generates $4.55 million for the local economy. That means the tournament has pumped over $45 million into the local economy since 2001. More than $5 million was expected to be generated from the 2011 tournament.
- Each year more than 2,500 hotel room nights are booked as a direct result of the tournament.
- More than 1,400 volunteers donate their time and talents to help run the tournament.
- The BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation is the only event held in Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina that is broadcast live around the world for four days.
- The Saturday and Sunday rounds of the 2009 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation had the 1st and 2nd highest viewership on the Golf Channel for any Nationwide Tour event to date.
- Since 2001, 89 celebrities have participated in the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation.
- All past winners of the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation have gone on to play on the PGA TOUR.