13th Aruba International Pro-Am Golf Tournament Was A Complete Succes
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September 27th, 2007
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Organizers are very happy with the results and with the participation of PGA’s players Robert Ames from USA and Jesus Amaya “Estrellita” from Colombia
Last week-end at the prestigious 18th holes golf course of Tierra del Sol the 13th Aruba International Pro-Am Golf Tournament took place in a great ambience where all participating golfers from various countries: USA, Holland, Curacao, Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Aruba showed their golfing skills on the challenging golf course. The two day tournament is hosted by Tierra del Sol and has as main sponsor the Aruba Tourism Authority and other sponsors such as JV Oduber, Caribbean Mercantile Bank, Stern Motors, Playa Trading, Aruba Trading Company, Little Switzerland, Compra and Tropical Bottling Company.
Host hotels for the Aruba Tourism Authority invited teams were Divi Village, The Westin, Occidental and Tierra del Sol.
Participating celebrity golfers:
This year the tournament was one of the largest to date with 31 teams made up of 4 amateurs and one international club Pro. The Aruba Tourism Authority was very happy to have celebrities ex- big leaguer Mr. Marcano Trillo from Venezuela and now infielder coach for the White Sox and the PGA players like Robert Ames from the USA and Jesus Amaya “Estrellita” from Colombia with his trademark star sign join the tournament.
Winners by team:
1st Place and overall winner of the 13th “Aruba International Pro-Am Golf Tournament 2007: team Aaron West from Trinidad & Tobago
2nd Place team Berti Con from Curacao
3rd Place team Robert Ames from USA
In the Professionals the results were:
1st Place Adam Williamson –Aruba The Links
2nd Place Jesus Amayra- Colombia
3rd Place Otto Solis- Venezuela
The longest drive was won by young Argentine Nicholas Pizzolante and nearest to the Pin went to Carlos Morales from Venezuela.
The final award night went on in a great party atmosphere were all 155 participants and their guests enjoyed an elegant 5 course dinner at Ventanas del Mar at Tierra del Sol. Participants reported to looking forward to next year event.


