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1st Aegean Airlines Pro-Am Your chance to sample Desert Golf at its best!
Inaugural, PGAs of Europe-endorsed
Aegean Airlines Pro-Am
Venue: The Crete Golf Club, Hersonissos, Desert Golf Course, designed by Bob
Hunt Aegean Airlines SA, in association with Crete Golf SA and The Crete Golf Club, is offering golfers you the chance to compete in the 1st Aegean Airlines Pro-Am, endorsed by The PGAs of Europe, and fully supported by The PGA of Greece and the Hellenic Golf Federation. Aegean Airlines, the most dynamic airline in Greece, is the creator and major sponsor of this Pro-Am. This prestigious 36-hole, Aegean Airlines Pro-Am -- held at the "Desert Golf Course" (an 18-hole championship course) at Hersonissos, Crete, between June 2-4, 2006 -- offers a substantial EUR 70,000 prize purse for PGA professionals and exceptional gifts-awards for amateur competitors. The 1st Aegean Airlines Pro-Am is open to a maximum of 50 teams, made up of one Professional and three Amateur partners. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, so don't delay, book your place today! Tournament itinerary
June 2, 2006 o Practice day at the Hersonissos Golf Course (tee time reservations to be made in advance). June 3, 2006 o First round of the 1st
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Pro-Am. o Second round of the 1st
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Pro-Am. Competition format
o The 1st Aegean Airlines
Pro-Am will be held over 36-holes on June 3rd and June 4th (18 holes per day). It is a Stroke Play event with the two best Nett Scores counting on each hole. Entries
o Deadline for entries is March 31, 2006.
o No entry fee for professionals. Travel and accommodation
o Special travel and accommodation packages are offered by Aegean Airlines, Maris Hotels and Hertz Rent-a-Car. Such special How to register for the 1st Aegean Airlines Pro-Am
General enquiries: Registration fee for amateurs: EUR 400,
including all applicable taxes. Creator, sponsors and supporters of the 1st Aegean Airlines Pro-Am Aegean Airlines
Growing at on average 20% per year during the past five years, Aegean Airlines is the first Greek airline to offer electronic tickets to the market and the only one to be internationally awarded by ERA with the Airline of the Year gold, silver and bronze awards. Aegean offers flights to 14 Greek destinations and seven other European destinations. The Professional Golfers' Associations of Europe At a Wentworth meeting in 1989, The Professional Golfers' Associations of Europe (PGAsE) was founded to ensure that the administration of the professional game throughout the continent was standardised, on all fronts, to the highest degree of excellence demanded by European political and economic union. An Association of Associations was created to:
for the benefit of its members and enhancement of the game. By the millennium, the PGAs of Europe was made up of 33 member countries, some of them outside of the European Community, as individual national associations acknowledged the benefits of a comprehensive, co-ordinated policy of administration and development, especially related to the education of those who teach the technique of the game. To achieve full recognition by the PGAsE, each member country is required to either acquire levels of education for trainers as set down and overseen by the Association's Education Committee, or to set in motion a structure capable of achieving this essential standard. At the AGM in 2005, Bulgaria were accepted as full members. The term 'Associate Member' for non-European PGAs was changed to 'International Member' and India and Jamaica were accepted in this category. Providing aid to emerging golfing nations, not necessarily members, is another function of the PGAsE. Helped substantially by grants from the R&A, "missionary golf" coaches have been sent to such countries as Pakistan, Estonia, Slovenia, India, Ecuador, Peru, the Ivory Coast, to mention a few. The work was then structured under the auspices of the Education Committee as a Golf Development Programme. The 'missionaries' are officially designated as Golf Development Consultants and Tutors. The Association has fostered co-operative relationships between professional and amateur bodies to ensure that the health of the sport in its entirety, right down to the grass roots, is paramount. Sandy Jones is Chairman of the PGAs of Europe, while Manuel Agrellos is the organisation's Honorary President. Hellenic Golf Federation
The Hellenic Golf Federation was founded in October 1981. Its main goals are to promote and support the proliferation of golf in Greece. The Federation's activities are supported by the General Secretariat for Sports of the Greek Ministry of Culture and corporate sponsors. The Federation's dynamic president is Greek Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Peter Doukas. He became HGF's President in June 1999 and is determined to provide proper support for what he sees as the foundation of the country's golfing future. The HGF is member of the European Golf Association (EGA). The Professional Golfers' Association of Greece
The PGA of Greece's primary objectives are to promote and administer professional golf in Greece. In support of these objectives, the association's responsibilities are to:
The Crete Golf Club
The Crete Golf Club was officially opened by Greece's former Minister of Economy and Finance on October 19, 2003, but has already been operating since the beginning of July 2003. Open year round, the course is an 18-hole, Par 71 course. It was designed by PGA Design Consulting of the United Kingdom. The Crete Golf Club is currently the first and only 18-hole golf course on the beautiful island of Crete. The 6,430-yard, desert-style course provides extensive practice facilities, including double-ended 300 yard covered driving range with short game area and two practice putting greens. The Crete Golf Club is located approximately 24 km. east of the "Nikos Kazantzakis" International Airport, Heraklion. The course provides extensive practice facilities, including double-ended 300 yard covered driving range with short game area and two practice putting greens. The Crete Golf Club also has a golf academy -- The Crete Golf Academy -- for both teenagers and adults. The Crete Golf Club has a clubhouse with snack bar, a pro shop and a cafe. The club collaborates with more than 60 Hotel Partners on the island that provide high-quality accommodation. Dr. Michalis Vranas, a lawyer and hotelier by profession, is President of The Crete Golf Club and co-owner of Robinson Club - Lyttos Beach. He has been the visionary moving force in opening the way for The Crete Golf Club and the new era of golf development in Greece. Hertz
Hertz is the largest car rental company in the world. Car rental, the largest and best known of Hertz' activities, is conducted from approximately 1,900 locations in the United States and from approximately 5,100 international locations in more than 140 countries. The Hertz Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company. Before becoming part of the Ford Motor Company family of brands, Hertz changed hands many times over with a few different names. Finally in 1965, Ford Motor Company and Hertz entered into a joint advertising agreement to promote their products and services together. It was the first step in a relationship that came to fruition in 1994, when Ford Motor Company purchased all outstanding shares in the Hertz Corporation. With more than 111 locations all over Greece, 20 of which are located at airports, Athens-based AutoHellas is the largest rent-a-car company in Greece, based on the company's financial capacity and the size of the fleet of vehicles it manages. Furthermore, the company is the biggest national franchisee of Hertz International in Europe. AutoHellas is also Greece's innovator of the rent-a-car business by continuously offering new services. Its fleet consists of more than 19,500 vehicles with an average age of just 21 months. AutoHellas was established in 1974 when Theodore (Theodoros) Vassilakis took over Hertz Hellas, a subsidiary of Hertz International, renamed it AutoHellas SA and assumed Hertz' representation throughout Greece. AutoHellas - Hertz constantly leads the car-hire sector in Greece. For two consecutive years -- 1998 and 1999 -- the firm was awarded by the travel industry (TTG Award) as the best rent-a-car company in Greece for high-standard services rendered. In addition to offering car-rental and fleet-management services, AutoHellas is the biggest car buyer in Greece. In 2003, more than 6,000 cars of over 60 different types were bought in order to replace the company's old ones. Replaced cars are sold at every Hertz station. Listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX: OTOEL) and member of the Th. Vassilakis Group, AutoHellas is, among many other activities, involved in fleet management, used car sales, and is the biggest automobile buyer in Greece. Through Alimos, Athens-based Piraeus MultiFin SA, a member of the Piraeus Bank Group of Companies, AutoHellas can efficiently and swiftly dispose of its used cars. On July 31, 2003, Autohellas SA, the Hertz franchisee in Greece, acquired Autotechnica Ltd. (formerly Bemal Auto Ltd.) for EUR 1 million. Autotechnica is the national Hertz franchisee in Bulgaria and importer/distributor of Seat and Audi (Volkswagen Group) automobiles. On June 1, 2005, AutoHellas undertook the representation (franchise) of Hertz in Cyprus in a move to dynamically penetrate the rent-a-car and leasing-fleet management sectors in the Eastern Mediterranean. The company is investing a total of EUR 2 million into the Greek-Cypriot market, while significant synergies are expected to be made with Aegean Airlines. Maris Hotels
With a total of 3,090 beds, The Maris Hotels group operates seven distinctive top-quality properties on some of the most beautiful holiday locations of Crete with year-round holiday and conference facilities. Andreas Metaxas of Maris Hotels serves as Cretan Golf SA's CEO. Vacar SA (SAAB)
Vacar SA is the official importer of SAAB automobiles, sales, service and maintenance in Greece, exclusively representing SAAB Automobile AB (Sweden). The firm is member of the Kato Kifissia, Athens-based Th. Vassilakis Group, a dynamic group of companies with subsidiaries and operations in Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus. SuperSport
SuperSport is the 1st Aegean Airlines Pro-Am's Communication Sponsor. Naspers is a multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media (including pay-television, internet and instant-messaging subscriber platforms and the provision of related technologies) and print media (including the publishing, distribution and printing of magazines, newspapers and books, and the provision of private education services). Naspers' most significant operations are located in South Africa, where it generates approximately 72.7% of its revenues, with other significant operations located elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Greece, Cyprus, the Netherlands, the United States, Thailand and China. In Greece and Cyprus, Naspers offers terrestrial analogue and digital pay-television services through its subsidiary NetMed NV. The digital service in Cyprus was launched in July 2004. Naspers owns 74.5% of NetMed. Global Capital Investors II LP, an investment fund managed by Athens-based Global Finance SA, owns 8.5% of NetMed, Cyprus-based Antenna Pay-TV Limited, a subsidiary of Athens-based Antenna TV SA, owns 4.2% of NetMed, and ATHEX-listed Teletypos SA (MEGA Channel) owns 12.8% of NetMed. NetMed’s Greek digital satellite service, Nova, offers 28 channels in Greek and more than 250 other European channels. The Greek language channels that are included in the Nova service (such as FilmNet, SuperSport and those of the Greek commercial and state broadcasters) are either produced in Greece or are foreign thematic channels customised for this market. These include Discovery, MGM, TCM, National Geographic, Animal Planet, Jetix Kids and E! entertainment. SuperSport features exclusive sporting events for the Greek market. FilmNet provides a combination of exclusive, first run movies, along with some original and imported series. NetMed's analogue service consists of three channels; FilmNet, SuperSport and Jetix Kids transmitted on two analogue frequencies. NetMed has concluded a number of long-term agreements for sports and film rights. Currently, NetMed holds the rights to six of the 16 A-Division teams for the 2005/06 season, including three of the top four teams. DISCLAIMER: Aegean Airlines SA, Crete Golf SA and The PGAs of Europe reserve the right to change or cancel any part of the tournament programme before the competition due to unforeseen circumstances or reasons beyond their control. No liability is assumed by Aegean Airlines, Crete Golf and The PGAs of Europe for changes in programme, date, content, events, speakers and venue.
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