Seventy-one teams comprising professional, amateur and celebrity golfers from 26 countries came together from September 14-17 to take part in the 2022 Aegean Messinia Pro-Am, co-organised by AEGEAN and Costa Navarino.
The tournament builds further on the vision of AEGEAN’s founder Theodore Vassilakis and Costa Navarino’s founder, Vassilis Constantakopoulos, to grow the game of golf in Greece.
The event marked the first time that the two new José María Olazábal-designed courses at Navarino Hills – the world’s first International Olympic Academy Golf Course and The Hills Course – were used in competition since opening in February.
After some memorable individual and team play under sunny September skies, PGA of Austria Professional, Georg Schultes took top professional honours after the conclusion to the 54-hole tournament, which also featured The Dunes Course.
Schultes, who took victory with a winning score of 10 under par, said: “It’s amazing to win. This week has been so easy for us all, thanks to the organisers who took care of us so well. My team of amateurs have really loved their time here – the views from some of these holes are amazing.”
The Team Pro-Am event honours were taken by the team of PGA of Greece Professional, Christos Nikopoulos and teamates Maksym Kutkovskyy, Maryna Kutkovska and Aris Vovos with a total of 263 points (-47) after a battle that came down to the very last hole of the event.
The event was sanctioned by the Confederation of Professional Golf and held under the auspices of the PGAs of Greece and the Hellenic Golf Federation.
To watch video highlights of the Aegean Messinia Pro-Am, visit https://youtu.be/sIKP3Uebdig