Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sports event, such as a golf tournament, in which professionals compete with or against amateurs.
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- noun A
competition in which bothprofessional andamateur competitors participate. - noun An amateur who engages in some activity at a professional or near-professional level of skill or competence.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Wednesday was what they call a pro-am, which is a PGA-organized fundraiser.
Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011
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Wednesday was what they call a pro-am, which is a PGA-organized fundraiser.
Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011
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These pro-am games that Durant and others are organizing are a nice gesture but eventually fans will stop caring about games that mean absolutely nothing.
Thomas Alter: Where are the NBA Superstars During the Lockout? Thomas Alter 2011
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Evelyn Stevens won the pro-am event in her break out 2009 season before signing with HTC-Columbia.
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The Australian PGA will not prohibit John Daly from playing in a charity pro-am Monday.
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Informally allied with these official efforts are pro-am hog-doggers like Bolen, who insist dogs are the best way to clear pigs from a property.
The Boar War 2009
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The new designation will allow squads like UnitedHealthcare and Team Type 1 to field eight-rider composite pro-am teams in NRC criteriums, where Pro Continental and ProTeams will be allowed to compete in 2011.
USA Cycling creates new road team category for NRC points 2011
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Modeled after the northern classics of Europe, the one-day UCI event travels the rolling gravel roads in and around Cambridge, New York, and tops a two-weekend series of pro-am races.
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With either or both tools, you can learn a lot about up-close shooting before deciding to move further up the pro-am ladder.
Top 10 Cheap But Great Cardboard Creations | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Tiger Wood is hosting his own PGA Tour event in Washington DC this week and has made an interesting choice of partner for the pro-am
Tiger Woods admits he has work to do after poor start to 2011 PGA Tour 2011
qms commented on the word pro-am
It's no friendly tournament, no ma'am,
It's cutthroat, that merciless dough slam,
So none but the foolish
Leave unguarded poolish
At the bakers's biennial pro-am.
February 10, 2016