{"id":126904,"date":"2024-02-01T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=126904"},"modified":"2024-01-31T21:42:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T10:42:32","slug":"local-figures-tee-off-at-vic-open-pro-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/local-figures-tee-off-at-vic-open-pro-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Local figures tee off at Vic Open Pro-Am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Vic Open is officially under way following yesterday&#8217;s Pro-Am event at 13th Beach Golf Course in Barwon Heads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sports personalities, media figures, local politicians and sponsors teed off yesterday morning (Wednesday, January 31) on 13<sup>th<\/sup> Beach\u2019s Creek and Beach courses, signalling start of this year\u2019s golf tournament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The playing field\u2019s big names included Deputy Prime Minister and Corio federal member Richard Marles, Golf Australia chief executive officer James Sutherland, recently retired T20 cricketer Aaron Finch and Geelong Cats players including Jeremy Cameron, Brad Close, and Cam Guthrie, and City of Greater Geelong councillor Bruce Harwood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teams of three and four, comprising two or three amateurs and one pro, began the Tour Scramble event with a shotgun start at 7.45am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representing the region were PGA Tour of Australasia athletes Ben Eccles (Torquay), Jack Murdoch (13<sup>th<\/sup> Beach), and Deyen Lawson (formerly Curlewis).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Vic Open will run over the next four days, with play today (Thursday, February 1) starting from 7.30am and concluding in the afternoon on Sunday, February 12.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both men and women will compete for equal prize money with each field competing for a purse of $420,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first cuts of the Vic Open will be made following Friday\u2019s play (36 holes) before the Championship rounds commencing on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A second cut will dwindle the field down to 35 players following Saturday\u2019s play (54 holes) before the final day on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all information on this year\u2019s Vic Open, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golf.org.au\/vicopen\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos by Peter Marshall<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"126844\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/B07K2300-Cassie-Porter-tee-off-18th-13th-Beach-Golf-Links-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" 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