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Golf tournaments for professional golfers have been held at the Mackay Golf Club since 1951 and annually as part of the Queensland Sunshine Circuit since 1986. Previously known as the Holiday Mackay Classic, it was re-named the City of Mackay Open in 2000. Over the last several years, more than 80 professional golfers have competed each year for the substantial prize money which had grown to $50,000 in 2008, one of the highest prize purses on the circuit.

Second Time Lucky! Euan Walters wins 2010 Pro-Am

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Golfing Career for 2008 Home-town Winner
Local Professional Anthony Johnson,who won the 72-hole 2008 Pro-Am in a sudden death play-off from Steven Jeffress after both players carded a score of 20-under, is pursuing his dream of a career playing golf.

Anthony started his spectacular golfing career as a Junior amateur member of the Mackay Golf Club, winning the Junior Club Championships as well as a number of Junior Opens. He followed these successes by winning most, if not all, of the North Queensland district Opens. He turned Professional in 2004 and has since played a number of the Professional circuits around Australia, most times with the stabilising influence of his father on the bag.
Since his win, Anthony has contested tour schools for the European circuit and in Asia.

The Meng *Group - Tyre and Mechanical* $50,000 City of Mackay Pro-Am 2010 Top Flight Professional Field Again!
	In 2010, the City of Mackay Pro-Am will be held from 15th - 18th July over four rounds. Also included in the Tournament program will be a nine-hole Junior Pro-Am on Monday 12th July and a nine-hole Sponsors' Pro-Am on Tuesday 13th July. Sponsors with an Australian handicap are also playing in association with Rounds 1 and 2. More than 90 Professional golfers will be contesting the event this year, including Leigh McKechnie who will be defending his title. Home-town winner in 2008, Anthony Johnson will also be contesting this year as will 2004 and 2003 winners Steven Jeffress and Eddie Barr. Eddie and Euan Walters lost to McKechnie in a 3-way playoff last year. Euan is also in the 2010 field, no doubt hoping to reverse the order this year. This year's field includes 9 of the top 10 Callaway Queensland Order of Merit professionals, such as regulars Samuel Brazel, Andrew Bonhomme, Douglas Hollaway, Matthew Ballard and Stuart Bouvier. Also joining the starters in 2010 will be well known Queenslander Terry Price. Terry has had many successes in Australia, America, Europe, Japan and Asia and has been one of the most successful and consistent players in Australasia over the last decade, indicated by his position on the career money list. Unfortunately, he has been plagued by ongoing problems after a badly broken leg suffered in 2005. Followers of the 2009 Pro-Am might remember amateur Taylor Cooper who blitzed the amateur field to win the amateur title. Taylor returns again this year, but will now be playing in the Professional ranks. Several of the professionals playing here this year have been making the news both in Queensland and West Australia. Victorian Andrew Martin won the Nexus South West Open in Bunbury with rounds of 70, 66 and 69, a lead of four shots. Closer to home, Tony McNaughton took out the Runge Mining Town series with an amazing total of 35 under par. However, Sam Brazel took the headlines by being the first person since PGA amalgamation to win three consecutive multiple round tournaments. Brazel won the Middlemount and Dysart Pro-Ams before tying for first with Matt Ballard in the Xstrata Glenden Pro-Am. He followed this with a win in the Burrum District Pro-Am to become the first Australian to win four consecutive tournaments. Jason Norris came from behind to win the 2010 Spalding Park Open in a sudden death playoff from Adam Porker. Starting the day 7 shots behind, Norris shot the day's low round 67 with an eagle on the last, and then had to wait to see if the remaining field could beat his score. In the same tournament, Grant Scott launched himself into contention setting a new course record offsetting 2 bogies with 9 birdies and an eagle. Another player to watch is West Australian Kim Felton, recently returned from regular appearances in the US Nationwide Tour. Winner of the 2007 Victorian Open, three times winner of the WA PGA Championship, as well as the Queensland Masters and the Cairns Classic on the Von Nida Tour, Felton has spent several years competing on the Nationwide Tour, the highlight of which was sinking a 10 foot birdie putt on the final hole to claim victory in the 2005 Knoxville Open. More recently, Felton won the 2010 Mack Hall Cottesloe Open by three strokes (from our 2009 runner-up Euan Waters) with a two round total of 8-under, and is using the Pro-Am circuits to prepare for some One Asia events later in the year. The full field of Professionals will be playing in first two rounds with sponsors and amateurs, each round a shotgun start in 2 sessions - 6:50 am and 12:15 pm. After the first two rounds, the field of Professionals will be cut to 50 and ties, with the overnight leaders teeing-off last from No 1 tee around midday each day. You can watch these and all the other professionals playing in the Pro-Am on Thursday, Friday Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free and there are many good spots around the course for spectators to enjoy watching some awesome play - are they really playing the same game we try to play?
	On the Wednesday before the City of Mackay Pro-Am, professionals will be playing at Pioneer Valley, and afterwards they head for Rockhampton and Yeppoon on their way south.