Behind the Scenes with Mike Robertson: TPC Sugarloaf Pro-Am, Charity Week, and Atlanta’s August Pro-Am
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Speaker:And today we have a special guest, Mike Robertson, who is Director of Racket Sports at TPC Sugarloaf.
Speaker:Mike tells us about their charity Pro Am Weekend, supporting birdies for the brave,
Speaker:the vigilant torch, and the women's club of Sugarloaf Country Club.
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Speaker:My name is Mike Robertson, I'm the Director of Racket Sports at TPC Sugarloaf.
Speaker:And I just want to say thanks to Shaun for having me on.
Speaker:And being here during our charity Pro Am Weekend, we are a part of a Pro Am charity week here at TPC
Speaker:Sugarloaf in conjunction with golf and pickleball. It's a week-long event that supports birdies for
Speaker:the brave, which is a charity that's run by the PGA tour, but also the vigilant torch and the
Speaker:women's club of Sugarloaf Country Club. And under the women's club, charities like the Duluth
Speaker:Food Co-op fall under that. And so this weekend and week really is all about creating as much
Speaker:support as possible for these very worthwhile charities. What that involves is our membership
Speaker:getting involved in contributing and participating in our Pro Am event. And what that means is they
Speaker:enter into a weekend-long commitment of playing tennis with a professional against other members
Speaker:in their professional. What that means is that the Lanna Pros really band together during the
Speaker:month of August to support as many of the local clubs as possible. So for example, the first week of
Speaker:August Country Club of Rosewell and Marcus Ruchy hosts their Pro Am the second week of August TPC
Speaker:Sugarloaf here with us. We have ours in which case a lot of the same pros play both events.
Speaker:So a lot of teaching pros, former pros donate a lot of time during the month of August to support
Speaker:a lot of worthwhile causes. And it's really cool for us as tennis people to be a part of something
Speaker:that's a lot bigger than just plant tennis. Yeah, we're having a lot of fun this weekend. It's a
Speaker:million degrees, but we're doing it for a big cause. And so people will come out and really enjoy
Speaker:themselves remembering that what we're doing is raising awareness, raising funds for specifically
Speaker:veterans that are coming back from foreign affairs and need some help and need some assistance.
Speaker:And we're happy to be a part of that. And so for us, our Pro Am event is really one of our
Speaker:signature events for the year. We look forward to it all year long. We plan for it for about a year.
Speaker:And we really enjoy doing it. So just want to say thank you out there to all the pros that are
Speaker:in Atlanta that are contributing their time all weekend longer in the month of August to help as
Speaker:many worthwhile charities as possible. It's a really great thing to be a part of.
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