Celebrity List Announced for Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals Open Pro-am
The Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open will feature a list of celebrities teeing off at TPC Summerlin on Wednesday, Oct. 15 for the tournament’s Celebrity Pro-Am sponsored by Golf Digest. Amanda Beard, Josh Duhamel, Josh Kelley, Chris Kirkpatrick, George Lopez and John O’Hurley will join Timberlake on the links with more celebrity names expected to be released in the coming weeks.Timberlake enthuses, “I just want to make Wednesday an entertaining day for the fans who come out and really love the game…maybe we’ll all learn something and we’ll have fun in the process.”
The celebrities will join an impressive list of PGA TOUR professionals who have already committed to play in Las Vegas including Mike Weir, Jesper Parnevik, Hunter Mahan and Zach Johnson.
Golf Digest VP & Publisher, Thomas J. Bair states, “We at Golf Digest are incredibly honored to sponsor the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Celebrity Pro-Am. Justin, the celebrities and the tour players will not only enjoy a tremendous day of golf, they will also be supporting a truly worthy cause. This is what golf is all about: sport, competition and giving back. We are proud to be a part of this event.”
Fans are invited to join in the fun and come out and watch the celebrities compete alongside PGA TOUR professionals. THE HILL is the perfect place to see and be seen while enjoying great views of the 16th, 17th and 18th holes. THE HILL’s sports bar atmosphere is complete with comfortable seating areas around 50” plasma-screen TVs for keeping up with the latest sporting events. The party kicks into high gear during Happy Hour, Oct. 15-17 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. After the evening Happy Hours on Wednesday and Thursday, a DJ will be spinning music on THE HILL to keep the party going. THE HILL is open Wednesday, October 15 – Sunday, October 19 and a limited number of tickets can be purchased for $25 per day or $125 for the week. Daily and weeklong tickets are on sale now at www.jtshrinersopen.com and event day tickets can be purchased at the gate.
source: Las Vegas News
Justin Timberlake set to Open Eco-friendly golf course in Tenn.
Justin Timberlake is putting the finishing touches on the first LEED-certified golf course in the United States. The 27-year-old singer is an avid golfer and his latest business venture, called Miramichi Lakes, takes his love of the sport to a new level.
Timberlake revealed in an interview how he saved the struggling golf course last year from development and decided to open up his own, eco-friendly version. “Originally it was called Woodstock Hills, and it was the first place my dad taught me to hit a ball,” he said. “And last year we found out they were going to auction it off and turn it into a development. So we thought it was such a landmark for the community, we’d scoop it and save it. And we did. We were able to before it was auctioned off.”
“After we had the golf course we said why don’t we refurbish it and make it even nicer for the community. Then I asked questions about what we could possibly do, and we found out we could actually make it a “green course.” So when it’s finished this summer it will be a Platinum LEED certified green course. The first in the United States of America, so that’s pretty exciting that you could take all that land and make it eco-friendly.”
According to an article in the Memphis Daily News, all of the buildings on the 303-acre course will be built to the highest LEED-certified green building standards available — a considerable investment. In addition the location will sport “a renewable energy field and a walking trail with educational placards and seating for the public to learn about responsible energy and natural resource usage.”
Wow. Clint Eastwood could learn a bunch from this. Nice work, Justin. Look for Miramichi Lakes to open this October.
source: ecorazzi
