A golf clinic, training for players by the Mexican Red Cross and a dynamic at the Pericos de Puebla stadium were part of the alternate activities of the IV Copa Prissa Professional Golf Tour presented by Maestro Dobel Tequila.
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The four-time winner of the PGA Tour Champions, Esteban Toledo, from Mexicali, shared some of his experiences as a former member of the best golf tour in the world with members of the Puebla Country Club, venue for stage 9 of the 2021-22 season of the Professional Golf Tour.
Esteban Toledo gave a review of his career on and off the golf course, highlighting perseverance, a quality that led him to be part of the PGA Tour for almost two decades. “I tried many times to get to the ‘Big Leagues’ until I succeeded, you never have to give up”, said “Cachanilla”.
The 2000 Mexican Open Golf Champion noted that balance is everything in golf and added that he would trade his four victories on the PGA Tour veterans tour for defeating Tiger Woods in the final round of the Buick Open. from 2002.
Social action
On this occasion, the Professional Golf Tour was integrated into the “Resilient Communities” Project, whose main objective is to strengthen the social fabric of the community of Santa María Tzocuilac la Cantera, through the rehabilitation of recreational public spaces that allow the population have a meeting point for artistic and cultural expression and promotion of the healthy coexistence of the inhabitants.
On this occasion, the Social Action will benefit 150 children under 12 years of age, 78 young people from 13 to 18 years of age and the rest of the population of Santa María Tzocuilac la Cantera, which is approximately 200 people.
The Social Action was repaid to the professionals of the Professional Golf Tour by the community volunteers and by the Mexican Red Cross, training them in the handling of fire extinguishers and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Dynamics in the stadium of the Pericos de Puebla
As is already a tradition in all editions of the Prissa Cup, members of the Professional Golf Tour went to the Pericos de Puebla baseball stadium where, in addition to trying their luck with bats and mitts, they performed a very special dynamic.
About 30 professionals had two opportunities to hit an approach shot to a flag placed 100 yards from home plate, whoever left their ball closest would be the winner. In the first round, Carlos Treviño from Monterrey was the winner of 15,000 pesos, while in the final round, José de Jesús “Camarón” Rodríguez won a prize of 25,000 pesos.
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