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The 2007 Outback Steackhouse Pro-Am

The Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am is returning once again to the TPC Tampa Bay. This unique tournament format pairs celebrities and amateurs with Champions Tour professionals in a team competition. This event is one of the most popular stops on the Champions Tour for all involved.

The Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am is played annually during February in Lutz and The Outback Steakhouse is the main sponsor of the tournament. The tournament was founded in 1988 as the GTE Suncoast Classic.

The TPC of Tampa Bay is a 6,638-yard, par-71 which allows spectators to view multiple holes at once. The Pro-Am is broadcast nationally by the Golf Channel on Friday and NBC Sports Saturday and Sunday of tournament week. This event generates a $32 million economic impact locally.

The Outback Pro-Am attracts crowds of more than 90,000 people. Some of the celebrities include Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ronde Barber, Derrick Brooks and Anthony MacFarland. Former NFL greats Boomer Esiason and Joe Theismann as well as tennis star Jim Courier. Actors, Kevin Costner and Mark Wahlberg, joined the other celebrities in the team competition including Lou Piniella and Carolyn Kepcher of The Apprentice.

Purse: $1.65 million
Winning Share: $240,000
Yards: 6,638

Hole #1
This dogleg right requires a drive to left of center in order to open a green protected by a bunker on the left front. A drop-off beyond the green will require a deft return pitch for shots that go long.
Hole #2
Depending on wind conditions, a 6-iron to fairway wood will be needed to hit this large undulating, two-tiered green. An isolated cypress head to the left of the green may become a factor on windy days.
Hole #3
A drive to the right center of the fairway will leave a mid-iron shot into this well bunkered green. An accurate tee shot is needed to avoid the cypress head in the drive zone.
Hole #4
A straight fairway tee shot is needed to avoid the lake bordering the right side and well-placed bunkers to the left. The large green drops off severely at the rear. Shots missing the green must favor the right side.
Hole #5
A definite birdie hole! A drive to the right center short of the fairway bunker must avoid the cypress head on the left. This leaves an approach shot requiring a short iron to a shallow but wide green.
Hole #6
Swirling winds are prevalent in this area of the course. Club selection is critical to carry over the wetland marsh to an elevated green which is protected by a large bunker on the left.

Hole #7
A player attempting to reach in two, must avoid the lagoon that runs along the left side, and must then carry over a wetland area. Putting the ball down the right tier of the green is essential for birdie opportunities.

Hole #8
A demanding tee shot avoiding the cypress head on the right and the water hazard along the entire left side leaves a long to medium iron to the course's longest green.
Hole #9
A drive to the right center of this hole avoids the well placed pines on the left and leaves a long to medium iron shot into the two tiered hourglass green. A water hazard to the left of the green could be a factor in the wind.
Hole #10
To avoid the water along the entire right side and the bunkers on the left, an accurate tee shot is required. The green is guarded by water on the right and a cypress mitigation area on the left. Steep runoffs behind and left of the green will require a skillful recovery shot.
Hole #11
Mid-iron accuracy is essential to avoid the cypress mitigation area on the right. Players will also want to avoid the left hand green side bunker due to its unique design.
Hole #12
Two lakes separated by a fairway bunker guard the entire right side of this hole. A left center drive leaves a fairway wood to long iron shot to this reachable green. Any player trying to reach the green in two must account for the lagoon and bunker at the right.
Hole #13
This most elevated green requires an extremely accurate short iron to the correct tier. Missing the green will leave the player a precarious recovery shot. Pin placement makes the hole very challenging.
Hole #14
The strategically placed bunkers make the player's second shot critical. An undulating green with water on the left and bunkers on the right require an accurate third shot. Balls landing at the back of the green are likely to roll off due to the unique mowing pattern.
Hole #15
This hole is one of the most difficult with a combination of lagoon and wetlands protecting the entire left side. The green is nestled alongside the lagoon with a picturesque cypress backdrop. With bunkers on both sides of the green, and water on left, the long iron second shot must be crisp and accurate.
Hole #16
Fairway bunkers flank the left side of the hole requiring a drive to the right center of the fairway. Tee shots landing too far right will require players to navigate around a cypress head. Bunkers at right of the green set up the hole aesthetically.
Hole #17
The long tee shot that gets close will be rewarded on this 11,000 sq.ft.green. Subtle undulations throughout the green make birdies rare.
Hole #18
When playing into the wind on this hole, a par will gain an advantage. Driving the left center avoids both the fairway bunker and water hazard. An accurate fairway wood to mid-iron is required to avoid the water on the right of the green.

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