pro-am
Noun
Meaning
A competition in which both professional and amateur competitors participate.
An amateur who engages in some activity at a professional or near-professional level of skill or competence.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
Examples
Three months later, on September 5, 2001, at a pro-am event preceding the Canadian Open at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, I was invited to play a round with Tiger Woods. Nothing in the game of politics had ever been as nerve-racking as that game of golf.
I would like to play Pebble Beach at some point. I keep waiting for them to call and ask me to that little pro-am thing, but I'm not big enough.
A donor's day and a pro-am preceded Charleston Municipal's reopening festivities last week and it featured an unplanned highlight.
Feb. 6-9 — AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Pebble Beach GL, Spyglass Hill GC, Monterey Peninsula CC (Shore), Pebble Beach, Calif.
LaVar, predictably, clashed with the coach and pulled both of his sons from the league before the season ended, but not before creating an exhibition pro-am league to showcase his children.
Mickelson has had a roller-coaster season so far, finishing second at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational and third at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am back in March.