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Sponsoring the European Masters – the Swiss leg of golf’s European Tour – since 2001, Omega made sure the 2019 edition swung into action with a star-studded tee-off on Wednesday 28 August. The annual pre-tournament Pro-Am event brought a roster of international celebrities to the Alpine greens of Crans-sur-Sierre in Crans-Montana, 1,500m above sea level. This year’s Celebrity Masters involved a full day's play with 52 teams of four players each.
Many of the sport’s top professional players were spotted throughout the day, including Omega ambassadors Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia (who won the tournament in 2005) and Tommy Fleetwood, who were all wearing the Seamaster Aqua Terra “Ultra Light”, a new sports watch developed by the brand using ultra-light Gamma Titanium – a titanium-aluminium alloy – and weighing just 55 grams.
Celebrity players who joined the competition included Justin Timberlake, Niall Horan, Dennis Quaid, Anthony Mackie and Michael Pena.
Flying the flag for the UK were professional Eddie Pepperelle, actors Gwilym Lee, whose recent roles include playing guitarist Brian May in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, Joe Mazzello – American by birth but now an honourary Brit thanks to his brilliant portrayal of Queen bassist John Deacon in the same award-winning film as his teammate – and The Night Manager’s Alistair Petrie. Together, they came in 37th place – although one of two groups of British watch retailers did manage fifth place.
During a celebration party held at Cry d’Er restaurant, situated at 2,200 metres in the Alps, where music was provided courtesy of Swiss rocker Bastion Baker, Omega President and CEO, Raynald Aeschlimann, presented Timberlake – the top celebrity scorer of the day – with his Celebrity Masters trophy.
The Omega European Masters began the following morning (Thursday 29 August) and will be played until Sunday 1 Sepetember. Omega’s Seamaster Aqua Terra “Ultra Light” will be available from early 2020, priced at £39,150.
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