0 A pro-am competition is one in which the teams include professionals (= people who compete as a job) and amateurs (= people who compete for pleasure):
a pro-am golf competition
It is proceeded by an amateur tournament and a one-day pro-am tournament.
He played in the celebrity pro-am on the day before the competitive tournament and hosted a charity concert during the week of the tournament.
The game became an annual event and was later replaced by a pro-am golf tournament.
Some sports car racing competitions have separate classes for professionals, amateurs and pro-am driver lineups.
Additionally, the tournament pro-am will go from four amateurs to three per group.
Sometimes this is done by random draw, and other times it is a pro-am format.
But the pro-am relationship that was about to be repaired was damaged again.
At the time, most tournaments were 36- or 54-hole events and several were pro-am formats.
