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By Kent Gray
If you’ve ever been lucky enough to play the Audemars Piguet Golf Day at The Els Club, Dubai, you know it’s one of the best corporate golf days on the UAE calendar. But the Swiss watchmaker’s latest event in Orlando, Florida was an experience on a whole different level.
Not only did 64 watch collectors from around the world enjoy playing alongside 16 of Audemars Piguet’s big name golf ambassadors at famed Lake Nona Golf and Country Club, they were then invited back to Henrik Stenson’s gaff for a slap up dinner.
The special treat included a visit of the 2016 Open Champion’s trophy room which, according to the AP’s official media release, “put a smile on everybody’s face.” We bet.
Here’s a Instagram post from the Iceman marking the occasion with New Zealand trick shot artist Tania Tare:
The 28-year-old Kiwi, who was unveiled as the latest AP golf ambassador at the event, was playing the mutual appreciation game on social media, pictured alongside golf trickster turned PGA Tour star Wesley Bryan, another newbie to the AP “Dream Team”:
That’s a hashtag – #HenrikStensonsHouse – most of us can only ever dream of. The New Zealander is certainly living the dream. If you’ve never heard of Tare, try refreshing your social feeds or simply enjoy a small taster of her incredible skills here:
We can’t hit a hybrid that straight off the deck, let along juggle off the crown of such a tiny clubhead. Actually, if we’re honest, we can’t even juggle with a wedge.
Here’s something else we can’t do with a wedge:
It’s little wonder AP signed Tare up. Among the other big names enjoying Stenson’s hospitality were 2016 Masters winner Danny Willett, Vijay Singh and Miguel Angel Jiménez, Englishmen Ian Poulter and Tyrrell Hatton, Argentinian Emiliano Grillo, Americans Peter Uihlein and Bud Cauley, as well as new ambassador’s Xander Schauffele and Bryan.
Related: Meet Euro honed PGA Tour rookie Peter Uihlein
Audemars Piguet has built an impressive stable of PGA Tour and European Tour stars. In addition to the members present in Orlando, Patrick Cantlay, Darren Clarke, Paul Dunne, Branden Grace, Andrew Johnston, Renato Paratore, Andy Sullivan, Matt Wallace, Lee Westwood and Bernd Wiesberger complete the AP “Golf Dream Team”.
Audemars Piguet ambassadors (from left to right): Danny Willett, Vijay Singh, Xander Schauffele, Andy Proudman, Miguel Angel Jimenez, François Bennahmias (Audemars Piguet CEO), Piers Ward, Tyrrell Hatton, Ian Poulter, Bud Cauley, Tania Tare, Curtis Luck, Wesley Bryan, Emiliano Grillo, Henrik Stenson, Marty Dou, Peter Uihlein.
