Jack Newton Celebrity Classic

ABOUT THIS ITEM

Alternative NameCelebrity Pro Am Golf EventThe JackAdditional InformationThe inaugural Celebrity Pro Am Golf Event was held in December 1979 at the Tewantin Noosa Golf Club. The initial concept for such a tournament was devised by the Club President at the time. It was believed that professional golfers would enjoy a post-season Pro Am and to add to the tournament the Club would also invite celebrities, entertainers and sports people to play. Jack Newton attended every year. The tournament is the longest running and most successful celebrity pro-am golf tournament in Australia.

Jack nearly lost his life when he walked into the spinning propeller of an aircraft in July 1983. He ultimately survived the accident, losing an eye and an arm, and the next Pro Am was held in his honour. After Jack formed the Jack Newton Golf Foundation the tournament was renamed The Jack Newton Celebrity classic (The Jack).

Jack took over running the event in 1985. The event had a great ‘feel’ about it, especially to propagate a Celebrity type event. Jack took it upon himself to improve the standard of professionals, find new sponsors and introduce more celebrities. The first celebrities were Ronnie Corbett and Ricky May.

The event continued to grow in size and reputation and in 1992 relocated to the newly completed Novotel Twin Waters Resort. The event moved again in 2006, to it's current 'home' at Cypress Lakes Resort in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.

Date1979-1992

Photograph

Celebrities arriving via helicopter, The Jack Newton Celebrity Classic, Tewantin-Noosa Golf Course, Tewantin, December 1979

Ricky Grice, The Jack Newton Celebrity Classic, Tewantin-Noosa Golf Course, December 1979

Ronnie Corbett (centre blue shirt and white peaked cap), The Jack Newton Celebrity Classic, Tewantin-Noosa Golf Course, Tewantin, December 1979

Ronnie Corbett, The Jack Newton Celebrity Classic, Tewantin-Noosa Golf Course, Tewantin, December 1979

Ephemera

Souvenir Programme, The 13th Annual Jack Newton Celebrity Classic, Tewantin-Noosa Golf Club, Tewantin, December 1991

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