The Omega Masters golf tournament was graced with a constellation of stars both above and on the green, as celebrities and pros flocked to the 1500m high Crans-Montana course in Switzerland
The mechanics of golf are extraordinary. One has to hit a very small ball, with a very long stick, to a very small hole, very far away. Physically, it doesn’t make much sense; yet, here we are— “here” being Crans-Montana, home to the Omega Masters tournament.
The watch brand has been the event’s title sponsor since 2001, and the tournament itself, originally called the Swiss Open when it first started in 1923, has taken place at the 1,500m-high Crans-Sur-Sierre Golf Club since 1939—which makes it the oldest golf tournament in Europe to be played in the same place year on year.
This year, Tatler attended the exclusive event as Hong Kong’s only English media representative, and we spent three days playing and watching golf, dining with and under the stars, not to mention helping ourselves to three servings of raclette with potatoes.
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We spent a morning at a golf clinic with professional instructors, on a special area off the fairway from the first hole, learning how to swing, how to aim, how to chip, how to putt and most crucially, how incredibly bad we were at all of the above. No matter, since inspiration could be found close by as celebrity guests and golf professionals brought their A-list game to the course.
On the Wednesday before the Omega Masters, the celebrity guests—including American actors Luke Wilson, Aimee Garcia, Greg Kinnear, Chase Crawford, British swimmer and Omega ambassador Tom Dean and former rugby player Thom Evans—teed off with professional players Justin Suh and Danny Willett—who are also from Omega’s sporting family—at the special Omega Masters Pro-Am tournament.