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APGA Pro, Eastside Golf Founder Win WWT Championship Pro-Am

This year's Dunes Pro-Am victory not only showcased exceptional golfing talent but also highlighted the importance of diversity and inclusion in the sport. The collaboration between WWT, the APGA, Eastside Golf and Cisco serves as a powerful example of how the golfing community can come together to support and uplift underrepresented players, creating a more inclusive future for the game.

Eastside Golf Founder Olajuwon Ajanaku and Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) professional Aaron Beverly headlined the winning team at the 2024 Dunes Pro-Am presented by Cisco, hosted at the World Wide Technology Championship in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. 

Ajanaku founded Eastside Golf, a lifestyle golf brand designed to make golf more attractive to a younger and more diverse generation, in 2019 and has grown the brand with strategic partnerships that have helped make the game of golf more accessible for those not actively engaged with the sport. He played golf at Morehouse College.

Left to right: Olajuwon Ajanaku, Joe Castro, Chuck Moser, Jair Clarke, Sara Goellner and Aaron Beverly.

Cisco Area Vice President Chuck Moser, WWT Board Advisor Jair Clarke and WWT Vice President Joe Castro were also on the winning team.

Clarke also serves as CEO and Chief AI Officer of Laigic, a supplemental AI and tech consulting/advisory firm. He previously served as a global CTO with Microsoft responsible for all technology and processes at scale to empower customers, partners and sellers.

"Winning this PGA pro-am tournament with such an incredibly diverse team represents who WWT is," Clarke said. "Competing alongside Olajuwon, who is breaking boundaries in the sport; Chuck, a leader in driving innovation; Joe from World Wide Technology, a one-of-a-kind powerhouse; and Aaron Beverly, an extraordinary talent from the APGA — it shows the impact of partnerships and exemplifies a shared passion that spans all boundaries."

Beverly has been an APGA professional since 2018 and was looking to qualify for the PGA TOUR's World Wide Technology Championship. He is part of the World Wide Technology Player Development Program, which is an all-encompassing initiative to nurture and elevate APGA top performers to greatness. Through this program, selected members, including Beverly, receive top-tier coaching and benefit from customized club fittings, fitness evaluations, mentorship opportunities, and more. 

More on WWT's strategic partnership with the APGA below:

Eastside Golf was one of two brands represented in WWT's gifting ensembles to guests of the tournament (the other being Foray Golf, the authority for women's fashion golf apparel. Eastside and Foray are minority-owned and women-owned businesses, respectively. 

WWT believes investing in supplier diversity activities is a critical component of our company's success, and we've developed our Supplier Diversity program to partner with value added diverse organizations that provide our customers with revolutionary products and services around the globe. 

The World Wide Technology Championship, held at the Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal Golf Course at Diamante Cabo San Lucas, is known for bringing together top-tier golfing talent and fostering a world-class experience. 

The inclusion of an APGA player in the winning group underscores WWT's ongoing support for the APGA Tour, which aims to increase the number of golfers from diverse and historically underrepresented communities in professional golf. This initiative is part of WWT's broader mission to create pathways to prosperity and provide opportunities for minority golfers to compete at the highest levels