AMS organizer and promoter of the Cadillac Russian Open, a $500,000 prize fund professional golf tournament on the PGA European Tour would like to thank General Motors, Vneshtorgbank TransTeleCom, Don Stroi, Beeline, Golden Telecom, Coke and the rest of the sponsors for their support of professional golf in Russia. This year's event marked the 10th anniversary of its association with the European Tour and European Challenge Tour.

We are proud to announce that in 2006 the tournament will increase in status to a full European tour event with twice the prize fund. We would also like to congratulate the winner, Mikael Lundberg from Sweden. He beat Andres Butterfield after a thrilling four-hole sudden-death playoff. AMS would also like to thank fellow organizers the GlavUpDK, Le Meridien Moscow Country Club and the Russian Golf Association for their time and effort in making the Cadillac Russian Open a success.

TransTeleCom Pro-Am Gala Reception
9 August

The TransTeleCom Pro-Am Gala Reception, held at the recently opened Swiss tel Krasnye Holmy, welcomed special guest Hollywood actor David Carradine.

The party itself, an upscale gathering of Moscow's business and cultural elite, featured a draw matching European Tour professionals with amateur pro-am teams for the following day's tournament. After the draw, guests enjoyed music, drinks and breathtaking views of downtown Moscow from the cigar lounge on the hotel's 29th floor.

The TransTeleCom Pro-Am tournament
10 August 2005

The TransTeleCom Pro-Am (professional-amateur) tournament annually marks the start of the Russian Open. Twenty two teams comprised of three amateurs and one professional compete in this event.

Sponsors took advantage this once in a lifetime opportunity to complete together on a team with their clients alongside professional golfers and celebrities including David Carradine and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. AMS would like to congratulate the RGA Team, winners of the TransTeleCom Pro Am 2006.

CUT Party
12 August

The “Cut Party,” organized for the half of the field of golfers who failed to qualify for the third and fourth rounds of play, has an energetic and celebratory atmosphere which belies its name. At the Cut Party, players, celebrities, VIPs and spectators mingle and relax while enjoying a fashion show, several musical groups, DJs, dancers, food and drink.

Hollywood actors Dolf Lundgren and David Carradine opened the party introducing a showing of part of the collection from the fashion house Zetta.

Cadillac Hollywood Nights STS Launch Party
13 August

The Cadillac Hollywood Nights Party, Saturday, August 13, brought more than just a little Hollywood glitz to the Moscow suburb of Nakhabino. With Hollywood actors Dolph Lungren and David Carradine, ballerina Anastasia Volochkova, NHL Star Alexei Kovalev, Talk Show Host Elena Khanga, Yana Poplavaskaya, and the leaders in Russian and international business in attendance for dinner and the launch, the event had a its fair share of star power.

The true star of the event, however, was the Cadillac STS which was launched for sales in Russia. A performance by UmaThurman, the internationally famous musical group, not the actress who played opposite Carradine in “Kill Bill,” made the evening complete. Sponsors were able to host and entertain their VIP guests in a truly rarified and exclusive atmosphere, unequaled by any other event in the Russian luxury sports mix.