The Almaden Open was a golf tournament that began at the Almaden Country Club in San Jose, California in 1958, mostly with local pros.

The real fanatics," says Jones, "are the guys who, when they take a business trip, first call the local pro to see when they can get a match, then schedule their meetings.

"The Toyota Sports Connection," a nightly show about the local pro and college teams, ran from 1997 to 2011.

Yesterday he teed off in the Long Island Classic, a two-day event for local pros with $5,000 to the winner.

We have local pros who come and provide golf or tennis lessons.

After impressing local pros, and doing some doubles with Tony Hawk himself, the Custom Skater is allowed into the event.

And I'm sure a man of your experience knows that contented wives do not jump into the hay with the local tennis-club pro at the drop of a racket.

Baanpermissie (course permission): the local pro has determined that the player is good enough to go out on the local course (but only the local course).

Find your local pro (PGA)

Headlining at the old Wigwam Theater in January 1885 in San Francisco, Whistler was knocked out by a local pro in the first round.