Journey at Pechanga hosts more than 30 top LPGA players in 16th CM Pro-Am April 3 & 4

were also eyeing the role. That he got the job speaks a lot of his artistry and the trust the showrunners had in his capability to deliver (the original host, Steve Burns, was reported to have helped in the audition process for the new host.) But it’s not hard to imagine as well the amount of pressure he must have felt when chosen to lead the show.

How he’s been able to cope with that, he said, “You know, it’s interesting. I do have a lot of anxiety. I have anxiety, I’ve ADD, so a lot of stuff is like bubbling always. But there’s only so much that you can control and the what-ifs you can’t really control. So, you can only focus on what can you do.

“Focus on what are the holistic things that I can do –whether it be to get enough sleep, whether it be to prepare the night before, prepare everything that I need for the next day, make sure to exercise and then once I’m on set, just take it one step at a time.

“I think that’s the only way for me, at least, to deal with the pressure — to just have fun. And I can’t have fun if I don’t make sure that I’ve done all the work.

“I wake up at 4:30 a.m. to finish up some notes from the night before, to prepare and to get it in my brain. Then I work out and then I walk to work and then I go to work and then once I get home from work, I take a shower, I have some dinner and then I work on storyboards and everything for the next day. Ideally, I’m done working by 9 p.m. and

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JOURNEY at Pechanga at Pechanga Resort Casino hosted Character Media’s 16th Annual Pro-am Golf Tournament on April 3 and 4, 2023. This marked the 10th year the championship course set amid the Temecula rolling hills hosted the tournament as its official sponsor. Journey at Pechanga is Pechanga Resort Casino’s premier championship golf course which is already well known among many Asian golfers.

Character Media’s ProAm continues to serve as a community event by inviting the Great Oak High School (GOHS) Girls’ Golf team to help with the tournament, providing the students an opportunity to meet and greet pro players and see them in action. This year, the GOHS Girls’ Golf team provided more than 30 volunteers to assist with various areas of the event including scorekeeping. The CM Pro-Am has been donating to the GOHS golf program since 2017, and this year will donate $2,000 to support the team. The GOHS Girls’ Golf team won their league championship in 2022 and made it to the postseason of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).

The CM 2023 Pro-Am featured many outstanding LPGA professional golfers, including Yu Liu, Jennifer Chang, Haeji Kang, Grace Kim and Kelly Tan.

• Jennifer Chang, Rolex Ranking 157th as of March 9, 2023, recorded a season best T10 result at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. She decided to play professionally after her junior year at USC.

• Yu Liu, Rolex Ranking 163rd as of March 9, 2023, started playing golf at the age of 9. In 2017, she won the Tullymore Classic, becoming the third player from China to ever win on the Symetra Tour.

• Grace Kim reached No. 29 in the World Amateur Golf

Ranking in 2019, becoming Australia’s highest-ranked female amateur. She was ranked 179th in the Rolex Rankings as of March 9, 2023.

• Haeji Kang is a South Korean professional golfer, with a Rolex Ranking of 181st as of March 9, 2023. She started playing golf at the age of 10, turning pro in 2008.

• Jaravee Boonchant started playing golf at age 6 in Bangkok, Thailand. At Duke, she was named a three-time All-ACC and four-time AllAmerican selection. She ranks 190th in the Rolex Rankings as of March 9, 2023.

The following LPGA superstars also joined the game: Amelia Garvey, Amy

Lee, Angel Yin, Brianna Do, Gabriella Then, Greta Voelker, Harang Lee, ILHee Lee, Jaravee

Boonchant, Jillian Hollis, Jiwon

Jeon, Kaley In, Karen Chung, Louise Ridderstrom, Luna

Sobron, Mi Hyang Lee, Min-G

Kim, Mo Martin, Rebecca LeeBentham, Roberta Liti, Robynn

Ree, Sarah Jane Smith, SsuChia Cheng, Sydnee Michaels, Tisha Alyn, Vicky Hurst and Yae

Eun Hong. This elite group of 32 pro golfers challenged each other on the stimulating and demanding course, along with their fans and golf partners. Through the tournament, tee sponsors got to swing their clubs alongside the talented golf athletes. Sponsors were able to find out which LPGA pro golfers they will be playing with the night before the tournament. The tournament began at 10 a.m. on April 4 following a brief press conference for the players. Players competed in an 18-hole scramble tournament and the team with

Fil-Am Josh dela Cruz...

From Page 9 then I’m in bed by 10.

“You know, sleeping at the right time, it’s something that I’m working on. (But) being prepared is one of the best ways for me to help with the pressure and the anxiety. And if I’m prepared, I’ll have fun.”

Here’s a bit of Blue’s Clues & You trivia: His character is named Josh also because of him.

He revealed: “They gave me the option whether to keep my name as Josh. I think some of the names that were floated around were Ben or