Victory Mailbag
Victory Mailbag

E-mails poured in after K.J. Choi won the Chrysler Championship.

Charity

 

The PGA TOUR's Drive to a Billion ended several months ahead of schedule during the week of the 2005 Chrysler Championship, Charles Schwab Cup Championship and Nationwide Tour Championship. The $1 billion raised since 1938 has allowed PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour events to help more than 2,000 charities and countless individuals around the world.

It is thanks to the collective efforts of many -- from tournaments to sponsors to players to volunteers, and most of all, to the fans -- that professional golf can touch millions of lives as the official sport of "Giving Back."

 

TOUR players help hurricane victims

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To find out about the lives touched by the charitable spirit of the PGA TOUR and its tournaments, please select:

 
 
 
BEGINNINGS TRADITION GIVING
In 1938, the Palm Beach Invitational began the PGA TOUR charity tradition, giving $10,000 to charity. Charitable giving is now a part of every PGA TOUR event. Local charities are the only sure winners come Sunday night. Last year, 19 PGA TOUR events each raised more than $1 million for community charities. Two Champions Tour tournaments also went over the $1 million mark in charitable donations.
 
PLAYERS BENEFITS GOAL
Tournaments are not the only charity venue. Many TOUR players host their own charitable foundations and fundraising events, and most are involved in charitable endeavors in some way. Charities that receive assistance range from hospitals, cancer centers, youth centers, scholarship funds, homeless shelters and much, much more. The PGA TOUR topped the $1 billion mark in charitable donations in 2005 during the week of the Chrysler Championship, Charles Schwab Cup Championship and Nationwide Tour Championship. The next $1 billion is expected to be raised within the next decade.