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Charlotte PGA Tour Stop a Boon for Charities; Milwaukee Event Shutters After 42 Years

After 42 years, the PGA Tour stop in Milwaukee will come to end. The Milwaukee Golf Charities board of directors has voted to dissolve the organization that ran the annual event after sponsor U.S. Bank declined to pick up a three-year option.
The charity component is one of the greatest appeals to a PGA Tour [...]

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Paula Creamer Joins The First Tee’s Young Ambassadors Council as Co-Chair

LPGA pro Paula Creamer has become an ambassador for The First Tee, serving as co-chair of the program’s new Young Ambassadors Council launched last month. Creamer is the second professional golfer to commit to this new initiative and will serve alongside PGA TOUR pro Anthony Kim. The Young Ambassadors Council formalizes professional player [...]

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News Bytes: Catching Up On the Week’s Stories

Golf takes the top this week, with the Mike Weir Foundation being named an official charity of the RBC Canadian Open. Plus, Tiger’s foundation announced a matching donations effort. Also after the jump, bytes on Michael Phelps, Athletics for Kids and reader suggestions from the West Coast.

Mike Weir: RBC and the Royal Canadian [...]

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Colin Powell Addresses The First Tee During Network Meeting; Folds of Honor Foundation Helping Vets

The First Tee concluded its biennial network meeting with a gala dinner event March 1 in San Jose. General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) and founder of America’s Promise Alliance, with whom The First Tee partnered in 2008, served as the keynote speaker at the dinner.
Powell: “I have been involved in a number of [...]

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Milwaukee PGA Event Partners With Wisconsin Hospital

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, one of the highest rated pediatric centers in the country, has been named a major beneficiary of the PGA Tour’s U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee.
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin President & CEO Peggy Troy said, “This unique partnership brings together two organizations invested in our community to team up for kids and [...]

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PGA Tour Sets Another Record in 2008, But Anticipates Challenges in 2009 Amid Economy

The PGA Tour announced yesterday that the organization and its tournaments on the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour collectively generated another record amount for charity in 2008, with a total of $124 million.
This brings the TOUR’s all-time charity total to nearly $1.38 billion.
PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem: “Even as the economic conditions worsened, [...]

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Conroy Helping Flames Program; Walter and The First Tee; Zorich Talks to Students

In Calgary, Kathy Mccormick writes that Calgary Flames C Craig Conroy, the official player spokesperson for the Flames Foundation for Life, participated in a charity event today in support of the foundation’s Calgary Flames Even Strength Program.
The program “helps fund registration fees for hockey programs for underprivileged families” (Kathy Mccormick, Calgary Herald, 1/31). Read [...]

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Doral’s Tickets Fore Charity Program a Boon for Charities and The First Tee

In South Florida, Sarah Talalay reports that The World Golf Championships-CA Championship officially kicked off its Tickets Fore Charity program today.
The golf tournament, scheduled for March 9-15, “is offering charities a chance to sell reduced price weekly and daily grounds passes and weekly clubhouse passes as a way to benefit their charities.” The proceeds from [...]

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Jack Nicklaus Being Recognized for Charity Work With Children at Golf Writers Awards

The Columbus Post-Dispatch reports that golf legend Jack Nicklaus will receive the Charlie Bartlett Award from the Golf Writers Association of America at its annual awards dinner April 8 in Augusta, Ga. Nicklaus “is being recognized for four decades of charitable work with children.”
Nicklaus created the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation, which provides pediatric [...]

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Bob Hope Classic Nets $1.8 Million for Charities; Writer Suggests Creative Solution

In California, Stacy Wiedmaier reports that “more than three dozen local charities … were awarded $1.8 million” recently from the PGA Tour Bob Hope Chrysler Classic representatives. Wiedmaier adds that “about 60 charities apply for help” each year, and “an evaluation committee decides which charities to fund after studying financial statements, learning who and [...]

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Bosh Teams with B&G Club; Progress on Omar Campaign; Nash’s Auction; Tiger’s Tourney

Toronto Raptors F Chris Bosh has been named national spokesperson for the Boys & Club of Canada. During a November game against the Celtics, Bosh donated $75,000 to the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Canada. The money will be used to support an arts and culture grants program for children and youth who attend [...]

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NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson Receives March of Dimes Sportsman of the Year Award

The March of Dimes has named NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson as Sportsman of the Year and LPGA player Lorena Ochoa as Sportswoman of the Year.
Johnson was honored this afternoon at the 25th Annual March of Dimes Sportsman of the Year Luncheon in New York. Johnson was joined by NBC Sports President Ken Schanzer (Corporate [...]

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