While the PGA Tour continues to build toward the 2028 season and the new competitive model that will be defined by a two-tiered system, the circuit announced on Monday its plan to also reimagine PGA Tour Charites, the Tour\u2019s philanthropic arm.<\/p>\n
The new charitable approach will launch in 2028 with a goal of creating, \u201ca dedicated platform for direct community investment that gives players, partners, events and fans a clear and meaningful way to engage and connect to the Tour\u2019s impact,\u201d according to a press release.<\/p>\n
To kickoff the new charitable approach, former Tour commissioner Tim Finchem and his wife, Holly, announced a $13 million \u201cgift\u201d to PGA Tour Charities along with an update on Brooks Koepka\u2019s $5 million charitable contribution he made as part of his return to the Tour this season from LIV Golf. The remaining $2.5 million of the donation will be divided among \u201c99 eligible [Tour] members.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis next chapter is about generating even more focus, coordination, resources and visibility around that work from the Tour level. Launching an evolved PGA Tour Charities \u2013 with a legacy-defining, transformative gift from the Finchems \u2013 is an exciting next step in golf\u2019s enduring commitment to giving back,\u201d said Laura Neal, the Tour\u2019s executive vice president of strategic philanthropy.<\/p>\n
A group of players, led by player advisory council chairman Lucas Glover, will provide guidance to build the Tour\u2019s new philanthropy program.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharity has been such an important part of the PGA Tour, and I\u2019ve seen that firsthand in the tournament markets \u2013 big and small \u2013 that I\u2019ve played throughout my career,\u201d Glover said in the release. \u201cEnsuring that remains the case is one of the reasons I ran for PAC chairman, and I know it\u2019s incredibly important to my fellow players as well. Building on what our tournaments have accomplished through the years is key, with fresh eyes on how we bring even more focus and resources from the Tour level.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the PGA Tour continues to build toward the 2028 season and the new competitive model that will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-869712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}