The PGA Tour Inc. and The Players Championship are taking a new approach to its annual charitable efforts.
The Tour traditionally announced its charitable donations at a Downtown luncheon, but has scrapped that in favor of a series of events next week featuring Tour pros and other local professional athletes. The Players Championship donated $2.7 million to charities last year and will top that figure this year, though the official figure has not been released.
Dubbed Giving Back Week, the events start Nov. 5 with Tour pro Mark McCumber, former Jaguar Pete Mitchell and the Nease High School golf team caddying for children playing miniature golf who are being treated at Nemours Children's Clinic. The event highlights the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund.
On Nov. 6, 2005 Players winner Fred Funk will lead a 5th-grade class at Pine Forest Elementary as part of Junior Achievement, while members of his local fan club will lead other classes.
The next day Tour pro Jim Furyk, former Jaguar Tony Boselli, former pro tennis player MaliVai Washington and their wives will participate in an event at Emmett Reed Park that will include a ribbon-cutting for a new driving range.
On Nov. 8, golfing Hall of Famer Judy Rankin and Tour pro Len Mattiace will introduce a class which promotes the healing process for breast cancer survivors through the game of golf.
And on Nov. 10, former Tour pro Calvin Peete and representatives from UBS will hold a financial education class and golf tournament for members of The First Tee of Jacksonville and their parents.
(Source :http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2007/10/29/daily14.html?surround=lfn)
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