Officials of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday announced Tuesday that the 48th playing of the prestigious invitational, which concluded June 4, raised more than $4.9 million for charitable organizations in Central Ohio and beyond, including $4.6 million for the Memorial’s collaborating charitable partners, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation and the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation.
It is the second consecutive year that the tournament’s charitable giving total has topped the $4-million mark. Since its inception in 1976, the Memorial has eclipsed $52 million in donations to charity, with nearly $37 million going to Nationwide Children’s.
The 2023 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday marked the second year in which Oakland, California-based Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation was recognized by the Tournament as a charity beneficiary. Eat. Learn. Play. receives general support from the Memorial, with a portion of the official PGA TOUR event’s 2023 charitable proceeds benefiting Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Foundation. Furthermore, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Eat. Learn. Play. collaboratively focus on programs and services that fight to end childhood hunger, improve literacy and access to quality education, and provide safe places for all children to play and be active.
Source : PGA Tour
