We raised almost 2 million dollars at the last golf tournament that can be used for minority scholarships and Junior Golf programs. The payoff for the work we do is so much more valuable than the work we actually do for it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
That's what PGA Tour golf is all about. It's a partnership with the community to help people to raise money for charity and to do it using golf as a platform.
When golf used to be a rich man's sport, if you were poor you could not step foot on a course.
I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.
If I was going to go to college, I had to have a scholarship. By my sophomore year, it was evident golf was not going to be the path.
It's incredible, ridiculous really, isn't it? You realise you can make more money on the golf tour in one week than some people make in a lifetime.
The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.
This is a great thing, to make a living as a professional golfer, isn't it?
We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money.
We tournament golfers are much overrated. We get paid to much.