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Matt Kuchar celebrates winning the Sony Open PGA Tour golf event, Jan. 13, at Waialae Country Club. The Sony Open raised a record $1.2 million for local nonprofits at its annual tournament.
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The Sony Open, the largest charity golf event in Hawaii, raised a record $1.2 million for local nonprofits at its annual tournament in January at Waialae Country Club.
Tournament host Friends of Hawaii Charities distributed the grants from proceeds raised at the PGA tournament with support from its longtime charity partner The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc., which matches funds raised at the tournament dollar for dollar; title sponsor Sony Corp.; Waialae Country Club; and the Hawaii Tourism Authority.
Among the 150 grant recipients are community-based, nonprofit organizations that operate programs for Hawaii’s children, women, seniors and impoverished.
The Sony Open has raised more than $19 million for over 350 local nonprofits since 1999.