Making Golf Work

Last spring, the PGA of America visited the Delaware Valley to stage the 2022 PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship (PWCC), considered the most culturally significant championship in collegiate golf. The series of events that were included in PWCC week directly and indirectly benefited our foundation, and local golfers, via a significant donation from the PGA, educational programming, and increased media exposure.

The 54-hole tournament was played on courses donated by the Union League of Philadelphia – Union League Liberty Hill and the Union League Golf Club of Torresdale, and is open to all minority-serving institutions with a focus on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Our foundation was engaged with PGA staff to host the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship Youth Day Presented by CastleOak Securities, and support a Beyond the Green event, as well as the championship.

In addition to providing golf instruction, PWCC Week allowed local youth to be exposed to and learn more about all of the opportunities available in the golf industry through the free Beyond the Green event at the Comcast Technology Center in Center City. The game of golf is evolving, and is ripe for business building, networking and cultural creativity. The event helped to educate and inspire talent from historically underrepresented backgrounds and encouraged them to pursue careers in the business of golf and beyond.

At the PWCC Youth Day, nearly 100 youth golfers, primarily of diverse backgrounds from local organizations such as the First Tee of Greater Philadelphia, Sigma Pi Phi, the Police Athletic Academy, Edu Sports Academy, and Delta Epsilon, visited Union League Liberty Hill to receive free golf instruction from Philadelphia PGA Members, and were treated to appearances by the Phillies’ Phanatic and Flyers’ Gritty mascots, and by Miles College's Purple Marching Machine brass band.