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BMW Championship Expected To Raise Up To $4.5 Million For Evans Scholarships
Oh, the places a golf ball can go; sometimes over the river and through the woods.
August 15, 2023
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (CBS) -- Professional golfers from around the world have been gearing up for the BMW Championship, which is set to tee off on Thursday at Olympia Fields Country Club in the south suburbs.
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It's not just the penultimate FedEx Cup playoff event on the PGA Tour, but a major fundraiser for the Evans Scholars Program to provide college tuition to caddies.
Oh, the places a golf ball can go; sometimes over the river and through the woods. Eduardo Gonzalez Jr., a caddie and Evans Scholar, admitted he found the ball-finding gig boring when he first started at age 13.
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