Wyckoff Native Competes in PGA Tour, Gives Back to Community

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) and PGA TOUR pro Morgan Hoffmann are once again teaming up during The Barclays at The Ridgewood County Club to support a charitable cause through a Walking Challenge. Horizon BCBSNJ will be getting spectators into the walking fitness spirit as well through a course challenge of their own.

Horizon BCBSNJ, the official health care sponsor of The Barclays, announced that it is making a $5,000 donation to the New Jersey Golf Foundation, an organization that removes barriers to bring the game of golf to children of all ages and backgrounds.

Hoffmann, a Wyckoff native, also accepted Horizon BCBSNJ’s Walking Challenge to raise additional funds for the foundation as he competes with the world’s best golfers this week at Ridgewood – a course on which he learned and refined his game as a teenager in North Jersey.

For every 10,000 steps that Hoffmann records on his pedometer during The Barclays, Horizon BCBSNJ will donate an additional $1,000 to the New Jersey Golf Foundation.

“Working with Horizon has been a pleasure, and I am extremely thankful for the opportunity to participate in the Walking Challenge,” said Hoffmann. “Having been a young golfer on this very course, I feel proud to be able to give back to what I hope will be some of our future PGA TOUR players.”

Spectators who come to the Horizon BCBSNJ Health and Wellness Expo at The Barclays can pick up a walking passport. If the fans get their passport stamped at five walk stations on the course, covering about two miles, they become eligible for a daily drawing for one of five FitBits.

Through the PGA TOUR’s charitable efforts, millions of dollars each year go back to communities where tour events like The Barclays are played, benefitting nearly 3,000 charities and countless individuals worldwide.

This is the fifth year of the spnsorship between Horizon BCBSNJ and The Barclays. The first 250 spectators entering the expo each day of tournament play will receive a personal pedometer.