by Stewart Cink would have already collected many votes for the champions of the first team on the champions of the PGA Tour.
To launch the national awareness -raising month of colorectal cancer in March, Cink, 51, plays this week at the Colaguard Classic in Tucson for the longtime writer of USA TODAY / GOLFWEEK STEVE DIMGLIO, which was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2022 and died at 63 years on January 1.
“My honor,” said Cink in an SMS.
For the fifth consecutive year, all the players of the PGA Tour champions who participate in the 54 -hole tournament will wear a blue ribbon to honor a patient, a survivor, a survivor or the memory of someone who died of the disease.
Dimeglio was a couple with a professional winner twice – in 2023 when Steve Stricker played in his name and in 2024 when Billy Andrade honored him.
To recognize its heritage within the golf community, Cink and the media members wear an honorary blue ribbon for Dimeglio during the Colaguard Classic week. [DiMeglio wrote about Cink’s victory at the 2021 RBC Heritage.]
Jerry Kelly, who is a survivor of testiculum cancer, explained why early screening is so important.
“It’s much more than a golf tournament. This movement to have people tide … We don’t have to lose people in this disease, “he said.” It’s incredible, there are still 60 million people who are late in their projection. I cannot say it strong enough and often enough and I will continue to do it. Yeah, we have to withdraw consciousness.
The tournament also instituted a new charity initiative called Birdies for Survivors, in which each birdie that a player made at 15th Hole will generate $ 1,500 to help bring a patient or a survivor to the tournament next year. When Padraig Harrington heard this news, he said, “”I tell you what, I’ll double it. If I do a steep, I will give $ 1,500 in addition to what they give.
Kelly proposed to get better – literally. “Oh, I don’t let him do this without me, do you laugh at me?” He said. “I am in it. I do $ 1,501. ”
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