By Charles Hollister
August 1, 2024
Charity Ticket Program presented by Columbia Gas and the NiSource Charitable Foundation Applications Now Open
Columbus, Ohio – Tournament officials announced today that tickets are now available for the 18th annual Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship at https://cuetoems.com/nchc_2024/tickets.aspx. Admission into the event is free and open to the public.
The 2024 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship will be held September 16-22, 2024, at The Ohio State University Golf Club – Scarlet Course and will be the third of four stops in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.
Tournament officials also announced today the return of the Charity Ticket Program presented by Columbia Gas and the NiSource Charitable Foundation, which allows for participating charity organizations to receive $10 for each of their charity tickets presented at tournament entrance gates, Thursday through Sunday (one ticket per person, per day).
Charities can apply for the Charity Ticket program at https://ncc-golf.com/charity/charity-ticket-program-app/.
The list of participating charities in 2024 includes: Agonis Club of Columbus, Brown Girls Mentoring, Charity Newsies, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, Dublin Jerome High School Men’s Golf, First Tee – Central Ohio, NC4K, PGA Reach Southern Ohio, Recreation Unlimited Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio, The American Lung Association, The Cure Starts Now Foundation, The Open Shelter Inc. and Upper Arlington Education Foundation.
The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship will continue to play a pivotal role in determining who will earn PGA TOUR membership. The top-30 players in the season-long standings at the end of the 2024 campaign will earn PGA TOUR membership for the 2025 season.
The field for the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship will compete over 72 holes of stroke play, with a cut to the top-65 players and ties after 36 holes. Golf Channel will broadcast tournament coverage from Thursday’s opening round to the trophy presentation on Sunday in high definition.
For general tournament information, including how to volunteer, please visit www.ncc-golf.com or call (614) 764-GOLF. Stay connected with the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship on X (@NCHC_Golf), Instagram (@nchcgolf), and Facebook (www.facebook.com/NationwideChildrensChampionship).
ABOUT THE NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship is owned and operated by Champions of the Community, Inc., an Ohio non-profit corporation. The event is one of four Korn Ferry Tour Finals tournaments where players compete for increased purses and points allocations. Featuring a purse of $1,500,000 the tournament is conducted to showcase the best golf on the Korn Ferry Tour on one of the most challenging venues in the world, The Ohio State University – Scarlet Course, for the enjoyment of spectators and to benefit charitable organizations in central Ohio. For more information, call 614-764-GOLF or visit our website at www.ncc-golf.com.
ABOUT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics, and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 14,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.7 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.
ABOUT KORN FERRY TOUR
Founded (1990), owned and operated by the PGA TOUR, the Korn Ferry Tour identifies and develops golf’s next stars, preparing them to compete and win on the game’s biggest stage. The Korn Ferry Tour, which has served as a path to the PGA TOUR since its inception, will award 30 PGA TOUR cards based off its points list in 2023, with the No. 1 player earning exemptions into the following year’s PLAYERS Championship and U.S. Open. With more than 600 PGA TOUR titles, 29 major championships and six FedExCup champions, Korn Ferry Tour alumni make up 88 percent of the PGA TOUR’s current membership. To learn more about the PGA TOUR, the Korn Ferry Tour and to follow the season-long quest for PGA TOUR cards, visit PGATOUR.COM or follow the Korn Ferry Tour on social media. Select Korn Ferry Tour events are televised annually on Golf Channel in the United States, with tournament coverage available internationally in more than 170 countries and territories via 22 media partners.
ABOUT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
The Ohio State University Department of Athletics is completely self-supporting and receives no university monies, tax dollars or student fees. The Department of Athletics sponsors 36 fully funded varsity teams – 17 for women, 16 for men and three that are co-educational – and is committed to providing the very finest in academic and athletics support in an effort to provide its more than 1,000 student-athletes with a quality, life-changing experience at Ohio State.
ABOUT HNS SPORTS GROUP
HNS Sports Group is a Dublin, Ohio-based LLC founded in 2000. The company offers over 125-plus years of collective experience and is committed to providing professional, efficient and effective client representation in the categories of sponsorship consultation, event management, hospitality management, sales representation and tournament operation within the golf market. To learn more about HNS Sports Group, visit www.hnssports.com.
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