Last week at the 2015 BMW Championship, PGA TOUR golfer Jason Day was crowned champion of the annual golf event. The 2015 tournament was held at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Illinois. BMW hosts this annual tournament in Chicagoland each year with all proceeds going towards charity. Keep reading to find out more!
Jason Day won the event with a final tally at 22 under par against one of the strongest fields in golf this year! With the victory he became the #1 golfer in the world! 2015 has treated him well with his first major victory coming in August. Ludwig Willisch, President & CEO, BMW of North America, had thtis to say about the impressive victory:
"Congratulations to Jason Day on his brilliant performance this week. Jason showed tremendous skill and determination and we are proud to present him with the J.K. Wadley and BMW Championship trophies."All of the events net proceeds will benefit the Evans Scholar Foundation, which grants full university housing and tuition to hardworking, young caddies. In the 8 years of being title sponsor of the yearly event, the tournament has raised more than $20 million for the Evans Scholars Foundation. Earlier in the tournament, another golfer, Jordan Spieth, earned a hole-in-one, which resulted in the donation of another BMW Hole-In-One Scholarship. The BMW Hole-In-One Scholarship is a full, four-year Evans Scholarship that is worth $100,000. It’s the fourth time in the last five years that BMW awarded the scholarship. The Evans Scholars Foundation was founded in order to improve college prospects for deserving caddies nationwide. Currently 910 caddies are attending college as Evans Scholars.
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