Golf tourney excels again

The Toshiba Senior Classic organizers have done it again. They put on

a wonderful golf tournament on the PGA Champions Tour and then

contributed $1 million to local charities.

How much better can it get? The Newport Beach event has now raised

$1 million for the fourth consecutive year. Think about that while

also considering the economic climate both this year and the year

before. The event, the most philanthropic on the tour, has now

donated $5.7 million in the six years that Hoag Hospital has operated

it.

Among those charities who profit from the $1 million are: Hoag’s

Foundation; the Toshiba Senior Classic Scholarship Fund; Orangewood

Children’s Foundation; Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Cystic

Fibrosis Foundation of Orange County; Explorer Scouts of Orange

County and Los Angeles Conservation Corps.

With Toshiba and Hoag’s score card in the last six years, there

would be nothing better than holding this event twice a year. After

all, $2 million could help even more.

But, really, knowing that it probably takes an entire year just to

prepare one Toshiba Classic, it’s wonderful that it’s in Newport

Beach and benefits such local causes. Cheers to those who make it

happen. That’s better than a hole in one.