Charitable Initiatives

Each bear sold through the Bears for Nationwide Children's program supports the Memorial Tournament Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and local programs that align with the missions of Nationwide Children's and the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation through an alliance with the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation. To learn more, click here.

Topgolf and the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday have partnered to encourage play and raise critical dollars for youth.  When visiting the Topgolf Columbus, guests have the opportunity to donate money to Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation and engage with the organization's mission. 

• Donation of up to $20
  • $15 Topgolf Game Play Card
• Donation of $25 or more (valid through 5/31):
  • Two (2) Any Day Practice Round Badges to the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday (value $100)
  • Entered into a raffle for Topgolf hospitality tickets on Sunday, June 4 at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday

Returning in 2024 – the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday’s disc & foot golf course is back at Dublin’s Riverside Crossing Park. The nine-hole course is located in the park’s expansive lawn area and encourages participants to support the Tournament’s philanthropic mission with “Play for a Purpose” QR codes posted throughout the course. Featured charitable partners include Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Eat. Learn. Play. To donate, click here.  

All tips received at concessions and golf shops throughout Tournament week are donated to Play Yellow and will be distributed and assigned to various initiatives within Nationwide Children’s Hospital. In addition to the Tip-Up Challenge, patrons are encouraged to wear yellow on Sunday, June 1 for the Yellow Out. For more information, click here.

For a $1 donation, patrons are invited to visit the putting green outside the Volunteer Center in support of Nationwide Children's Hospital through Play Yellow.  Patrons will be able to meet special patient guests throughout Tournament week and put their putting skills to the test!

The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday’s annual Benefit Concert brings the Central Ohio community together for a night of music and giving. Each year a national recording artist takes the stage as the centerpiece to raise funds for the alliance of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday’s charitable partners, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Stephen and Ayesha Curry's Eat. Learn. Play. and Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation. 

Since its inception, the Benefit Concert has raised more than $800,000 for Nationwide Children’s thanks to the continued support from NetJets, who joined the Benefit Concert in 2018; IGS Energy, now in its 14th year as the concert’s title sponsor; and City of Dublin, which has backed the event from its start in 2007. 

Donate $1 to Nationwide Children's Hospital to tee it up at the Lexus Challenge powered by Intown Golf Club located in Patron Village.  Play the 12th hole at Muirfield Village Golf Club or choose from a catalog of courses!

Fore!Fest 2025 net proceeds will benefit three organizations doing incredible work to help children in Central Ohio and beyond: Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Eat. Learn. Play. and the Crawford Hoying Foundation.  Fore!Fest is a two-day street and music festival featuring food truck, beverages, live music and more at Bridge Park.  Click here to learn more.

The Legends Luncheon is a unique, award-winning fundraiser that brings to life the alliance between the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. All proceeds of the Legends Luncheon directly benefit the young patients and families that Nationwide Children’s compassionately serves each day.

The goal of the Luncheon is to support advances in pediatric care and research throughout the areas of most need at Nationwide Children’s. Luncheon guests annually enjoy a special conversation with Memorial Tournament Founder and Host Jack Nicklaus and a distinguished guest influential in the game of golf. Past Legends Luncheons have featured golf royalty, like Nancy Lopez, Jim Furyk, Annika Sorenstam, Sir Nick Faldo, Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, Hale Irwin and Judy Rankin.

To read more about this year's Legends Luncheon, click here.

The FORE! Miler is a community run/walk event hosted annually to celebrate the playing of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and to serve as a fundraiser that highlights and benefits the alliance between the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Stephen and Ayesha Curry's Eat. Learn. Play. The FORE! Miler has become a signature event of the Memorial and established itself as one of the premier four-mile running events in Columbus, welcoming over 2,000 runners/walkers each year to Muirfield Village Golf Club and Dublin, Ohio. For more information visit: FORE! MILER