In an effort to encourage his fellow PGA Tour players to donate money for the relief effort in Japan, Ryuji Imada, who was born in Mihara, Japan, but moved to the United States at age 14 and played golf at the University of Georgia, drafted the following note on Wednesday evening, which has been distributed to each competitor’s locker at the Transitions Championship.
“Dear Players,
As you may know, last week there was an earthquake disaster in my home country of Japan.
To support the many people affected by the earthquake, I’ve decided to donate $1,000 per birdie I make at this week’s event.
I would be thankful for any of my fellow competitors to join me and support with any donations.
Thanks,
Ryuji Imada”
That’s a very thoughtful gesture by Ryuji. Let’s hope he makes a lot of birdies and other players jump on board, too.
Aside: Anyone else impressed with how nice his handwriting is?
March 16th, 2011 on 10:48 pm
Nice move by Ryuji…
March 17th, 2011 on 4:52 am
I’m gonna email this “Doug Milne” and ask for a sponsors invite to the next PGA event.
March 17th, 2011 on 7:53 am
Considering the increase of income for these guys over the last 10 years was much bigger than the increase in charity givings, now is the time to step it up a notch!!!
March 17th, 2011 on 10:19 am
Dude could play on the LPGA tour with that handwriting.
March 18th, 2011 on 6:19 am
Sure, nice gesture, but that’s chump change to these guys. They should be giving much more, IMO.