One of golf’s great traditions to ring in the New Year is the wildly successful Morgan & Friends charity event, which raised just shy of $1 million this year for the fight against breast cancer.
Every January, Morgan Pressel brings some of the biggest stars on the LPGA to her home community of St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida. The membership at St. Andrews rises to the occasion every time as does Banyan Golf Club in nearby West Palm Beach, which puts on a second outing the following day.
Pressel, 34, started her foundation not long after she became the youngest major winner in tour history 16 years ago, at what’s now known as the Chevron Championship. Pressel’s mother Kathy died of breast cancer in 2003 and her memory is at the heart of this beautiful mission.
Now a lead analyst for Golf Channel’s LPGA coverage, Pressel has a different viewpoint of the tour she literally grew up on. Golfweek caught up with the two-time LPGA winner to talk about the work of her foundation and what fans might see on tour this season.