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LIV Golf star Sergio Garcia, wife Angela raise another $2 million for Texas children and families

Sergio Garcia was born a continent and ocean away in Borriol, Spain, but he’s made up for lost time since moving to Austin, Texas.

A common phrase in Texas for those who weren’t conceived or delivered in the Lone Star State says, “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.”

Sergio Garcia was born a continent and ocean away in Borriol, Spain, but he’s made up for lost time since moving to Austin, Texas. After marrying former Golf Channel reporter Angela Akins, Garcia has become a staple at Texas golf functions, including Ben Crenshaw’s Save Muny gala to benefit Austin’s Lions Municipal Golf Course.

The LIV Golf star and his philanthropist wife had another successful run with their Fore Kids ATX event in the Texas capital last week as a host of players and celebrities came out to the two-day event. Patrick Reed, Abraham Ancer, Nick Watney and David Puig were among the golfers who gathered at Tom Fazio’s Foothills course at Omni Barton Creek, ranked as one of the best 10 golf courses in the state you can play, according to Golfweek’s Best.

A number of other celebrities attended the gala at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, including comedian Ron White, former University of Texas football star Derrick Johnson, motivational speaker Kondo Speaks, and actresses Becca Tobin and Jamie-Lynn Sigler. “Bachelor” host Chris Harrison served as emcee of the event.

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According to a release from the organization:

Fore Kids ATX 2024 benefitted organizations near and dear to Sergio and Angela’s hearts, including Dell Children’s Medical Center, Foster Village, The Muny Conservancy Austin Youth Golf Academy and The UGLI Foundation – organizations dedicated to providing youth medical care, support for foster children, anti-bullying solutions and youth golf community programming.

One highlight of the event was a painting by Garcia’s father-in-law, Marty Akins, which fetched $100,000 in an auction. Akins, whose nephew is Drew Brees, was a first-team All-American as the University of Texas quarterback in 1975 and was also the Southwest Conference Player of the Year.

Here are some photos of the event:

Meet the European Ryder Cup team’s wives and families

There’s plenty of bonding at the biennial event, and not just among the players.

Certainly, the team aspect of the Ryder Cup makes this a spectacle like none other in golf, and while the teams get an opportunity to bond in atypical style, so do the wives and girlfriends, who are often in the spotlight during the biennial event.

Scottie Scheffler, eager to make his first appearance for the U.S. team in this week’s tournament at Whistling Straits, explained during Tuesday’s press conference how important spouses and partners can be.

“The wives and girlfriends are really involved, which I think is fun,” Scheffler said. “I think with everybody’s wives being there it’s very comfortable for everybody just to be in the team room hanging out, wives, girlfriends all getting to know each other as well as — I would say that’s probably better — the wives and girlfriends get to know each other because they don’t see each other on a daily basis, because we do.

“I’ve seen these 11 guys at the same events for the past two years, so I know all of them pretty well, but our wives don’t necessarily know each other.”

With the first tee shot fast approaching, here’s a look at the wives and families of the 2021 European Ryder Cup team. (Significant others for Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick and Bernd Wiesberger were not included.)