DUBLIN, Ohio — Attendees to the 2024 Memorial Tournament will be seeing much more yellow heading into the final round at Muirfield Village Golf Club Sunday.
With Scottie Scheffler leading heading into the fourth round of the Memorial Tournament, many people will don a yellow ribbon to take part in the PGA Tour and Children’s Miracle Network campaign to raise $100 million for CMN hospitals including Nationwide Children’s Hospital over the next five years to fund pediatric care for millions of children.
Here is why many people will be wearing yellow at Muirfield Village Sunday.
The “Play Yellow” idea is inspired by Memorial Tournament founder Jack Nicklaus, who wore yellow shirts in the final round of tournaments, including the 1986 Masters he won.
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According to the tournament website, he wore yellow to honor Craig Smith,, the son of a close friend that fought bone cancer and died at 13 in 1971.
Jack and Barbara Nicklaus have announced @RickieFowler as a new Play Yellow ambassador.@PlayYellow4Kids is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals campaign to bring the entire golf world together to help the 10 million kids treated at local children’s hospitals each year. pic.twitter.com/cIX2apS9rQ
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 9, 2024
The “Play Yellow” campaign invites Memorial Tournament fans and players in a few ways:
- Wear yellow for Sunday’s final round
- Purchase special AHEAD brand or Nicklaus merchandise in the golf shop.
- Donate at concession stands or within the golf shop
All donations made during the Memorial will be distributes and assigned to multiple initiatives within Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Donations to the campaign can also be made at playyellow.org.