Chevron continues support with $100,000 to First Tee College Scholarships
Chevron continues support with $100,000 to First Tee College Scholarships
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (Sept. 17, 2024) – Chevron U.S.A. Inc. will continue its support of First Tee College Scholarships with a $100,000 donation announced at the 2024 PURE Insurance Championship Pairings Party at the Pebble Beach Golf Academy. Since its inception in 2020, the First Tee College Scholarship Program has served 94 young adults through mentorship, professional development and financial support.
For the second consecutive year, players in the PURE Insurance Championship junior field also competed in a closest to the pin contest Tuesday, with five girls and five boys winning $2,000 each in support for their First Tee chapter.
“Chevron strives to provide access and to create opportunities for young men and women to learn character and life skills through golf,” said First Tee Trustee and Chevron Vice President and General Counsel Hewitt Pate. “We recognize the impactful and growing efforts of First Tee, and we are proud to continue our support of First Tee College Scholarships to help inspire and develop future leaders.”
Since becoming a First Tee Trustee in 2012, Chevron has committed more than $4 million in support of the youth development organization, which served more than 3.3 million kids and teens in 2023.
“We are grateful to Chevron for their longstanding support of the First Tee College Scholarship Program,” said First Tee CEO Greg McLaughlin. “From providing financial support and mentorship for our Scholars, to hosting our alumni at The Chevron Championship. Chevron is a valued partner of the First Tee.“
Hosted by Monterey Peninsula Foundation, the PURE Insurance Championship partners top professionals from PGA TOUR Champions, First Tee juniors and amateurs from the business world for three rounds of competition and mentorship at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course. On Sunday, the final round is held solely at Pebble Beach, where 24 First Tee juniors compete based on their 36-hole performance. The tournament will crown one male and one female junior champion.
Chaired by Clint Eastwood, the tournament is nationally televised on Golf Channel. The public will be admitted free to view play on Pebble Beach Golf Links only. Complimentary parking is offered at Special Events Field/Lot 10 in Pebble Beach, with a shuttle service provided directly to the course.
For more than two decades, First Tee teens have played in the PURE Insurance Championship, experiencing the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet, play and be mentored by PGA TOUR Champions players and amateurs in the field.
First Tee is a youth development organization that teaches life skills and helps kids and teens build strength of character through golf. The PURE Insurance Championship is one of several national opportunities organized by First Tee headquarters to encourage and motivate participants as they progress through the program and toward higher education opportunities.
About PGA TOUR First Tee Foundation (“First Tee”)
First Tee (www.firsttee.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit youth development organization that is supported by the PGA TOUR. Its mission is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character and instill life-enhancing values through the game of golf. Since 1997, First Tee has expanded to reach millions of kids annually through its network of 150 chapters, 11,450 schools and 2,000 youth centers. Headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA, programs are delivered in all 50 United States and select international locations. President George W. Bush serves as Honorary Chair.
About Monterey Peninsula Foundation
Now approaching the milestone of $250 million in total donations, Monterey Peninsula Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that donates funds from the proceeds of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on the PGA TOUR and the PURE Insurance Championship Impacting First Tee at Pebble Beach, a PGA TOUR Champions tournament. The Foundation focuses on improving the quality of life in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties.
About Chevron
Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies. We believe affordable, reliable, and ever-cleaner energy is essential to enabling human progress. Chevron produces crude oil and natural gas; manufactures transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and additives; and develops technologies that enhance our business and the industry. We aim to grow our oil and gas business, lower the carbon intensity of our operations and grow lower carbon businesses in renewable fuels, carbon capture and offsets, hydrogen and other emerging technologies. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
About PURE Insurance
Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) Insurance is a property and casualty insurance company designed exclusively for successful, responsible families. We opened for business nearly 20 years ago with the goal of offering something different in the insurance space: a company focused on doing what’s right for our membership (policyholders), one that promotes transparency and alignment of interests, and delivers greater value. Today, with a membership of more than 100,000 individuals and families, we are the most awarded insurer in our category, offer coverage in all 50 states that includes high value homeowners, automobile, collections, watercraft, personal excess liability, fraud & cyber and flood.
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About PGA TOUR Champions
PGA TOUR Champions is a membership organization of professional golfers age 50 and older, including 34 members of the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Tour’s mission is to provide financial opportunities for its players, entertain and inspire its fans, deliver substantial value to its partners, create outlets for volunteers to give back and generate significant charitable and economic impact in tournament communities. Follow PGA TOUR Champions online at PGATOUR.com, at facebook.com/PGATOURChampions, on Twitter @ChampionsTour and on Instagram @pgatourchampions.
All events are televised in the United States, with most receiving complete coverage on Golf Channel, the exclusive cable-television partner of PGA TOUR Champions. Tournament programming is available via 25+ TV linear partners in 145+ countries and territories, with 25 channels carrying long-form and/or highlights coverage, and 200+ hours of live coverage distributed in 135+ countries and territories. Programming is also available via the OTT platform GOLFTV powered by PGA TOUR in every market outside of the United States, excluding China and Korea, with live coverage distributed in 130+ countries and territories.
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