Help support the Morgan Pressel Foundation, which helps fund breast cancer research and prevention throughout the month of April. Leading up to Mother’s Day on May 8th, Odyssey Golf will be featuring in-store merchandising promoting the Foundation at more than 1,000 U.S. golf retailers to help encourage golfers to make a donation at www.morganandfriends.us. On Mother’s Day, Odyssey will also be making a $50,000 donation to the Morgan Pressel Foundation.
The 22-year-old Pressel is a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour and has been an Odyssey and Callaway (which owns Odyssey) Staff Professional since turning pro in 2006. “I’m very grateful to Odyssey for donating to a cause that is very important to me,” Pressel said. “Mother’s Day is a special time for women of all ages, but it’s also an opportune time to remind them how important it is to have regular check-ups on their health.”
Pressel lost her mother Kathryn to breast cancer in 2003. In 2008, she started the Morgan & Friends Fight Cancer charity tournament, which benefits the Lynn Cancer Institute in Boca Raton, Florida. This year’s tournament raised $502,000 to fight cancer and support cancer treatment and research centers. In four years, the event has raised more than $1.7 million, which resulted in the Kathryn Krickstein Pressel Mammovan, a mobile early detection vehicle that makes getting a mammogram easier.