Charitable Initiatives
Since 2005, the TOUR has joined with PGA TOUR players and corporate partners to raise millions of dollars for military home-front groups that provide critical programs and services to meet the specialized needs of wounded warriors and military families.
There are many ways to participate in our Birdies for the Brave Charity Event:
Sponsorship Opportunities
Golf Tournament Team or Individual
Donate Auction Items
Purchase Dinner Tickets
Donate Food & Beverage Items
TPC Southwind is proud to support Birdies for the Brave®, a national initiative dedicated to honoring and showing appreciation to the courageous men and women of our United States Armed Forces, First Responders, and their families.
Birdies for the Brave was created in 2004 to raise funds for combat-wounded veterans. Thanks to the vision and the passionate support of PGA TOUR players, tournament fans, volunteers, TPC club members and corporate sponsors, Birdies for the Brave has grown exponentially across the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions and Korn Ferry Tour.
The program has always encompassed a broad spectrum of military outreach and appreciation activities conducted during PGA TOUR tournaments, as well as a series of fundraising events hosted at partner properties – an effort that has raised much-needed funds for military home front charities which have provided direct services for military members, veterans, and their families ranging from financial aid and rehabilitation programs to housing, counseling and educational scholarships and career development and recruitment.
In 2024, Birdies for the Brave was proud to broaden and expand our programming and support to include First Responders and their families and a broader scope of qualified charitable organizations.
Birdies for the Brave® supports qualified 501(c)(3) organizations that provide a wide variety of programs and services supporting military members, first responders and their families. The organizations the program supports are selected in a joint effort by PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR tournaments and our TPC network, and are vetted and approved by PGA TOUR Charities, Inc.
- Folds of Honor
- Special Operations Warrior Foundation
- Homes for Our Troops
- Navy SEAL Foundation
- Operation Homefront
- Military Warriors Support Foundation
- Green Beret Foundation
- United Through Reading
- K9s For Warriors
- Operation Shower
- Move United
- Next 18
Giving back to our communities has always been at the heart of the PGA TOUR and the TPC Network– coming to life through our charitable mission of “Together, Anything’s Possible.” In fact, the PGA TOUR founded the TPC Network with their philanthropic goals in mind.
To support the PGA TOUR’s charitable initiatives, TPC Southwind is honored to host several Charity Golf Outings throughout the year. Please see below for a list of Golf Outings held at TPC Southwind.
- St. Jude
- Mid-South Food Bank
- Agape
- Young Life
- Bramlett FCA
- Make-A-Wish Foundation
- Bennie Minor First Tee
- National Kidney Foundation
- PKD Foundation
- Hours for St. Jude
- Chickasaw Boy Scouts
- Lipscomb Pitts
- Tennessee Golf Foundation