Charitable Initiatives

The FORE! Miler presented by the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and The James is an annual community run/walk event that celebrates the kickoff of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. The event also serves as a fundraiser that highlights and benefits the alliance between the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Stephen and Ayesha Curry's Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation. The FORE! Miler has become a signature event of the Memorial and has established itself as one of the premier four-mile running events in Columbus, welcoming over 2,000 runners/walkers each year to Muirfield Village Golf Club and Dublin, Ohio. The 2026 FORE! Miler will take place on Thursday, May 28 at 7PM. Click here to register.

The Legends Luncheon is a unique, award-winning fundraiser that brings to life the alliance between the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. All proceeds of the Legends Luncheon directly benefit the young patients and families that Nationwide Children’s compassionately serves each day.

For a $1 donation, patrons are invited to visit the putting green outside the Volunteer Center in support of Nationwide Children's Hospital through Play Yellow. Patrons will be able to meet special patient guests throughout Tournament week and put their putting skills to the test!

Each bear sold through the Bears for Nationwide Children's program supports the Memorial Tournament Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and local programs that align with the missions of Nationwide Children's and the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation through an alliance with the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation. Click below to meet Maltbie, the 2026 bear!

Returning in 2026 – the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday’s disc & foot golf course is back at Dublin’s Riverside Crossing Park. The nine-hole course is located in the park’s expansive lawn area and encourages participants to support the Tournament’s philanthropic mission with “Play for a Purpose” QR codes posted throughout the course. Featured charitable partners include Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Eat. Learn. Play.

Fore!Fest 2026 net proceeds will benefit three organizations doing incredible work to help children in Central Ohio and beyond: Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Eat. Learn. Play. and the Crawford Hoying Foundation. Fore!Fest is a two-day street and music festival featuring food truck, beverages, live music and more at Bridge Park.

All tips received at concessions and golf shops throughout Tournament week are donated to Play Yellow and will be distributed and assigned to various initiatives within Nationwide Children’s Hospital. In addition to the Tip-Up Challenge, patrons are encouraged to wear yellow on Sunday, June 7 for the Yellow Out.