Spring 2024
By Robbie Merritt
Photography by Bryce Vickmark
Jimmy Fund Golf presented by Mohegan Sun marked another ace year in 2023, with an array of dedicated tournament directors, sponsors, and supporters across the country raising more than $6.8 million for The Dana-Farber Campaign. Through more than 140 tournaments and events, participants proved that everyone can make a difference in Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund’s lifesaving mission to defy cancer.
It was a particularly exciting time to be involved with the program, as 2023 also marked the 75th anniversary of the Jimmy Fund itself. Since 1983, funds raised through Jimmy Fund Golf have turned groundbreaking research into lifesaving treatments for adults and children with all forms of cancer.
“Jimmy Fund Golf is essential to the impact our larger Jimmy Fund community has had on cancer research and care at Dana-Farber over the last 75 years,” says Suzanne Fountain, vice president of the Jimmy Fund. “The funds raised from the fairways have directly moved the needle closer to a world without cancer.”
Learn more about all 2023 tournaments.
| 2023 Milestone Anniversaries | |
|---|---|
| Paul Dowd Jimmy Fund Golf Classic | 40 |
| Rybacki Memorial Invitational | 30 |
| Woonsocket Little League, Jim Carr Memorial Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament | 30 |
| Dana-Farber Driving to a Cure Golf Classic | 20 |
| Berkshire County Jimmy Fund Glow Ball Golf | 15 |
| Elsie Osman/Esther Cressotti Memorial Golf Tournament | 15 |
| Harry C. Flessas Memorial Golf Tournament | 15 |
| Tom Cosenzi “Driving for the Cure” Charity Golf Tournament | 15 |
| Jason Forget Memorial Jimmy Fund Golf Tournament | 10 |
| Putting for Patients | 10 |
| Andy Rosenbruch Memorial Golf Tournament | 5 |
| Golfing for Gabi | 5 |
| J.E.T. Charity Golf Tournament | 5 |
| 2023 Top Fundraising Tournaments |
|---|
| $1,000,000+ |
| Expect Miracles Foundation |
| $500,000+ |
| Store Development Jimmy Fund Classic |
| $400,000+ |
| Bob Parsons Memorial hosted by Shem Creek Capital |
| $300,000+ |
| DefinitiveCares Charity Golf Tournament |
| $275,000+ |
| C&S Charity Golf Outing/Tee Up for Kids® |
| $225,000+ |
| John R. Svenson Classic |
| $175,000+ |
| Making Gray Matter Golf Classic |
| $150,000+ |
| Basile Family Memorial Golf Tournament |
| Napier Financial Jimmy Fund Golf FundrAIZer |
| Rybacki Memorial Invitational |
| Tom Cosenzi “Driving for the Cure” Charity Golf Tournament |
| $125,000+ |
| Hyannisport Jimmy Fund Classic |
| Links Fore Liam |
| PSG Open: Play For Purpose Tournament |
| Swing Fore Pink |
| $100,000+ |
| Dana-Farber Driving to a Cure Golf Classic |
| The Jimmy Fund WMass Classic |
| Jimmy Memorial Golf Tournament |
| Nicholas R. Collins Memorial Tournament |
| Women’s Cancers Classic |