Birdies For Education

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN EDUCATION

One Birdie at a time.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MAVERICK FOR HIS WIN AT THE RSM CLASSIC ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2024!

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About Maverick

Maverick McNealy is a 28 year old professional golfer, playing his 7th season on the PGA Tour. Maverick was a former San Jose Junior Sharks hockey player through high school, where he attended the Harker School in San Jose, California. He is the oldest of 4 brothers and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada for the 20 weeks a year he is home!!

In 2013, Maverick decided that smashing drives was a better path than getting smashed into the boards on the ice rink, and earned a spot as an unranked junior golfer on the Stanford Men’s Golf team. Maybe Coach Ray had a soft spot for other hockey players, because Maverick only received one other Division 1 offer to play before Stanford! In four years, he earned a B.S. in Management Science and Engineering and eleven collegiate victories, tying a program record…

Maverick’s Next Goal is Another $1M

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A few of the amazing things Curriki has done this year are:

Birdies has raised $1.467M so far.

The Impact of Your Generous Contributions

I couldn’t be more excited to be starting my 7th season on the PGA Tour.

My goal this season is 400 birdies! I made 464 last season.

Making a difference in education is something the Curriki team and I are very passionate about, and we wouldn’t be able to make this impact without all of your generous contributions of all sizes.

2025 PGA Tour Results

	Tournament Name	POS	SCORES	TO PAR	BIRDIES	FEDEX CUP RANK
February 13-16, 2025	Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill	–	–	–	–	–
February 13-16, 2025	Genesis Invitational	2	277	-11	21	7
February 6-9, 2025	Waste Management Phoenix Open	T9	270	-14	20	25
January 30-February 2, 2025	AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am	T40	280	-8	18	32
January 22-25, 2025	Farmers Insurance Open	T52	293	+5	14	24
January 9-12, 2025	The Sony Open	T45	273	-7	18	T12
January 2-5, 2025	The Sentry Tournament of Champions	T8	269	-23	27	T8

Birdies Total: 118

Maverick’s Road Ahead

Arnold Palmer Invitational

March 3-9, 2025, Orlando, FL

Maverick’s 2021 Finish: T49

Maverick’s 2022 Finish: 73

The Arnold Palmer was founded in 1979 as a successor to the Florida Citrus Open Invitational, and has been under the Palmer name since 2007. It is hosted by the Par-72, 7,466-yard Bay Hill Club & Lodge. Bay Hill was the first golf course planted with Tifway (Tifton 419) Bermuda grass. The Arnold Palmer Invitational is one of only five tournaments given “invitational” status by the PGA Tour, and consequently it had a reduced field of only 69 players in 2024 (as opposed to most full-field open tournaments with a field of 144 or 156 players). The finishing holes at Bay Hill are some of the toughest the PGA Tour sees all year. The 17th is a 221-yard par-three over water. The final hole is a 458-yard par-4 with a slightly blind tee shot to a wide fairway, thrilling spectators with one of the most famous last shots in golf. Beginning with the 2017 tournament, the winner receives a red cardigan sweater in memory of Arnold Palmer.

The PLAYERS Championship

March 10-16, 2025, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (home of the PGA Tour Headquarters)

Maverick’s 2022 Finish: T46

Maverick’s 2023 Finish: T60

Maverick’s 2024 Finish: T9

The PLAYERS Championship, originally known as the Tournament Players Championship, began in 1974 and currently offers the highest prize fund of any tournament in golf. The field usually includes the top 50 players in the world rankings, but, unlike the major championships, it is owned by the PGA Tour and not an official event on other tours.Despite not being a major, it has been promoted as such by the tour, dubbed the fifth major,^[5] and is often regarded as the next most prestigious tournament in golf. The Par-72, 7,189-yard Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass has hosted The PLAYERS since 1982, and it was the first of several Tournament Players Clubs to be built. It is known for its signature hole, the par-3, 137-yard 17th, known as the “Island Green,” one of golf’s most recognizable and difficult holes.

Texas Children's Houston Open

March 24-30, 2025, Houston, TX

This is a Premier Event for Maverick

The Houston Open has been played at several Houston venues over 78 years. Memorial Park Municipal Golf Course hosted The Houston Open from 1951-1963, and it returned in 2020 after a Brooks Koepka and Jim Crane inspired renovation. The Par-70, 7,432-yard course is Texas’s top-rated municipal golf course. One of the more interesting and challenging–and loudest holes–in golf is #15. This short Par-3, with a false front on the right side, a creek short and left, has a difficult narrow green to land on with not much area for a safe miss.

Due to the ongoing natural disaster in Greater Los Angeles, and out of respect for those affected, the Genesis Invitational will be contested on the South Course at Torrey Pines Golf Course.

The Par-72, 7,765 yard host course is named for the Torrey Pine, a rare tree that grows in the wild only along the San Diego and Santa Rosa Island coasts. One of the signature holes on the South Course is the Par-3, 200-yard #3, one of the shortest and hardest of Par 3’s. It has an elevated tee shot towards a green that has a ravine to the left and the Pacific Ocean long.

Maverick’s 2024 Finish: T37
Maverick’s 2023 Finish: T31
Maverick’s 2022 Finish: 22
Maverick’s 2020 Finish: 15

Originally known as the San Diego Open, the host course, Torrey Pines, is named for the Torrey Pine, a rare tree that grows in the wild only along the San Diego and Santa Rosa Island coasts.
The tournament uses both the North and South Courses for the first two rounds, and the South Course for the final two rounds.

North Course: Par-72 / 7,258 Yards
One of the signature holes on the North Course is the Par-3 #15, which offers players a spectacular view of La Jolla and the Pacific Ocean. Playing downhill this beautiful hole is protected by a bunker in front of a steeply back to front sloped green.

South Course: Par-72 / 7,765 Yards
One of the signature holes on the South Course is #3, one of the shortest and hardest of Par 3’s. It has an elevated tee shot towards a green that has a ravine to the left and the Pacific Ocean long.

Join me as we Advance
The State of Education

Making a difference in education is something the Curriki team and I are very passionate about, and we wouldn’t be able to make this impact without all of your generous contributions of all sizes. I couldn’t be more excited to get going in 2025!

A few of the amazing things Curriki has done this year are: built an interactive video player so students can engage with videos instead of passively watching them, helped build easier-to-use authoring tools for teachers with ready-made layouts and templates, and launched several partners such as Katy ISD, Baylor University, and First Tee!

– Maverick

About
Birdies For Education

Making a Difference in Education
One Birdie at a Time.

Birdies for Education was created in 2019 by PGA TOUR player Maverick McNealy to raise funds for education non-profit, Curriki.org.

Giving back. It’s what drives me to play my best game every time. Every kid deserves a solid, high-quality education and my fundraising campaign supports Curriki.org, a non-profit organization that is completely focused on making sure kids have opportunity to go anywhere and do anything they want in life. Even the PGA Tour.

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