Maverick McNealy – Birdies For Education

ABOUT MAVERICK

I was born November 7, 1995 in Stanford, California, the oldest of four brothers (Dakota, Colt, and Scout). We all played ice hockey for the San Jose Jr. Sharks and competitive amateur golf.

I attended Stanford University from 2013-2017, earning a degree in Management Science and Engineering. While at Stanford, I set the school record for career scoring average (70.13), tied the school record for the number of individual wins (11), and spent 47 weeks as the world’s top-ranked amateur golfer. I also won the Fred Haskins, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus awards as collegiate player of the year, the Mark McCormack Medal as the world’s #1 amateur and the Byron Nelson award for golf, academics, and community service.

In 2017 I made my professional debut at the Safeway Open. I earned my PGA Tour card on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019, and made three top-10s on the 2019-2020 PGA Tour season en route to finishing 68th in the FedEx Cup standings.

Maverick's Blog

MAVERICK'S GOALS FOR THE 2020-2021 PGA TOUR SEASON

GOALS FOR THE 2020-2021 PGA TOUR SEASON

400 BIRDIES AND REACH $1,000,000 FOR EDUCATION

RAISED SO FAR

$722,364+

$ PER BIRDIE

$340+ PER BIRDIE

DONORS

45 DONORS

BIRDIES

235

BIRDIES

Maverick’s ROAD AHEAD

Travelers Championship

June 21-27, 2021, Cromwell, CT
The Travelers Championship has been played in Cromwell Connecticut since 1984, and since 1991 at the TPC River Highlands. TPC River Highlands is a Par-70, 6,844-yard course, and boasts a tough finishing stretch from holes 15-18. The 15, 16 and 17th holes all play around a four-acre lake.

Rocket Mortgage Classic

June 28-July 4, 2021, Detroit, MI
Hosted by the Detroit Golf Club, founded in 1899, their six-hole course turned into nine holes and later eighteen holes. Donald Ross, architect of both the North and South courses, was the highest regarded course designer of the first half of the 20th century. Hailing from Dornoch, Scotland, he spent the long off-season sketching golf holes. At 18, Ross began a two-year summer internship at St. Andrews under the legend himself, Old Tom Morris.

John Deere Classic

July 5-11, 2021, Silvis, IL
The John Deere Classic is played annually in July, the week before the British Open. TPC Deere Run is a Par-71, 7,257-yard course, on land with much history--including Native American settlements, farming, coal mining, and most recently top horse and cattle breeding ranches. The course is framed by oak trees and accented by small ponds and deep ravines, and each hole is named after the land's rich heritage. The signature hole is #16: "Mother Earth", a short Par 3 which is all carry, sitting on a bluff 40 feet above the Rock River. It is guarded on the left by Rock River, in front by a shale outcropping with a huge bunker, and to the right by another large bunker.

2020-2021 PGA TOUR RESULTS


DATE	TOURNAMENT NAME	POS	SCORE	TO PAR	BIRDIES	FEDEX CUP RANK
May 27-30, 2021	Charles Schwab Challenge	T20	276	-4	18	51
May 20-21, 2021	PGA Championship	CUT	151	+7	7	54
May 6-7, 2021	Wells Fargo Championship	CUT	146	+4	7	49
April 22-23, 2021	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	CUT	139	-5	7	46
April 15-18, 2021	RBC Heritage	T4	271	-13	20	44
March 18-19, 2021	Honda Classic	CUT	146	+6	8	56
March 8-15, 2021	Players Championship	CUT	157	+13	6	46
March 1-7, 2021	Arnold Palmer Invitational	T49	292	+4	12	42
Feb 18-19, 2021	Genesis Invitational	CUT	143	+1	9	33
Feb 11-14, 2021	AT&T Pebble Beach	2	272	-16	21	30
Jan 28-29, 2021	Farmers Insurance Open	CUT	148	+3	4	93
Jan 21-24, 2021	The American Express	71	291	+3	18	82
Dec 3-6, 2020	Mayakoba Golf Classic	T12	270	-14	24	65
Nov 19-20, 2020	The RSM Classic	CUT	146	+4	4	88
Nov 5-8, 2020	Houston Open	T20	276	-4	17	75
Oct 29-Nov 1, 2020	Bermuda Championship	T21	277	-7	16	86
October 8, 2020	Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	CUT	141	-1	5	118
October 1, 2020	Sanderson Farm Championship	T17	276	-12	25	76
September 10, 2020	Safeway Open	CUT	140	-4	7

Previous Season

JOIN ME AS WE ADVANCE THE STATE OF EDUCATION

To kick off my first season on the PGA Tour, I want to do even more to move the ball forward in education. I’ve been incredibly fortunate in my education and I believe that every student should have the benefits of a high quality education. And that’s why I’m supporting Curriki.

Curriki makes it possible for students in underserved schools to have the same high quality curriculum as the most prestigious schools. In doing so, Curriki has reached an estimated 200 million students around the world for more than 10 years and I know they’ll be able to make an even bigger impact on learning in the years to come.

I’ve been volunteering with Curriki since I was in high school, so it’s an organization that is very special to me.

Please join me in Birdies for Education!

– Maverick

DONATE AND HELP ADVANCE THE STATE OF EDUCATION

ABOUT BIRDIES FOR EDUCATION

Making a Difference in Education One Putt 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.

In 2020, I am joined by fellow Stanford Alum, Brandon Wu.