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

$647,000.00+

$ PER BIRDIE

$266+ PER BIRDIE

DONORS

37 DONORS

BIRDIES

176

BIRDIES

Maverick’s ROAD AHEAD

RBC Heritage

April 12-18, 2021, Hilton Head Island, SC
The Harbour Town Golf Links at the Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island has hosted the RBC Heritage since 1969, its entire existence. The Harbour Town course, which frequently appears on several "Best Courses" lists, was designed by famed golf course architect Pete Dye, with assistance from Jack Nicklaus. Harbour Town Golf Links, a par-71, 7,099-yard course is considered relatively short for a PGA Tour event, but has challenging, tight fairways and small, slick Bermuda greens.

Zurich Classic of New Orleans

April 19-25, 2021, Avondale, LA
Dating back 83 years ago to 1938, the Zurich Classic is hosted by the 7,400-yard, Par-72 TPC Louisiana. Designed by Pete Dye in consultation with tour professionals Steve Elkington and New Orleans-native Kelly Gibson, it stretches over 250 acres of wetlands along the Mississippi River Delta. The golf course layout incorporates stately stands of cypress and oak trees with plenty of water hazards and over 100 bunkers. The signature hole is the par-5, 18th hole--water is in play for the entire right side of the hole.

Wells Fargo Championship

May 3-9, 2021, Charlotte, NC
The Wells Fargo Championship will be hosted by the Par-71, 7,625-yard Quail Hollow Club. Quail Hollow was designed by golf course architect George Cobb. Opened in 1961, Quail Hollow and has undergone a series of improvements, including modifications of several holes by Arnold Palmer in 1986, and a redesign by Tom Fazio in 1997, 2003, and from 2014 to 2016 in preparation for the PGA Championship. Additionally, Quail Hollow is known to have one of the PGA Tour's tougher finishes with holes 16, 17, and 18 commonly known as the "Green Mile".

2020-2021 PGA TOUR RESULTS


DATE	TOURNAMENT NAME	POS	SCORE	TO PAR	BIRDIES	FEDEX CUP RANK
March 18-19, 2021	Honda Classic	CUT	146	+6	8	49
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

PLEDGE 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.