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 29 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 playing in 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
June 12-15, 2025	U.S. Open	37	290	+10	12	8
May 29-June 1, 2025	the Memorial Tournament	T5	286	-2	18	7
May 22-23, 2025	Charles Schwab Challenge	cut	144	+4	5	15
May 8-11, 2025	PGA Championship	T33	284	E	12	12
May 8-11, 2025	Truist Championship	T60	281	+1	13	11
April 17, 2025	RBC Heritage	T3	270	-14	20	8
April 10, 2025	The Masters Tournament	T32	289	+1	15	14
April 3, 2025	Valero Texas Open	T3	283	-5	12	13
March 27, 2025	Texas Children’s Houston Open	T32	272	-8	17	17
March 13, 2025	The PLAYERS Championship	cut	153	+9	6	15
March 6-7, 2025	Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill	Cut	153	+9	8	12
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: 256

Maverick’s Road Ahead

Travelers Championship

June 16-22, 2025

Cromwell, CT

Maverick’s 2021 Finish: T30

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, 6,841-yard course situated on a bluff overlooking the Connecticut River. It boasts a tough finishing stretch from holes 15-18–the 15, 16 and 17th holes all play around a four-acre lake. One of the signature holes here is the par-3, 171-yard #16, which features a forced carry over water to a narrow green with a lot of slope.

Genesis Scottish Open

July 7-13, 2025

North Berwick, Scotland, UK

Maverick’s 2022 Finish: T-16

Renaissance Club is situated beside the historic village of Dirleton, three miles from North Berwick, and a forty minutes drive from Edinburgh. Though the club’s course was designed by American architect Tom Doak, opened in April 2008, and significantly revised in 2014, it is not an American-influenced course in Scotland, but a tribute to Scottish golf that was created by Americans. The club’s site was unusual because it featured 300 acres of pine trees, which required 8,500 tons of wood to be cleared. One of the signature holes is the 204-yard #9, a beautiful uphill par-3 that plays northeasterly with the North Sea setting the background. The walk up to the green where the North Sea and Fidra Island come into view is breathtaking.

The (British) Open Championship

July 14-20, 2025

County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Founded in 1860, The Open Championship is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. The winner is named “the Champion Golfer of the Year”. The Open is always played on a coastal links golf course. The terrain is open, often without any trees, and primarily shaped by nature, rather than ‘built’. Hosted this year by Royal Portrush Golf Club’s Dunluce LInks, and it is considered to be one of the best courses in the world.

The Royal Portrush Golf Club was founded 137 years ago in 1888. One of the signature holes is the par-4, 382-yard #5. It is a relatively short downhill par four with a dogleg to the right. It has no bunkers but a heavily undulating green perched on the edge of a large drop down to the beach and has views across the White Rocks beach, and the Dunluce Castle.

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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