Pressel starts charity event

Former Scot to host event for cancer at St. Andrew’s Country Club

Published December 20th, 2007

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Nineteen-year-old LPGA Tour phenom Morgan Pressel announced the formation of the Morgan and Friends Fight Cancer Tournament, to be held at St. Andrew’s Country Club in Boca Raton Jan. 6-7, 2008.

The event will honor Pressel’s mother, the late Kathy Krickstein Pressel, who lost her fight against breast cancer when Morgan was just 15 years of age.

All of the net proceeds from the inaugural pro-am style event will benefit the Lynn Cancer Institute’s Breast Cancer Center at the Boca Raton Community Hospital, where Kathy was treated during her courageous battle with the illness.

“I wanted to form an event that not only honored my mom, but also helped to raise awareness and funding for breast cancer research and the overall fight against this terrible illness,” Pressel said.

Pressel, who earlier this year became the youngest player in history to win a Major championship when she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship at age 18, will be joined for her first annual Morgan and Friends event by LPGA stars Paula Creamer and Brittany Lincicome, as well as PGA Tour standout Luke Donald.

“With the help of my many great friends at St. Andrews Country Club where I live, and the support of IMG, Paula, Brittany, Luke and all of my great corporate partners at Ralph Lauren, Callaway Golf, Audemars Piguet, Kapalua Resort and Gemesis, we have truly put together a special couple of days,” said Pressel. “Our family and friends lost an amazing woman in my mother, and I am determined to do whatever I can to prevent the same thing from happening to others.”
For more information about the Morgan and Friends Fight Cancer Tournament, contact 561-628-5929.