McManus to host world's biggest charity golf event
Howard Lake | 25 June 2005 | News
Irish financier and philanthropist, JP McManus, is hosting the world’s most lucrative charity golf event on July 4th and 5th at Adare Manor in County Limerick. Held every five years, the last JP McManus Invitational Pro-Am raised ‚€20 million for local charities.
This year the event, which will be attended once again by golfing superstars such as Tiger Woods, Stuart Appleby, Padraig Harrington and Mark O’Meara, culminates in what its organisers describe as the biggest private party ever thrown in Ireland.
1,100 invitations have been issued to professional and amateur golfers, who include some of McManus’s closest friends in the financial world. Apart from a few charity teams that have raised ‚€10,000 to enter, 56 amateur teams are paying ‚€100,000 to play.
Advertisement
McManus’s philosophy is to help those who help themselves, so even the charity teams who managed to raise smaller amounts can, via a qualifier, where individuals paid just ‚€20 to enter, have a chance of playing alongside Tiger Woods.
The post golf party and auction is also an important part of the fundraising with a painting of McManus and his friends celebrating an Istabraq win going for ‚€1.4 last time.
Most recent estimates put McManus’s personal wealth at ‚€730 million.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.