# McManus to host world's biggest charity golf event

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/06/25/mcmanus-host-world039s-biggest-charity-golf-event/
- Published: 2005-06-25T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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.

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.

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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.

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