Raising Millions for Charity, And Even More for Golfers - washingtonpost.com

Raising Millions for Charity, And Even More for Golfers - washingtonpost.com: "Raising Millions for Charity, And Even More for Golfers

By Joe Stephens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 5, 2007; Page A01

The AT&T National golf tournament beginning today at Congressional Country Club is the latest creation of a philanthropic conglomerate that Tiger Woods has built into one of the largest athlete's charities in the nation.

Like most PGA Tour events -- but unlike most other professional sports -- the Bethesda tournament is structured as a fundraiser hosted by an independent charity, in this case the Tiger Woods Charity Event Corp."