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Baptist Health Receives $50,000 Donation Through THE PLAYERS Championship
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Saturday, March 26, 2005 - Luke Donald was named this week's
CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin calcium) Charity Challenge winner for his first-place standing entering
the final round of THE PLAYERS Championship. The CRESTOR® Charity Challenge is a season-long
competition that recognizes and rewards the tournament leader entering the final round at 35 PGA
TOUR events. Through the program, now in its second year, AstraZeneca will donate $3.5 million a
year to designated health and PGA TOUR charities. At each of the selected tournaments, a $100,000
contribution will be made, supporting the PGA TOUR's
"Drive to a Billion" campaign
which celebrates
the spirit of giving that has helped the TOUR and its tournaments approach the milestone of $1 billion
dollars in charitable giving.
For Donald's performance, CRESTOR, an AstraZeneca pharmaceutical product, and THE PLAYERS Championship will
once again donate $50,000 to Wolfson's Child Hospital, part of Baptist Health. In addition, $50,000 will be
donated to the health care charity of Donald's choice. CRESTOR® Charity Challenge winners and the tournament's
designated charity will be recognized during the network or cable telecast of each tournament.
Last year, Adam Scott had the lead entering the final round of THE PLAYERS Championship. For his performance,
AstraZeneca donated $50,000 to Baptist Health and Scott donated his share to the Queensland (Australia) Cancer Fund.
"The children of Northeast Florida have scored a hole-in-one thanks to AstraZeneca," says
Larry Freeman,
administrator of Wolfson Children's Hospital. "This gift will boost our efforts to create a new state-of-the-art
pediatric catheterization lab to serve the growing needs of the infants and children in our community.
We want to thank AstraZeneca for their continued support of our children."
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