Louisville, KY (April 28th, 2025) - This year’s HOPE for Heroes event had a field of 14 teams and 82 players at Woodhaven Country Club. The event was a six-person 18-hole scramble format.
The champion team included Mark Kinsey, Matt Kinsey, John Perdue, Jeff Clark, Brandon Kaelin, and Brandon Sanner with an impressive score of -17 under par (55).

PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) is a program run by PGA of America Golf Professionals that introduces golf to Veterans and Active Duty Military to improve their physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being. This free 6-8 week curriculum is led directly by certified PGA of America Golf Professionals who have been trained specifically to administer this program. PGA HOPE has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which allows PGA HOPE to be used as a form of therapy through direct referrals. PGA HOPE, active in every U.S. state, encourages Veterans and active military to register, graduate from the program, and join a community of people who can relate to each other on many fronts. Across the entire U.S. in 2024, PGA HOPE served 17,000 Veterans across 550+ locations, with an average of 20 participants per program, and added 150 new locations. PGA HOPE Kentucky relies on events like this to help fund and grow the program to reach more veterans across all of Kentucky.
 

Learn more general information about PGA HOPE as a whole here. Learn more about PGA HOPE Kentucky here. For more information about PGA HOPE Kentucky or ways to support it, reach out to Foundation Coordinator Kara Madden, kmadden@kygolf.org.

Click here to view the final results.

Click here to view the photo gallery.

The Kentucky PGA Section extends its gratitude to Woodhaven Country Club and the facility’s entire staff for their assistance in conducting this event.

About the Kentucky PGA Section:

The Kentucky PGA (KPGA) is one of the 41 sections that comprise the PGA of America.  Formed in 1925, the Kentucky PGA has a professional membership of more than 325 men and women professionals across the Commonwealth of Kentucky, each of whom is dedicated to promoting the game in Kentucky.
The Kentucky PGA is dedicated to the promotion of the game of golf and providing ongoing education and professional development of Kentucky PGA Professionals.  Kentucky PGA Professionals are responsible for conducting a variety of golf-related functions, which include general management, golf instruction, tournament operations, golf shop merchandising, junior golf programs, golf club repair, and much more.  KPGA is a founding member of Golf House Kentucky, the umbrella organization that manages Kentucky’s Family of Golf Organizations.
The PGA of America is an organization made up of more than 30,000 PGA of America Golf Professionals, each of whom is dedicated to promoting the game. The PGA has the responsibility to impact the traditions and history of golf on the future caretakers of the game. The PGA of America, the Kentucky PGA, and its member golf professionals are recognized as the leaders in the world of golf today.

Media Contact:

Skylar Thornton | Golf House Kentucky | sthornton@kygolf.org