Luke Donald To Play At Mardy Fish’s Golf Fundraiser

Former world No. 1 golfer Luke Donald will join U.S. Davis Cup captain Mardy Fish at the 2020 Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation Golf Fundraiser Monday, January 13 at the Windsor Club in Vero Beach, Florida.

The annual event is one of the major fundraisers for the Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation. It is a non-profit foundation that benefits at-risk children in Indian River County.

Other players participating in the event include European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley, Major League Baseball pitcher Rick Rhoden of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees,  pitcher Tim Wakefield of the Boston Red Sox, Vero Beach resident and former Los Angeles Dodger Rick Monday, former tennis star, two-U.S. Open semifinalist and two-time Davis Cup champion Cliff Richey and former ATP-ranked tennis player Thomas Blake.

Fish is a fantastic gofer. After playing golf with Fish, Golf legend Jack Nicklaus said, “I have never seen anybody with as nice a golf swing and as good a golf game that doesn’t play it professionally, or as a top amateur. I was flabbergasted how good Mardy was.”

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Andy’s Reads – Billionaire Federer and Sharapova’s Confidence

In 2004, people were saying Roger Federer didn’t have enough sponsors.  Now he is on his way to becoming tennis’ billionaire (tennis.com)

Stefanos Tsitsipas injures dad during on-court tantrum (NY Post)

Five-time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova has been struggling and didn’t make the cut for the Australian Open main draw. But she was confident she would get a wild card (LWT)

A lot of players are leaving Nike.  Borna Coric, Maria Sakkari, Caroline Garcia, and the list continues (Tennisfansite.com)

Abraham Asaba’s case illustrates the tough life for players in tennis’ minor league (Marketwatch)

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