[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3539]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

 Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the 40th 
anniversary of the first playing of the Memorial Tournament, ``the 
Memorial'', at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, OH. Jack 
Nicklaus, a golf legend and Congressional Gold Medal recipient, founded 
the Memorial in 1976. Jack wanted to bring an annual PGA tour event to 
Central Ohio and named the tournament ``the Memorial'' to recognize a 
person or persons, living or deceased, who have contributed to the game 
of golf with honor.
  The Memorial has been a significant benefit to charitable 
organizations. For example, Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, 
OH, has received over $14 million from the Memorial. In honor of that 
support, the hospital renamed its neonatal intensive care unit, NICU, 
as the Memorial NICU in 2006. The Memorial has also helped other 
organizations, such as the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research 
Institute, the First Tee of Central Ohio, Shriners, and many more. The 
Memorial provides a significant economic development impact to the 
central Ohio region with an estimated $35 million annually toward the 
economy.
  I am honored to have attended the Memorial to see firsthand its 
impact in the community. I would like to congratulate all who were 
involved in making the first 40 years of the Memorial a 
success.

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