The six-time PGA Tour winner will support
Sands on resort and community initiatives
LAS
VEGAS, June 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Las
Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) today announced that six-time PGA TOUR
winner Collin Morikawa is the
company's newest champion ambassador, a multi-year engagement that
will incorporate the world-class athlete into the company's
integrated resort programs and advance the mutual goal of building
strong and resilient communities with priorities on youth
development and community revitalization in areas of need.
Kicking off their joint work, Sands is donating $100,000 to the Maggie Hathaway Golf Course
restoration project in Los
Angeles. Morikawa, an LA native and honorary chairman of
FORE Youth: The 2023 U.S. Open Community Legacy Campaign, has
championed transformation of the golf course into a hub for junior
golf development. The project aims to raise $15 million to rejuvenate the nine-hole, par-3
golf course, along with its practice facility and supporting
buildings, as well as ensure long-term sustainability and youth
development programming.
Through the broader partnership, Morikawa will continue
supporting Sands at golf clinics designed to promote youth
development and leadership skills, as he has done at the Sands
Youth Golf Clinic in Macao and for
the Sands Cares Youth Empowerment Initiative in Long Island, New
York, where Sands hopes to build an integrated resort if successful
in obtaining a Downstate New York gaming license.
Sharing a commitment to community advancement, Sands and
Morikawa also will work together on revitalization programs, like
the LA golf course restoration project and Morikawa's support of
the relief efforts for the deadly wildfires in Hawaii last year.
"I've had the opportunity to work with Sands in New York and Macao, and we are very much
aligned in our commitment to leverage the sport of golf to advance
youth development and build leadership skills," Morikawa said. "But
I'm just as excited that we share a vision for creating strong
communities by addressing areas that need the infusion of resources
we can bring to the table. Working together, we will create many
opportunities for our joint community priorities."
A two-time major champion, six-time PGA TOUR winner, two-time
Ryder Cup participant and Olympian at just 27, Morikawa has matched
historical performances with one of the most genuine and relatable
personalities in professional sports.
After putting the golf world on notice in 2020, he cemented his
place in the history books in 2021. With a win at the 2021
WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession, Morikawa joined Tiger
Woods as the only players to have won a major and a WGC title
before the age of 25. After top-10 performances at both the 2021
PGA Championship and U.S. Open, Morikawa joined the exclusive club
entitled Champion Golfer of the Year with his commanding
performance at the 2021 Open Championship. This performance again
linked Morikawa and Woods, as they are now the only two players to
have won both the PGA Championship and Open Championship before the
age of 25.
At the 2020 PGA Championship, Morikawa hit one of the most
iconic shots in major championship history, en route to victory
with his sensational drive at the par-4 16th hole, which set up an
eagle that cemented his place as a major winner. His two-shot win
at Harding Park also carried historic significance, as he joined
Jack Nicklaus, Woods and
Rory McIlroy as the only
23-year-olds to win the Wanamaker Trophy.
Born and raised in Los Angeles
and now a resident of Las Vegas,
Morikawa has excelled both on the course and in the classroom as a
2019 graduate of the prestigious Haas
School of Business at University of
California, Berkeley. When not competing, Morikawa devotes
himself to spending time with his wife, dog and finding the best
eats in town.
"Collin is an outstanding partner for us on many fronts, first
and foremost because of his leadership both on and off the course,"
Sands Chairman and CEO Robert G.
Goldstein said. "Between our mutual home of Las Vegas and shared Asia roots, we intend to create a host of
opportunities to advance the priorities and causes that are equally
important to us."
About Sands (NYSE: LVS)
Sands is the world's preeminent developer and operator of
world-class integrated resorts. The company's iconic properties
drive valuable leisure and business tourism and deliver significant
economic benefits, sustained job creation, financial opportunities
for local businesses and community investment to help make its host
regions ideal places to live, work and visit.
Sands' portfolio of properties includes Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and The Venetian
Macao, The Plaza Macao, The Londoner Macao, The
Parisian Macao and Sands Macao in Macao SAR,
China, through majority ownership
in Sands China Ltd.
Dedicated to being a leader in corporate responsibility, Sands
is anchored by the core tenets of serving people, communities and
the planet. The company's ESG leadership has led to inclusion on
the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for World and North America, as well as Fortune's list of
the World's Most Admired Companies. To learn more,
visit www.sands.com.
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