I am excited to announce that I will be participating in the Carolina Cup! This event will raise money for the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation, AJGA's Liberty National ACE Grant Program, and the HV3 Foundation.

This event brings together 24 young men from North Carolina and challenges them to raise $2,000 for charity. We compete in a Ryder Cup-style event as a reward for raising charitable dollars. Since 2010, this tournament has raised over $700,000 for charities like CureSearch for Children's Cancer, the Carolina's Golf Association, The First Tee of Sandhills, Wounded Warrior Project, and the AJGA's ACE Grant Program.

Through this event, I will raise money to support research and development of cures for childhood diseases that affect many young children, in partnership with the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation. The most accomplished golfer of all time, Jack Nicklaus, founded the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation for one simple reason: to help kids!

We will also be raising money for the HV3 Foundation. Harold Varner III is the driving force behind making sports accessible to all juniors. I have had the pleasure to compete in the past HV3 Foundation Boys’ Invitational, and I will be playing in the HV3 Foundation Queen City Junior this August. My goal is to raise $3,000. Thank you for any support you can lend!

To contribute online, please click the link below to donate.

Emerson Vaughan - Carolina Cup

To contribute via check, please make out to "AJGA - Carolina Cup" and send to:

American Junior Golf Association
1980 Sports Club Drive
Braselton, GA 30517

(Please include my name in the memo line)

Thank you for your consideration,
Emerson Vaughan