• The women of the PGA Tour Wives Association give back — and get their hands dirty — one city at a time"]
Kate Rose, 32, wife of Justin: "For 20 years, members of the PGA Tour Wives Association have gone from city to city helping out where we can. While our husbands play that week's event, we volunteer in soup kitchens, help Habitat for Humanity build homes, stack boxes at food drives. We dive into a project. It's not a hobby. It's a mission. We're aware of how lucky we are financially, and this gives us a sense of normality and real purpose in this bubble world. It lets us bond and give something back. It's an incredible feeling to throw a mock shower for abused women who go to a shelter in the middle of the night with only their children and the clothes they have on. There's more to the world than hotels and golf. Justin, and other husbands, pitch in sometimes, but when they're there, it's not about signing autographs. They have to work!"
Amy Wilson, 31, wife of Mark: "Golfers are so giving. The Tour Wives have raised about $4 million over the years. One of the most moving moments was going to New Orleans after Katrina. I remember seeing numbers spray-painted on every kind of building — homes, gas stations, restaurants — with black paint. A "12" meant that 12 people had been found dead there. We went to homes and found wedding rings and photos. We gutted an elderly woman's flooded home so that it could be rebuilt and found her marriage certificate drenched in water. It feels good to get your hands dirty and give back to the communities that make the Tour events possible. They support us, and we support them right back." NEXT SLIDE
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