The Providers
• 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."