ASTROS GOLF FOUNDATION CELEBRATORY LUNCHEON HONORED CHARITABLE EFFORTS FROM THE 2025 TEXAS CHILDREN’SHOUSTON OPEN

The Astros Golf Foundation distributed over $5.7 million to charities on Tuesday.

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HOUSTON, Texas – The Astros Golf Foundation held a celebratory luncheon to honor and recognize all the charitable fundraising efforts of the 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open, the largest fundraising event supporting the Astros Foundation. Over $5.7 million was given back to the greater Houston community on Tuesday afternoon in Union Station at Daikin Park.

The charitable gift-giving of the event included the following –

$500,000 to the City of Houston, $500,000 to Memorial Park Conservancy and $500,000 to First Tee of Greater Houston.

The Birdies for Charity Program presented by OXY was highlighted, raising $1.75 million for charity in 2025. The three highest-fundraising charities of 2025 Birdies for Charity presented by OXY were recognized. The highest fundraising charity was Cy-Hope, the second highest was New Life Adoptions and rounding out the top three was OneGoal-Texas.

The Texas Children’s Houston Open is the single-biggest fundraiser for the Astros Foundation, and the beneficiary of the funds raised through the tournament are invested back into the community through multiple nonprofits and organizations that support the Astros Foundation pillars. A check for $2.5 million was presented to the Astros Foundation.

“Today was a great celebration of the 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open,” said Giles Kibbe, President, Astros Golf Foundation. “One of the key missions of the Astros Golf Foundation is to provide much-needed resources and to give back to our great community here in Houston. Today we are able to celebrate all the great organizations the tournament was able to support in 2025.”

Since 2019, the Astros Golf Foundation, through the Texas Children’s Houston Open, has distributed over $23.4 million back into the Houston community, supporting a variety of community initiatives and nonprofits.

The volunteers that help make the Texas Children’s Houston Open run were also recognized. 2,023 total volunteers dedicated over 45,400 hours to tournament work in 2025. The following volunteers were honored with special recognition – Jen Ordeneaux, Captain of the Year, John DeFranco, Volunteer of the Year and Volunteer Chair of the Year, Nina Darby. 

ABOUT TEXAS CHILDREN’S

Texas Children’s, a nonprofit health care organization, is committed to creating a healthier future for children and women throughout the global community by leading in patient care, education and research. Consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas and among the top in the nation, Texas Children’s has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthroughs in pediatric and women’s health. The system includes the Texas Children’s Duncan NRI; the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin families. The organization also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. For more information, visit www.texaschildrens.org.

ABOUT THE ASTROS GOLF FOUNDATION

The Astros Golf Foundation was formed in 2018 after Houston Astros Owner and Chairman Jim Crane agreed to take control of the long-standing Houston Open tournament. The Astros Golf Foundation was established with three key objectives: to ensure that the PGA TOUR event remained in Houston; to bring the tournament back to its glory and into the heart of the city; to provide much-needed resources and funds to the citizens and community of Houston through park improvements, charitable fundraising, and investment in youth programs.

The Astros Golf Foundation’s goal is to make the Houston Open a premier tournament on tour by engaging more fans, creating memorable experiences beyond the game of golf, enticing a competitive field of elite golfers to compete annually, and delivering up to $90 million annually in a positive economic impact to the city of Houston.

To bring the course up to PGA TOUR standards and provide improvements for the general public to enjoy, in January of 2019, the Astros Golf Foundation began work on a $34 million renovation of the Memorial Park Golf Course and related facilities. World renowned golf course architect Tom Doak oversaw the renovation with consultation from golf superstar Brooks Koepka. In 2020, for the first time in 57 years, the Houston Open was held in the heart of Houston at Memorial Park Golf Course.

In addition to completely rebuilding the golf course, the renovation included the creation of an environmentally sustainable water re-use and irrigation system that utilizes captured storm water for golf course irrigation, a re-designed and expanded driving range with a two-tiered hitting structure, a new maintenance facility, construction of a short course for First Tee participants, a new STEM education center for kids, and a new tennis complex.

As stewards of the Houston Open, Jim Crane and the Astros Golf Foundation are committed to growing the Houston Open, celebrating the game of golf, and serving the community and the people of Houston.