Capital One’s “The Match” was a unique celebrity golf game that pitted two legends against two legends. Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley teamed up with golf legend Phil Mickelson to play against Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry and future Football Hall of Fame inductee Peyton Manning
The Match is set to make a hugely positive impact on historically black colleges and universities after raising $4.4 million for HBCUs:
Curry has been an especially huge proponent for HBCUs in recent years, as evidenced by a massive contribution he recently made to Howard University.
Last year, Michael A. Fletcher of ESPN’s The Undefeated reported that Curry, who attended Davidson, provided Howard with six years of funding to launch Division I men’s and women’s golf programs.
The 32-year-old is a skilled golfer who has played in many celebrity tournaments. He was also given a sponsor’s exemption to play in the Korn Ferry Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic in 2017.
The Match has become a highly anticipated golf event in recent years, as Mickelson and Tiger Woods went one-on-one in the original Match in 2018.
That was followed by The Match: Champions for Charity in May, in which Woods and Manning faced Mickelson and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady.
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