Welcome to the Bruce Edwards Foundation

The Bruce Edwards Foundation for ALS Research is dedicated to finding treatments and, ultimately, a cure for ALS.  We are a nonprofit organization and all money raised goes to organizations and medical facilities dedicated to ALS research.  Our primary beneficiary is the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland.  The Bruce Edwards ALS Celebrity Golf Classic is the major fundraising event of the Foundation.

Since the first Bruce Edwards ALS Celebrity Golf Classic in 2005, more than $5.5 million has been raised for ALS research.  Celebrity golfers regularly participating in our event over the years include PGA golfers Tom Watson, Andy North, Jay Haas, and Paul Goydos; NCAA basketball coaches Gary Williams, Roy Williams, and Jim Calhoun; former NBA great Sam Jones; New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Tom Friedman; and Washington Post journalist and author Bob Woodward.

Our story

In April 2004, Bruce Edwards, longtime friend and caddy of PGA golfer Tom Watson, died from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease."  Bruce actively worked on the Tour until just a few months before his death, and became the subject of the best-selling book Caddy for Life, written by renowned sports journalist John Feinstein.  

After Bruce's death, Feinstein and Watson joined forces to create The Bruce Edwards Foundation for ALS Research, which provides fund to medical research facilities dedicated to slowing the progression of and finding a cure for ALS.  The Foundation and its primary fundraiser, The Bruce Edwards ALS Celebrity Golf Classic, fulfill a promise made to Bruce by Tom to help find a cure for this fatal disease.

To date, the Foundation has raised more than $5.5 million for critical research at the Packard Center at John Hopkins University as well as other ALS research facilities.  Our efforts will continue until a cure is found, and we appreciate the support of the celebrities, sponsors and players in our fundraising tournaments, and the network of local partners who donate to our Foundation.