PGA Tour Wives Upset Husbands In Wiffle Ball Classic

Despite spotting their husbands five runs in the top of the first inning, the PGA Tour wives clamped down on defense and put up two runs in the final inning to take the Third Annual Wiffle Ball Classic on Tuesday night, 13-12. You can be sure they’ll gloat about the victory for a year, until the next McGladrey Classic takes place.

It didn’t help that local hero Matt Kuchar played left-handed and popped into a double play. But the goal of the night was to have fun, and that mission was accomplished, especially by the dozens of kids who also ran around on the field.

The charity game was run by the PGA Tour Wives Association and held at Frederica Academy, a few miles away from the Sea Island Golf Club at which the PGA Tour will play the McGladrey Classic this week. The money raised from the event goes to Blessings in a Backpack, an organization that gives food to impoverished children so they have plenty to eat on weekends when they’re not in school.

A total of $20,000 was raised this year. Here are some sights and sounds from the game:

The Wiffle Ball Classic has begun! Help us cheer on the @PGATOUR players, @PGATOURWives & Youth! #LoveTheMcGladrey pic.twitter.com/0nHBCyb0eS

— McGladrey Classic (@McGladreyClssc) October 21, 2014

And she’s SAFE! We’re having fun at the Wiffle Ball Classic with @pgatour players, @pgatourwives and youth! #LoveTheMcGladrey

A video posted by McGladrey Classic (@mcgladreyclassic) on Oct 10, 2014 at 2:47pm PDT

Inside the #PGATOUR dugout at the 2014 Wiffle Ball Classic, where TOUR players take on the @PGATOURWives for charity. pic.twitter.com/VDelNOvnJP

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 21, 2014

Matt Kuchar bats lefty (and pops into a @PGATOURWives double play) at the #WiffleBallClassic. #PGATOUR pic.twitter.com/6LAPYzD9aR

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) October 21, 2014

.@ZachJohnsonPGA at the annual @PGATOURWives Wiffle Ball Classic @McGladreyClssc. ##PGATOUR pic.twitter.com/QXFKCSdzzC

— PGA TOUR Media (@PGATOURmedia) October 22, 2014

Martin Laird an interested spectator in this photo @PGATOURWives Wiffle Ball Classic. #PGATOUR pic.twitter.com/AtQNDsIQjs

— PGA TOUR Media (@PGATOURmedia) October 22, 2014

And the @pgatourwives win! It was a close game at 13-12! #LoveTheMcGladrey

A photo posted by McGladrey Classic (@mcgladreyclassic) on Oct 10, 2014 at 3:46pm PDT

Great time at 2014 Wiffle Ball Classic with @PGATOURWives! $20,000 raised for @BlessinBackpack! #LoveTheMcGladrey pic.twitter.com/GGNgCQmLbj

— McGladrey Classic (@McGladreyClssc) October 21, 2014

@McGladreyClssc @PGATOURWives thanks for the wonderful event and for everything you do for @BlessinBackpack!!!

— BlessingsInABackpack (@BlessinBackpack) October 22, 2014

Fun had by all at the annual @PGATOURWives Wiffle Ball Classic @McGladreyClssc. #PGATOUR pic.twitter.com/vQlkSwQa3j

— PGA TOUR Media (@PGATOURmedia) October 22, 2014