LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The PGA Tour’s ISCO Championship is coming to Louisville next year. Proceeds made from the tournament will go toward the Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute.

What You Need To Know

  • The 2025 ISCO Championship will be played at Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville

  • For this tournament, the PGA Tour has partnered with the Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute. Proceeds from the tournament will go to the institute

  • The Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute supports families and patients who have diabetes

  • The institute has several programs for its patients and conducts research. The proceeds from the tournament will help to continue building some of those programs

The institute was established about 10 years ago and is part of the Norton Children’s Hospital.

Its purpose is, “to provide support for families and for patients who are suffering with diabetes and to be able to manage them differently from birth all the way through the lifespan,” said Lynnie Meyer, the chief development officer of Norton Healthcare.

As the program has grown, it’s been able to focus on sports health, research and perinatal care.

“The research agenda is so important as we think about a cure for diabetes,” Meyer said.

Thanks to a partnership with the PGA Tour, the institute will continue building those programs.

Professional golfers will gather at Hurstbourne Country Club for the 2025 ISCO Championship. The golfer who wins will get 300 FedEx Cup points, a winner’s exemption on the PGA Tour, and get to play in the PGA Championship. The Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute will be the beneficiary of the tournament’s proceeds.

“Hurstbourne, ISCO Industries, the PGA Tour and now the Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute is a dream team to make this a huge staple in the Louisville community,” said T.R. Hollis, the ISCO Championship tournament director.

The decision to partner with the institute was based on the impact it’s had on the community.

“Seeing what they’ve done and seeing what they’ve been able to do, working with them and partnering with them was a no-brainer,” Hollis said.

“We’re just so excited to have the tournament here in Louisville and have it benefit the Wendy Novak Institute and really looking forward to a three-year collaboration and continuing to raise awareness about the work of the institute,” Meyer said.

In 2021, 38.4 million people in the U.S. had diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. In that same year, diabetes was determined to be the eighth leading cause of death in the country.

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