Morgan Pressel being honored for her work in fighting breast cancer

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Morgan Pressel has been selected to receive the Charlie Bartlett Award from the Golf Writers Association of America, given to a professional for unselfish contributions to the betterment of society. 

 

She is being honored for the Morgan Pressel Foundation that is aimed at fighting breast cancer, which claimed her mother, Kathryn Krickstein. 

 

Pressel has two victories, including a major, and earned just under $6 million in her career. In six years, her foundation has raised more than $3.4 million. It also has led to Kathryn Krickstein Mammovan, which operates out of Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Florida and travels throughout the county to provide affordable breast exams for those who might not be able to afford it. 

 

Two years ago, the hospital's Lynn Cancer Institute opened the Morgan Pressel Center for Cancer Genetics to study individual risks for developing certain cancers with hereditary links. 

 

"Carrying out the mission of the Morgan Pressel Foundation is a team effort, and an honor like this would not be possible without the hard work of many, especially my family and my community at St. Andrews Country Club," Pressel said of her home course in Boca Raton. "The work that my foundation does in the area of breast cancer is very meaningful to me on a deep, personal level." 

 

She will be honored April 8 in Augusta, Georgia, at the GWAA's annual awards dinner.