PlayforHer is a women’s college golf initiative dedicated to honoring those who have fought, are fighting, or may one day fight breast cancer.

Over the past three years, the women’s college golf community has come together to raise more than $620,000 for life-saving breast cancer research—helping advance innovative treatments while sharing the powerful stories of the women who inspire us every day. Since its inception, more than 300 student-athletes have participated in PlayforHer.

This year, the players competing at the Stanford Intercollegiate are proudly playing for Christine Romer.

A 2002 graduate of the University of California, Christine was a four-time letter winner on the women’s golf team. She went on to pursue her MBA at Pepperdine University, but just two weeks into the program, at the age of 28, her life changed forever when she was diagnosed with Stage 3B metastatic breast cancer.

Christine faced a grueling journey that included a mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, and five years of hormone suppression.

And she never stopped fighting.

Today, Christine has been in remission for 15 years. She serves as a UCSF Breast Oncology Advocate and on the Department of Defense breast cancer research panel. She lives in Florida, where she works as an LPGA teaching professional and certified yoga instructor.

Christine is a survivor. And this year, we PlayforHer.

We invite you to join us by making a flat donation or by pledging an amount for every birdie your favorite team—or the entire field—makes throughout the tournament.

Because every birdie is more than a number on a leaderboard.

Every birdie represents hope.
Every birdie represents progress.
Every birdie represents a commitment to changing lives.

Together, we can help fund the research that gives more women the chance to write their own survivor story.

This years funds will be awarded to Dr. Melinda Telli at Stanford Breast Care Center. She is working to change what a breast cancer diagnosis means for the next generation; her research is focused on aggressive and hereditary forms of breast cancer that often affect young people more than any other age group.

Follow our journey: https://www.instagram.com/_playforher/

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