private exhibition with Woods and clubhouse credentials to the World Challenge. The team that raises the most money will get pro-am spots in the three PGA Tour-sanctioned events for 2015.

The first event is May 27 at Cascata in Las Vegas. Other courses are Congressional, Merion, Trump National in New Jersey, Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Pelican Hill in Newport Beach, Calif., Innisbrook in Florida and Myopia Hunt north of Boston.

Most of the courses are private, including Myopia Hunt outside Boston, which hosted the U.S. Open four times between 1898 and 1908 and produced three of the highest winning scores in U.S. Open history.

The series was announced three weeks ago, and 31 donors already have signed up for Merion, where the U.S. Open was played last yeardon’t think we’re going to have that problem.”

MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Jarrod Lyle made an emotional return from leukemia when he played in Australia in December. Now, the two-time cancer survivor is getting ready to try out his game in America.

Lyle has committed to play three times on the Web.com Tour in July and Augusta, starting with the Midwest Classic near Kansas City, Mo., the last week in July.

The 32-year-old Australian has a major medical exemption. When he returns to the PGA Tour, Lyle will have 20 events to earn $ 283,825 and reach the equivalent of No. 125 on the money list in 2012, the year he suffered a recurrence.

MASTERS DEGREE: Graeme McDowell watched the final round of the Masters, just like millions of other viewers.

He was among