Eagles for St. Jude
Eagles for St Jude was a program created in 2007 by the Stanford Financial Group when it paid to become the title sponsor of the St. Jude Classic, the annual PGA golf tournament held in Memphis. The program ended when Stanford Financial Group was seized in February 2009, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission finding that Stanford was operating a "massive Ponzi scheme", defrauding clients and investors of millions of dollars. During the short period that Stanford sponsored the St. Jude Championship, the Eagles for St. Jude program donated $1,500 for every eagle recorded on the PGA tour.