In 2003, created the David Toms Foundation. The foundation helps underprivileged, abused and abandoned children through funding
programs that are designed to enhance a child's character, self-esteem and career possibilities. Foundation assisted those
displaced by Hurricane Katrina, raising more $1.5 million. Since its inception, the Toms Foundation has made more than $3
million in grants. The Wall Street Journal in 2006 cited the Toms Foundation as having the lowest percentage of expenses of
any athletic foundation that gave a minimum of $600,000 to charity. Shared the Golf Writers Association of America's 2006
Charlie Bartlett Award with Louisianans Kelly Gibson and Hal Sutton for their combined $2-million plus in aid to Hurricane
Katrina and Hurricane Rita victims...Grew up playing baseball with future major leaguers Ben McDonald and Albert Belle...Helped
in re-design of Palmetto Dunes Club (Louisiana) in 1999. First David Toms signature course, Carter Plantation in Springfield,
LA, opened to the public in October 2003. Worked with Rees Jones on the 18-hole course at Redstone that is the site of the
Shell Houston Open. Also worked with Jones on the redesign of Baton Rouge CC and has a new signature course, LaTour Golf Club,
that opened in 2009 in Mathews, LA....A passionate LSU fan who spends a lot of his free time following Tigers athletics. Teammates
at Louisiana State included Bob Friend, Emlyn Aubrey, Perry Moss and Greg Lesher, former PGA TOUR members.
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