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Golfers Rally for Hurricane Harvey Victims

Related Topics: Portland Classic, Stacy Lewis

This is how it would happen in one of those feel-good, tear-jerker movies.

A professional golfer, shaken by a natural disaster in his or her hometown, pledges every dollar won from that week’s tour event toward recovery efforts. Perhaps the pro has never won on the circuit before, or maybe just not in a very long time.

And then through some combination of inspired play and Sunday drama, victory takes hold. Cut to the oversized check with the pro’s hometown on the “Pay to” line. Fade to black.

“You dream about winning and being able to donate that big check,” Stacy Lewis said before last week’s L.