2020 Challenge

It wasn’t pretty, but we made it.

On November 15th, the Traynor Family walked the 18.5 miles between our two usual event venues to help fund cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. We can’t thank all our donors enough for the incredible support. Thank you all for helping us surpass our fundraising goal in such spectacular fashion!

The Challenge

Friends of the organization know we have two favorite places to host events for The Bud Traynor Memorial Fund: Bethpage State Park Golf Course and the beach at Port Washington Estates.

In both 2017 and 2019, the Traynor family walked the 18 miles from the beach to the first tee of the Red Course to raise funds to fight cancer. Each time, the walk took about 6 hours and some heavily bruised feet, but we did it. You all supported us with generous donations that went straight to the Research team at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Last year we thought, ‘That walk was harder than the last one - thank God 2020 is a golf tournament year!"

Damn you, 2020 - we had to walk again.

Thanks to all who supported The Traynor Family as we walked on November 15th from PWEA Beach in Port Washington to the first tee of the Red Course at Bethpage, click the link below.  All the funds we raised will be sent straight to the research team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Googlemaps says it’s 17.5 miles (google doesn’t know about the construction detours ;)

Bernard “Bud” Traynor
1934-2003

Bud Traynor was a man who simply loved his life.

Happily married for 36 years, with two grown children, Bud was a kind and generous man who liked nothing better than being surrounded by friends and family - a group that included pretty much everyone he’d ever met. His enthusiasm and joie d’vivre were infectious: it was difficult to avoid a smile when he was telling a joke or describing how he finally - FINALLY- had solved the problem with his golf swing. 

It's in dedication to Bud’s lifelong passion for the game that we have established The Bud Traynor Classic tournament in his memory.  Tournament events are played every two years.  And on the 'down' years, we do what Bud did in his down time: grill and spend time with friends.

The Bud Traynor Memorial Fund

The Bud Traynor Classic is an annual fund-raising event for the The Bud Traynor Memorial Fund, Inc., a 501( c)3 organization.

The Fund is a non-profit group that is dedicated to providing financial support to organizations on the leading edge of cancer treatment and research.

The goal of the fund is to aid in the search for a cure for cancer and to improve the quality of life of those living with the disease. The Fund and the tournament have been established in memory or our cherished friend Bernard "Bud" Traynor who lost his battle with lung cancer on February 26th, 2003.