Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® (CMNHospitals.org), a charity that raises funds for 170 children’s hospitals across North America, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year and 2010 FedEx Cup champion Jim Furyk announced today a new incentive program for Miracle Birdies supporters.

Miracle Birdies, a fundraising program in which individuals, groups and sponsors can make a monetary pledge for each time Furyk makes a birdie during his tournament play in 2011, is now offering an ongoing incentive for individuals to donate to their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital to help save children’s lives. One TaylorMade R11 Driver will be given away each week that Furyk is signed up to play on the PGA Tour between now and the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic in October. The drawing will take place after Furyk tees off the week of each applicable tournament.

In addition, a grand prize trip for two to the Tour Championship by Coca Cola, Sept. 22 to 25, including airfare, accommodations and VIP tickets to the FedEx Cup final in Atlanta, will be awarded on Monday, Sept. 6. To be eligible for all giveaways, individuals can make a donation to their local children’s hospital by visiting www.MiracleBirdies.com. Donors who signed up for the Miracle Birdies program prior to the introduction of the incentive program will still be included in the drawings. Terms and conditions apply; visit www.miraclebirdies.com for details.

“Jim Furyk continues to be a strong voice in encouraging his supporters to raise funds to help save the lives of children at our children’s hospitals,” said John Lauck, president and CEO of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. “This incentive program will create even more excitement around the Miracles Birdies program and further motivate individuals to get involved in this important cause.”

The 2011 Miracle Birdies campaign, which launched in April at the Heritage PGA TOUR golf tournament, will continue throughout the 2011 golf season. Once signed up, individuals are billed for birdies made by Jim Furyk during PGA Tour-sanctioned events. For example, if an individual pledges $0.50 per birdie and Furyk reaches his 2010 birdie count of 268 birdies, the individual’s entire donation would amount to $134.