Leaderboard: Round 3 at TPC Boston

It’s been more than two years since he has won. He has tinkered with his game, altered his grip, as the search for the player who sat atop the world continues.

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In a newly announced partnership that promises to revolutionize how fans consume the game, the PGA TOUR has partnered with AWS as it looks to modernize the way golf content is created and distributed. The AWS partnership comes at the perfect time as the TOUR grows its global media services. A range of AWS services will be utilized in this new media landscape to simplify content delivery, create new digital experiences, and provide enhanced access to archived broadcast footage and highlights. "We are excited to utilize AWS media services to further enhance new and existing innovative services for our fans," said Scott Gutterman, the PGA TOUR's Senior Vice President, Digital Operations. "Features like Every Shot Live and TOURCast will now be powered by AWS, which will allow for a more streamlined process and overall better product for our fans." There's more. As the Official Cloud Provider of the PGA TOUR, this partnership will make it easier to tag and log historic PGA TOUR media assets. Nearly 100 years of content will now be easily accessible to help the TOUR and its media partners enhance its broadcast and digital content quickly and efficiently from around the globe. AWS will help the TOUR store real-time and historic content that will give fans and media access to content dating back to the 1928 Los Angeles Open. This "data lake" will contain video, audio and images that AWS technology will tag for easy cataloging. This will help the TOUR and its content partners search, review, annotate and package new content and give them instant access to key moments in the TOUR's history. "Our hope is to one day give fans access to all of this content to provide them with a deeper and richer enjoyment of our sport," Gutterman said. To round out the partnership, AWS will become a Trustee of First Tee, a youth development organization supported by the TOUR that reaches more than 3.7 million youth across the United States and select international locations each year, helping them build their strength of character through the game of golf. "Growing and diversifying our fan base is a top priority for us," said PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan, "and thanks to the collaboration and innovation from AWS, people will have more ways than ever to experience the game of golf, while personalizing our content to engage with the tournaments and players they support." This is just the start of a new era for the PGA TOUR, its fans, and communities worldwide.

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For Brian Gay, it was a very quick decision. A nondecision, really. In November, following his fifth career PGA TOUR win at the Bermuda Championship, Gay received a congratulatory letter from the Thunderbirds - host organization of this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open - saying they would be making a donation to the charity of his choosing. Gay and his wife, Kimberly, immediately thought of Camilo Villegas, a four-time TOUR winner. Villegas - a University of Florida product, like Gay - and his wife, Maria, had recently laid their daughter, Mia, to rest. Mia was just 22 months old. Not long after her passing, the Villegas family started a foundation in her name, Mia's Miracles. "Our hearts go out to Camilo and Maria," Gay said, "and our family wanted them to feel supported in their journey of persevering and making a difference in the world - through Mia’s memory." The best efforts of the doctors at the Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami couldn't save Mia, who was diagnosed with high-grade glioneuronal tumors on her brain and on her spine last March. "It’s tough to describe, obviously, the love you feel as a parent," Camilo said to PGATOUR.COM's Helen Ross in November. "And then when you started interacting with her and she’s just giving you so much love and energy, it’s awesome. "That’s why I’m actually so thankful about not playing golf during those months. You know, my shoulder (injury) happened for a reason. ... It's not what we wanted, but, hey, I got to enjoy Mia for 22 months. If I would have been playing golf, you know how our schedules are, busy and crazy." Mia died on July 26. Her parents, though, are determined that Mia's life will have meaning beyond the 22 short months and two hours that the toddler spent on this earth. The mission of Mia's Miracles is to provide small blessings with large impacts, bringing smiles and positivity to children and families facing challenging circumstances. Mia's Miracles very first fundraiser, Mia's Morning Walks, raised over $80,000 with the support of friends around the world. In addition, their Grant a Christmas Miracle initiative raised another $20,000 to provide children and families in Colombia, where Maria and Camilo were both born, with a memorable Christmas. "I’m sad, of course," Maria said. "I have days where it’s so hard and I miss her physical presence all the time, but I know I’ll be OK. I know we’ll be fine, and I know we’ll just honor her name. "That’s our mission now." To learn more about the mission, please visit www.mias-miracles.org.

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