Notah Begay

Notah Begay III is a four-time PGA Tour winner and current golf analyst for NBC Sports and The Golf Channel. As the only full-blooded Native American to play on the PGA Tour and in addition to winning four PGA Tour tournaments, Begay became the third player in the history of professional golf to shoot a 59 in a professional event, and partnered with good friend Tiger Woods in the 2000 President’s Cup.

Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Begay attended Stanford University earning a degree in Economics receiving All-American Honors three times and leading the golf team to a National Championship in 1994.

When Begay is not on the golf course, he dedicates his time to positively impacting Native American communities. In 2005, Begay launched the Notah Begay III (NB3) Foundation. The Foundation works to reduce childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes among Native American youth. In addition, Begay owns a golf course development firm and works exclusively with Native communities to develop world-class golf properties. Begay is also Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KivaSun Foods.

Begay was named one of Golf Magazine’s Innovators of the Year in 2009 for his philanthropic work through the NB3 Foundation and was named one of the Top 100 Sports Educators in the world by the Institute for International Sport. In 2012, he received the Charlie Bartlett Award from the Golf Writers Association of America for his contributions to philanthropy and his community work through the NB3 Foundation. In August 2012, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation honored Begay and the NB3 Foundation with the Steve Patterson Award for Excellence in Sports Philanthropy.