SOUTH BEND, IN – The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and Four Winds Casinos have announced that the 2025 Four Winds Invitational will be held at South Bend Country Club from Friday, August 1 through Sunday, August 3. This year’s Four Winds Invitational will offer a $225,000 purse for the players and the proceeds from the tournament will be donated to Beacon Children’s Hospital. The tournament is also seeking 150 volunteers for morning, afternoon, and evening shifts of all three days of the tournament. The Four Winds Invitational is part of the Epson Tour schedule, which entered its 45th year of structured competition in 2025 and is the most established women’s qualifying tour in the world as the one “Road to the LPGA.”
“The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and our Four Winds Casinos are very excited to announce the dates for the 14th edition of the Four Winds Invitational,” said Matthew Wesaw, Tribal Council Chairman of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan and Indiana. “We are proud to once again partner with the LPGA’s Epson Tour to shine a spotlight on the City of South Bend, which resides within a small portion of our ancestral homeland. Over the last 13 years, we’ve donated nearly $1.1 Million to Beacon Children’s Hospital using proceeds from the tournament, and we couldn’t be more proud that these funds have been used to acquire life-saving equipment to better serve patients and families in the South Bend community.”
“The Four Winds Invitational is one of the most important sporting events of the summer in South Bend, attracting top talent from around the world, as well as raising funds for Beacon Children’s Hospital,” said Mary Smith, COO of Four Winds Casinos. “We are pleased to continue our sponsorship of the tournament and partner with the award-winning South Bend Country Club to make the 2025 Four Winds Invitational our best tournament yet.”
“We are very honored to once again be selected by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and its Four Winds Casinos to host the 2025 Four Winds Invitational,” said Greg Helmkamp, Head Golf Professional of South Bend Country Club. “As we prepare to host the tournament for our fifth time, we would like to thank all of our members as well as the past volunteers for their support. With the event growing in popularity every year, we are going to need even more volunteers than in years past.”
Volunteers are needed to fill a variety of roles including assisting with scoring duties and serving as building attendants, caddies, cart drivers, driving range attendants, food and beverage servers, marshals and spotters, parking attendants, standard bearers, shuttle drivers, and more.