Since the Hawaii inception of the MasterCard Championship at Hualalai in 1997, the tournament has made a significant economic and charitable impact on Hawaii's Big Island community. Since the tournament's inception nearly $500,000 has been donated to various island charities, including the Rotary Club of Kona, Kealakehe High School and Big Island Junior Golf programs. Charitable donations from the tournament have helped support the complete turf renovation of the Kona Soccer fields and public park facilities in Kailua-Kona, create a girls Pom Pom squad at the high school, and most recently, acquire state-of-the-art equipment for the local Kona hospital to diagnose and detect kidney stones.

Big Island local charities are the big winners at the MasterCard Championship at Hualalai.