JDC’s Birdies for Charity set to fly by $200M mark in giving

If the Quad Cities’ tradition of generosity holds, this could be the year that the revered John Deere Classic’s Birdies for Charity program surpasses $200 million in charitable giving. 

As hundreds of volunteers hustled around TPC at Deere Run in Silvis and the golf pros and other tournament officials began arriving earlier this week, Birdies’ Director Micaela Booth smiled as she called the pre-tournament preparations a…