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Wednesday, August 19, 1998
Rafter earnings for charity
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SYDNEY, Aug 18: Patrick Rafter secretly donated half of his prize money for winning last year's US Open to help sick children in his home state of Queensland, Australia.Rafter, who has hit peak form by winning two tournaments in the past fortnight as he prepares to defend his title this month, gave away half of his $ 650,000, according to his mother Jocelyn Rafter. The money was used to build a games room for terminally ill children she told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. today. Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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