Highland Springs Country Club host successful Price Cutter Charity Championship

Last week Ozark Turf Association members, Superintendent Jared Brewster, assistant superintendent Caleb Seidel, second assistant, Gavin Arnold and their staff hosted a successful outcome to the 31st Korn Ferry Tour, Price Cutter Charity Championship. The Price Cutter Charity Championship is one of the original and longest running tournaments on what was originally called the Ben Hogan Tour. First contested in 1990 as the Greater Ozarks Open, it has always been held at Highland Springs Country Club. This year’s winner was Max McGreevy with a score of 267 (21 under par). They must have avoided that front left pin placement on # 16?

Jared and his crew had plenty of support from other Ozark Turf Association members and Partners. The Ozark Turf Association (you, our members), provided dinner for the crew on Monday night, pasta and salad from our local Pasta Express restaurant. On Tuesday night, dinner from Subway was provided by OTA Gold Partner, Professional Turf Products, our Toro dealer. Pizza Hut was Wednesday’s feast provided by OTA Gold Partner, GreensPro, one of our fertilizer and chemical suppliers. We did have some discussions about how hot the wing sauce was on the medium wings, and we were a little scared of the “special limited time sauce”, the medium wings were a little warm, but the special sauce had hints of teriyaki sauce, quite nice. On Thursday it was Gold Partner, VanWall Golf, our John Deere dealer, who provided dinner of BBQ from Whole Hog Cafe’. On Friday night, Gold Partner, Advanced Turf Solutions, another of our fertilizer and chemical providers, provided Jersey Mike’s Subs, if only I had saw the numbers on the boxes, I would have ate all the # 13’s. “The Original Italian”. I did successfully stay away from any turkey, I didn’t need that tryptophan before mowing fairways. On Saturday afternoon, the clubhouse at Highland Springs provided dinner, and we might just have to see if we can get the same menu for our annual education day and meeting on January 13th, 2021, (so you might want to plug that date into your calendar now).

The Ozark Turf Association members who helped the Highland Springs Crew consisted of new Ledgestone superintendent Kolby Armbruster, and his intern Anton Rhodes, Mark Slaughter from GreensPro and his wife Paula, Andy Klein from VanWall Golf, Past President and Fremont Hills C.C. superintendent Sam Richart and he brought his two boys to help fill divots, Austen Gearhart of Advanced Turf Solutions, and Ozark Turf Association Secretary/Treasurer, Horton Smith Golf Course Superintendent, Melvin Waldron III, CGCS. Hopefully when the 2021 tournament is announced, everyone will put it on their calendar and make plans to help out. The food alone is what gets me to signup.

Thanks for reading!

Mel