Ozark Turf Association Announces Their 2024 Meeting Schedule

The Ozark Board of Directors would like to announce the 2024 meeting schedule. We will be posting these events on the website calendar over the next few weeks with more details, costs, and recognizing our meeting partners who support these events. This support allows us to keep costs reasonable for our members to network with each other.  Mark your calendars, plan your work on your course around these dates and we hope to see as many of you attending as possible. 

January 18th – Education Day/Annual Meeting – Highland Springs Country Club, Springfield Missouri.  Providing .35 GCSAA education points, we have speakers and meet with our partner/vendors.  Lunch is included. 

 February 23rd  – Bowling Meeting – Enterprise Lanes, Springfield Missouri, annual 9 pin no tap event.  Prizes, lunch on your own.                                             

 March 26th – March Meeting – Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Course, Springfield Missouri, education, lunch, and golf on a hidden Perry Maxwell designed gem.                                                         

April 25th – April Meeting – Schifferdecker Golf Course, Joplin Missouri, education, lunch, and golf on Route 66.  It celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2022.                          

 May 23rd – Scholarship and Research Outing – Silo Ridge Country Club, Bolivar Missouri.  Get your teams together and raise money for the OTA Scholarship and Research fund on one of Missouri’s favorite courses.  Lunch, golf, snacks after golf while waiting for results, with a raffle, chances for everyone to win!           

June 11th – June Meeting – Branson Hills Golf Club, Branson Missouri, play on one of the top 10 courses in Missouri that is open to public play.  Education, lunch, and golf.                                                                                                   

August 9th – Springfield Cardinals (requested date) Family Fun Night at the Springfield Cardinals, Baseball, Food, Drinks, and Fireworks, all for one ticket.  Maybe even some surprises? Rally Skunk made an appearance last year. (We requested this date, waiting for confirmation our second choice is Friday August 23rd).                                              

 August 27th – OTA Championship – The Golf Club at Deer Chas, Linn Creek, Missouri.  Head to the Lake and challenge for our annual OTA Championship, multiple flight winners.  For those that just enjoy networking and fun, scramble teams will have their own prize fund.                                                                    

October 8th and 9th – Border War – Hidden Valley Golf Links, Clever Missouri and Rivercut Golf Course, Springfield Missouri.  Help the Ozark Turf Association take back the trophy at the Border War event pitting the Kansas Superintendent Chapter vs. the OTA.  Horse Race to follow the first day of golf. Includes lunch and dinner on the first day.                                     

 December 7th – Christmas Party – Millwood Golf and Racquet Club, Ozark Missouri, enjoy dinner and drinks, and usually some fun games, while everyone catches up with the past season happenings.  Our spouse’s favorite event.