OTA Member Scott Welsh Honored

Scott Welsh, golf course superintendent at Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Course, Springfield-Greene County Park Board, and Ozark Turf Association member, was honored at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame winter sports luncheon on December 16, 2025.

Welsh was recognized as part of the “Filbert Five” 2025 men’s team for excellence in basketball.  Scott played basketball along with other sports at Willard High School in Willard, Missouri.  The Filbert Five is named in honor of Gary Filbert (MSHOF Legend 2011), who was a successful basketball coach before assisting legendary Missouri Tigers coach Norm Stewart and then founding the Show-Me State Games.

Welsh was a three-time All-State selection for Willard High School for coach George Wilson (MSHOF 2008), earning Second Team honors in 1990 and First Team honors in 1991 and 1992.  In all, he scored 1,899 points on varsity.  Along the way, he helped the Tigers win the Blue and Gold Tournament in 1991, and place third in the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions a year later.  That was a fitting part of his time with Wilson, who had coached his dad, Ed, at Fair Play and coached his brother , Steve, on Willard’s 1988 state third-place team.  Welsh went on to a career in grounds, mostly as a golf course superintendent.  He has worked at Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Course in Springfield for the past five years.  Previously, he worked 10 years at Green Hills Country Club in Willard and was at Island Green Golf Club in Republic for a decade.  He got his start at Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club in Bolivar, learning under Ronnie Harmon.  He also worked grounds for the Willard School District.  Welsh and his wife, Angie, are parents to Syler, a senior at Willard High School.

Thank you to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame for supplying the article.