First Kansas City Golf Classic A Huge Success

            Bill Tracy and Tab White                     Wish Teen Jeffrey and his painting

     Winning team from ClaimSolution       Fox4's Karli Ritter serves as auctioneer

Great weather, a great golf course and a great turnout all added up to a great time at the inaugural Kansas City Golf Classic tournament on Monday, June 30th.  UnitedHealthcare was the signature sponsor of the event, which was held at the Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate.

33 teams teed off under bright blue skies, and 80 degree temperatures made a perfect day to be out on the links.  The teams that signed up as tournament sponsors played for more than pride.  The team with the best score would qualify for the Sponsors Champions Challenge, and take on the winning Make-A-Wish teams from the Springfield Golf Classic and the St. Louis Golf Classic.  The Champions Challenge will be held September 12th and 13th at the Porto Cima Golf Club in the Lake of the Ozarks.  And the winning sponsor team from Kansas City is-- ClaimSolution!

A live auction was held following the 18 holes of golf, and one of the highlighted items was a special painting done by Wish Teen Jeffrey.  Jeffrey is a very talented artist who is donating 12 paintings to Sir Elton John.  Sir Elton will hang the paintings in the AIDS clinics that he runs in Africa.  To learn more about Jeffrey's artwork and his donations to Make-A-Wish and other charities, click here to visit his website.

We offer a very special thanks to UnitedHealthcare's Bill Tracy and tournament chair Tab White from McCown Gordon for their tireless efforts to make the tournament such a success.  We are already planning next year's outing, so start lining up a foursome for the event!

The Make-A-Wish Foundation®

presents

Monday June 30th, 2008

Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate

Overland Park, KS

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AS A SPONSOR

OR A FOURSOME FOR THIS TOURNAMENT!

Call (816) 889-9474 for more information! 

Format:

Four-person scramble

Schedule:

9:30am- Registration and Continental Breakfast

10:30am- Shotgun Start with Lunch on Course

4:00pm- Dinner, Awards and Live Auction

Contests: For men and women

Longest Drive

Closest-to-the-pin

Hole in One Competitions

…and Much More!

Golf Committee Chair: Tab White, McCown Gordon

Logistics Chair: Rebecca “Becca” Sherer, Prudential Carter-Duffey REALTORS

Auction Committee Chair: Erin Kirby

Special Thanks to the

2008 Kansas City Golf Classic Sponsors:

Presenting Sponsor:

 Wish Granters:

Wish Partner:

ClaimSolution

Deloitte & Touche

Firebaugh Construction

Shawnee Mission Medical Center

Western Construction Group

Hole Sponsors:

 Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice

Bayer HealthCare

Bukaty Companies

Clark Enerson Partners

Haake Companies

Henderson Engineers

HRH/The Resource Group

Lexington Plumbing

Lockton

McCown Gordon

Beverage Sponsors

McInnes Group

Yeretski & Maher

Hole In One Sponsors

Becca Sherer/Prudential Carter-Duffy Realtors

Love To Travel

Champions Challenge Sponsor:

Sponsorships available at various levels now!

Call Jennifer Diaz at (816) 889-9474 for more information!