GP M.A.D.E. Foundation 8th Annual Par 3 Golf Tournament

THE 8TH ANNUAL GP M.A.D.E. FOUNDATION PAR 3 INVITATIONAL was held on May 18 at The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Missouri. The event welcomed 216 golfers and featured John Anderson of ESPN as special master of ceremonies. Hosted by Hall of Fame Coach Gary Pinkel and his wife, Missy, the invitational remains one of the Foundation’s premier fundraising events.

HK’s Lake of the Ozarks Open

THE 47TH ANNUAL HK’S LAKE OF THE OZARKS OPEN brought together golf enthusiasts, sports celebrities and fundraisers on June 7–8, benefiting Lake Regional Health System. Held at The Lodge of Four Seasons and The Club at Porto Cima, the event featured a scramble golf tournament, a benefit party, and appearances by the honorary chair, former NFL player Bill Maas, along with numerous NFL and NHL alumni. Originally founded to support local healthcare, the tournament raised more than $225,000 this year for Lake Regional Health System.

Food on the Fairways

There is one part of golf most golfers have mastered and it’s not putting or chipping, it is food and beverage on the fly and of course the postgame recap in the 19th hole. Food is an important part of golf with rounds lasting four to five hours you are going to need to fuel that beautiful swing. The Lake of the Ozarks offers some of the best food on the fairways. Keeping your stomach and cooler full on or off the course is not a problem at the Lake.

What the Waters Remember THREE LIVES, THREE CENTURIES, ONE AMERICAN STORY

As America marks its 250th birthday this year, the spotlight falls on the places where the nation was born — the cobblestones of Philadelphia, the harbor at Boston, the fields of Yorktown. But the Revolution had a western edge that history has nearly forgotten, and it ran right through the river valleys now lying beneath Lake of the Ozarks. The Osage Nation’s trading network was the economic spine of Spanish Louisiana when Spain joined the colonists against Britain — and it was Osage country being fought over at the westernmost battle of the Revolutionary War, won on the Missouri frontier in 1780.