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The Greater Kansas City USNA Alumni Assoc. Metro Chapter  will host a four man scramble Service Academy Ring Knocker Golf at the new revamed Prairie Highlands Golf Club in Olathe, KS on Monday, September 30, 2024. (USAFA, USMA, USNA) 

Prairie Highlands is just North of New Century Air Park off of Old 56 Highway and 151st Street in Olathe. We are inviting West Point and Air Force Academy alumni to join us too. Our objective is 40 golfers in this annual event.

West Point, Navy, and Air Force Academy alumni foursomes will compete against each other for the lowest average net score of all their service foursomes. The winner will keep the ‘local” Commander in KC Chiefs trophy (take it back from Air Force). The tournament is open to service academy alumni, parents club members, civilians, veterans, and active military. We will group branches together.

 

If you haven’t been to Prairie Highlands recently, it is different. There is white sand in all fairway and greenside bunders and the course is in excellent condition fairway to green. Great Life Golf management company took over Prairie Highlands a few years back and the course went private. A new pavilion and club house/grille are completed.

So please mark your calendar and save the date, Monday September 30. We anticiapte a noon shotgun start.  Cost will be $80 per player. Register and pay in advance here. 

Link to register and pay in advance. https://myusna.com/networks/events/100562

Additional Note: Navy League is also sponsoring the US Marine Corps (Presidents own) Band from Washington DC at the Kauffman Center downtown on Saturday, Octrober 12. The concert will be free to the public. And don’t forget Navy Week in Kansas City is coming in November around Veterans Day with some officers and crews of our namesake ships will be here. The Navy League/USNA Top Gun Challenge Golf Tournament has been moved to May 12, 2025 at Prairie Highlands. Mark your calendar now.

Thanks, and please consider participating. Go Navy!

Bob

Bob Culler ’74, Chapter President

Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter USNA AA

 

When:                        Saturday, September 25, 2021

 

Where:                       Trails West Golf Course is the Army Post Golf Course at 306 Cody Road, Ft. Leavenworth, KS.

This is inside the Army Post at Ft. Leavenworth Grant Avenue Gate. Military retirees with a valid military ID can enter the Grant Avenue gate close to the Missouri River Bridge, non-military passengers in the same vehicle just show drivers license. Non-military driving a vehicle can stop at the Visitor Control Center, just outside the gate at Sherman Ave. and get a gate pass.  Hours are 8-4 PM on Saturday. Phone number is 913 684-3600. Documents needed are a valid picture driver’s license, vehicle registration, and proof of insurance. See links:

https://www.google.com/maps/search/306+Cody+Road,+Fort+Leavenworth,+KS,+66027

https://home.army.mil/leavenworth/index.php/my-fort/all-services/gate-information

        

Time:              Check-in 45 minutes prior to YOUR tee time with a 12:30 PM start for the first tee time. Allow a 45-minute drive from the south KC metro. Tee times are not shotgun they are consecutive 10 minutes apart on Hole #1. See below for your tee time. Adjustments on players and foursomes can be made until 5:00 PM Wednesday, September 22. Golf carts are included in your $40 per person price.

 

Format:          Team scramble.  Foursomes all men players drive from the Gold tees (5783 yards, Par 71) best ball is selected for 2^nd shot. Each player hits a ball from that spot. Continue this all the way to the green and until the ball is holed. If only three players in a foursome then rotate through all three players to hit the next #4 shot, not just the best player. No mulligans. The worst score on any hole is a bogey. So bogey is your friend. Gentlemen over 65 can use the White Tees. Women can play from their Red tees.  (For reference: Blue tees 6,155; Gold 5,783; White 5,369; Red 4,676). Play toward a four-hour round as a goal. Scorecard https://www.golfadvisor.com/courses/6401-trails-west-golf-course#scorecard

 

Prize:             A Traveling Trophy based on the lowest average of all service branch foursomes scores wins. Again low average wins, of all branch foursomes. Service academies alumni societies are pitted against each other. Army West Point is the defending champion.

 

Cost:               $40.00 for each player unless a member. Pay the golf course when you arrive. Fee includes use of the range and a cart. All players please reconfirm to: Bob Culler Navy ‘74: bculler@sbcglobal.net or text 913 488-6319, Matt Blome West Point ’97 blomeml@gmail.com text 706 587-1390 or Greg Shuey Air Force ’68,gshuey@tensortech.com call 913 579-8886. Non-service academy alumni can fill in foursomes as necessary. Try to recruit your service branch if possible.

 

Lunch:            Lunch is not available for purchase at the Trails West Fairway Grille. But there will be a beverage cart with drinks and sandwiches/wraps.

 

Trophy Presentation:  At the conclusion approximately between 5:50-6:10 PM we will present the Commander & (KC) Chiefs trophy to the winner after all scorecards returned to Bob Culler, Matt Blome, and Greg Shuey.

Kansas City Metro Area Service Academy Alumni Ring Knocker Classic

@ Trails West Golf Course, Ft. Leavenworth

When:                        Saturday, July 7, 2018

Where:                       Trails West Golf Club, 306 Cody Road, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027, phone number:  913-651-7176.

The winning tabulation was the average of all service academy alumni foursomes scores:  It was very close!

Army -4.5 to par

Air Force -4.0 to par

Navy -3.66 to par

 

https://leavenworth.armymwr.com/programs/trails-west-golf-course Please allow 45 minutes to an hour driving time from the Kansas City metro. This is the Ft. Leavenworth post golf course. Army is the host.

Time:              7:15 AM Check-In, 8:00 AM 1^stTee Time, Shotgun Start (if 9 foursomes or less)

Format:          Team scramble.  Foursomes all players drive from the GoldMiddle Tees (5783 yards, Par 71) best ball is selected for 2^ndshot. Each player hits a ball from the spot of the selected drive. Best ball is selected and all players hit a shot from that spot. Continue this all the way to the green and until the ball is holed. If only three players in a foursome then rotate through all three players to hit the #4 shot, not just the best player. No mulligans. The worst score on any hole is a bogey. So bogey is your friend.Ladies can use White Tees(5369 yards). Play toward a four hour round if possible.

Prize:             ATraveling Trophy based on the average of the low gross wins. The average of all foursomes from Army, Navy, and Air Force will determine who wins the cup.  It is a team game. Service academies alumni societies are pitted against each other.  Month and year will be engraved on the trophy. Winner’s alumni president keeps trophy on display until the next outing. Army currently owns the trophy.

Cost:              $35 includes the military discount. For 0-3 military or retiree and below cost is $29.

Cost includes green fee, cart fee. Pay at the Pro Shop upon arrival, 45 min before the tee time.

Lunch:            We will provide a continental breakfast of coffee, juice, bagels, and doughnuts before tee off.  Get there early. Lunch is not provided.

Trophy Presentation:           At the conclusion between 12:00-12:30 PM we will present the Commander & (KC) Chiefs trophy to the winner after all scorecards are turned in. The CIC trophy has a USNA, USMA, and USAFA side, where the winning dates are engraved. Winner keeps trophy until the next competition.

Contact:  Bob Culler bculler@sbcglobal.net if you want to play or call 913 488-6319

The tournament was well attended with three Army, three Navy, and two Air Force foursomes participating. A total of 30 golfers played. Army narrowly won net average score of -4.3 under par, and Navy finished just one shot behind with a net average score of -4 under par. Air Force net average score was -2 under par. All three Navy   foursomes scores were averaged to get -4.

Cost was $46 per individual which includes the cart and green fee. This is the military discount weekend rate. Lunch is on your own.

See the attached bulletin for tee times, names of players in each foursome, and foursome captains in bold. The trophy presentation should happen around 1:15-1:30 PM after the completion in the bar at Dub’s Dread.

Please contact me Bob Culler  bob.culler@1974.usna.com or bculler@sbcglobal.net 913 488-6319 (cell phone) with questions, changes, or last minute appeals.

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NAVY Wins the June 2017 Commander & Chief’s golf competition. Navy edged Army by just 2.5 strokes as scores of both foursomes per side were averaged. Navy averaged -9.5 under par and Army averaged -7 under par. Air Force was -3 under par, in a scramble format, with no mulligans.

All Service Academy Parents Club Tournament was played on May 5 at Tiffany Greens. The Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association had one foursome entry. Navy won our flight

 

 

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