It Should Be Illegal to Have This Much Fun
The first annual CEOpen is now history, but if the past is any reflection of the future, it will be one big present to corporate Kansas City and, more importantly, to some worthwhile charities in our community.
Some of Kansas City’s best executive golfers gathered at Prairie High-lands June 6 for the CEOpen Executive Golf Tournament. The result was some outstanding golf—and some that wasn’t, well, so outstanding, a great time of fellowship, and $62,500 being raised for three local charities.
The Grand Champion was the team from Ameristar Casino, while INTRUST Bank claimed second place. We had some outstanding indiv-idual golfers, as was evidenced by our Men’s and Women’s Medalists, Bryan Norton and Jennifer Westphal, respectively.
Half of the net proceeds were donated to the American Cancer Society as the primary beneficiary, while the other half was divided evenly between the charities of choice of the two winning teams—the Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City and the Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute. Ameristar pleasantly surprised us all by matching their $12,500 to create a $25,000 cash gift to the Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City.
The tournament could not have been pulled off without an army of volunteers. We owe them a debt of gratitude.
Enjoy the following pages and relive “The Experience,” recognize“The Winners,” discover “The Benefactors” and thank “The Sponsors.”
If you didn’t get a chance to join us this year, it’s time to make plans now to be a part of 2006 CEOpen. If you did, we hope you’ll share your encouragement with your colleagues and be back next year.
Joe Sweeney
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Chief Executive Officer
Greg Graves
Ingram’s Magazine Burns & McDonnell