Next tournament: May 2025

Join us for another amazing year of the HNC Living Foundation Golf Invitational, where our two-person teams enjoy a top-shelf, fast-paced golf tournament.

From the rolling greens and the premium food & beverage to the high-caliber company and level of play, guests can expect an unmatched single day tournament experience. Following tournament play, players and their guests are invited to join for a multi-course dinner, awards ceremony & chance to witness the mission of HNC Living Foundation.

Tentative Schedule

11:00 – Warm Up & Lunch on the Green
12:30 – Shotgun Start
5:00 – Cocktails & Scoring (Guests welcome)
5:30 – Dinner & Program (Guests welcome)

Questions? Interested in reserving your spot early? Contact Tori at tori@hncliving.org!

Register now to save your spot for 2025

2023 Recap and Results

We returned to Kansas City from Santa Fe, where our two-person teams enjoyed a top-shelf, fast-paced golf tournament at Oakwood Country Club. From the rolling greens and the premium food & beverage to the high-caliber company and level of play, guests enjoyed an unmatched single day tournament experience. Following tournament play, players and their guests joined for a multi-course dinner, awards ceremony & chance to witness the mission of HNC Living Foundation and breaking tournament records! With the highest attendance record since its inception, we raised a record-breaking $231,454.51! These funds will play a pivotal role in our mission to help individuals battling head and neck cancer get through their treatment and recovery.

2021 HNC Golf Invitational Recap & Results

HNC Living Foundation’s Annual Golf Invitational took play at Oakwood Country Club on September 27 – 29, 2021. The tournament proudly hosted 18, two-person teams over the two-day tournament in Kansas City. The generous donors of this event helped raised over $120,000 to help patients with their head and neck cancer. For the first time in tournament history, HNC Living Foundation was proud to host three women golfers.

Tournament Results

Team Champion: Trey Barnes and Gary Zancanelli

Individual Champion: Gary Zancanelli

Individual Runner-Up: Tom Walsh

2019 Event Recap

The High Desert Invitational Golf Tournament is a charity invitational golf tournament in Sante Fe, New Mexico with the proceeds benefiting the HNC Living Foundation Endowment Fund. Using the Stableford Scoring system, two-player teams will compete for Team Champions, Highest Individual Points, and Individual Runner-up along with skins games each day.

Team Champions: KD Christian & Bob Knighton
Individual Champion: Bill Love
Individual Runner-up: Todd Szewczyk

2018 Event Recap

Inaugural HNC High Desert Invitational raised more than $76,000 for the HNC Living Foundation Endowment Fund.

In May 2018, HNC Living Foundation hosted its inaugural charity invitational golf tournament in Santa Fe, NM with the proceeds benefitting the HNC Living Foundation Endowment Fund. Twenty-eight players filled out fourteen two-man teams and competed over two days at the picturesque Club at Las Campanas. Players in the event came from Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico.

“Our foundation continues to be contacted by patients in need well beyond our Kansas City area roots. The idea for the tournament was to expose the foundation to community leaders beyond Kansas City, explain our mission and the needs we fulfill, as well as generate some funding toward our endowment fund to help ensure our longevity,”  said Tom Walsh, co-founder and host of the event. Dubbed HNC High Desert Invitational, the name says it all; it’s an invitation-only event, hosted in the high desert of New Mexico, as Santa Fe is at 7,000 feet above sea level.

Registration fees paid by the teams covered all costs associated with the event other than travel expenses to and from Santa Fe, and generated over $76,000 in net proceeds to HNC’s endowment fund. While there, players enjoyed a reception at Teresa and Tom Walsh’s home, two glorious days of golf, a banquet at The Club at Las Campanas and an awards ceremony upon conclusion of the event on Wednesday May 16, 2018. Prizes were awarded for the Low Net Team, Low Net Individual Score, Low Gross Individual Score and skins games each day of the two-day event. In addition to the prizes, a golf trip for four to Boot Ranch in Fredericksburg, TX was actioned off generating additional funds for the foundation.

2018 HNC High Desert Invitational Results

Low Net Team Champions:
Bob Page, The University of Kansas Health System and Mike Brown, Burns & McDonnell

Low Net Champion:
Mike Brown, Burns & McDonnell

Low Gross Champion:
Kevin Ward, Mariner Wealth Advisors

2018 Event Photos