An Update About the 2025 Tournament
Same Foundation, Greater Impact
This year, HNC Living Foundation is taking a new approach to maximize the impact of every dollar raised. Instead of hosting our annual golf tournament, we’re focusing on what matters most — helping head and neck cancer patients get the care they need.
We’re inviting you to keep the spirit of the tournament alive by playing a round of golf in their honor — anytime, anywhere. Without the expenses of hosting a formal event, more of your generosity goes directly to funding vital patient programs, from medical treatments to transportation, dental care, and beyond.
If you feel inspired, we encourage you to make a gift in place of a registration fee. Every donation will have an even greater impact this year.
Join us in driving change for head and neck cancer patients.
No need to save the date — just hit the course, celebrate the cause, and make a difference.
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
