Golf Tournament
The Maskat Shrine Hospital Golf Tournament is played annually on the 3rd Friday in April each year with a Calcutta taking place the preceding night. The tournament includes three flights with prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each flight.
The first tournament began in 2001 after Illustrious Past Potentate Don Wright suggested to then current Potentate Terry Huff that a golf tournament might be a good way for Maskat Shrine to have a fund raiser for the Shrine Hospitals. Potentate Huff approved this and appointed Don Wright the Gold Chairman. At that time we did not know what to expect, but we had high hopes.
From the very beginning, we have aggressively solicit area businesses to support this tournament. During play Sausage Wraps are provided, and there is a meal for the players after the tournament. Falls Distributing has always donated very nice prizes. Area car dealers continue to make sure that there are cars to be won by anyone fortunate enough to get a hole-in-one on selected holes. Every year more and more businesses purchase hole sponsor signs, and the list of our corporate sponsors continues to grow.
Through the efforts of Maskat Shriners and their Ladies, the generosity of area businesses, and the support of the Wichita Falls golfing community that first tournament was a big success. Each year it has continued to grow and become even more successful. It has become a very popular and fun tournament and provided Maskat Shrine the opportunity to donate more money to the Shriners Hospitals for Children.