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2025 DAVID BAKER GOLF CLASSIC

September 29, 2025

Register for The Baker Golf Classic

Please join us on Monday, September 29, 2025, for the 21st annual David Baker Golf Classic. “The Baker” raises support for the SNU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. Specifically, the funds generated through this event directly support the pursuit of a degree from SNU. This year we will be playing at the beautiful Quail Creek Golf & Country Club. You will enjoy playing this outstanding golf course.

Registration begins at 10 a.m. with the pre-tournament individual competitions (putting, closest to the pin, longest drive, etc.) open until 11:30 a.m. Following lunch, a 4-person shamble launches promptly at noon. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will be awarded in 3 blind flights. You will not want to miss the David Baker Dinner and Awards Program along with a special tournament gift presentation to each participant immediately following play.

There are many ways to participate in this outstanding event. Please complete the form below. Priority registration ends September 5, 2025. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, September 29, 2025 at Quail Creek Golf and Country Club.

David Baker served at SNU from 1964 to 1974 as Coach and Athletic Director. His influence and leadership created an indelible personal impact on athletes and ushered in the expectation of excellence in small college sports at SNU. Read Dr Larry Mills’ account of the difference Coach Baker made in his life. 

The Baker 2025 Tournament Sponsors

Corporate Sponsors

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True Solutions logo
Chairma Design Group logo
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Dr. Paul logo (Presentation)

Flight Sponsors

Driving Contest Sponsors

 

Putting Green Contest Sponsors

Golf USA, Lloyd and Pam Rains

Closest to the Pin Contest Sponsors

Marchant Family Foundation

JOURNEY COUNSELING CENTER

 

Luncheon Sponsor

Dick and Mary Jane Cox

Dinner Sponsors

Gary and Marilyn Frazier

Hole Sponsors

Rep. Gary & Mrs. Linda Banz

Bob Stockton State Farm

Dentcraft Tools, LLC

Duane Cory State Farm

Rev. Bob & Mrs. Marty Hammann

Gerri Jantz

Marchant Family Foundation

Dr. Tim Rothwell, DDS

Judge Charles Seymour

Valir Physical Therapy

Dr. Jim and Dr. Peggy Poteet

 

Team Sponsors

Hope Is Alive Ministries

Jeff Jantz State Farm Insurance Agency

Bud Lauhon

Mike Muecke State Farm Insurance Agency

Edna Westmoreland 

Participant Gifts and Shirts

Birdies and Bogeys Golf Gear

Hole-In-One Sponsor: B.C. Clark Jewelers

Friends of The Baker

Anonymous

Faira Kay Knezevich

Jeff Neuhalfen

Marcia Sawyer

 

Coach David Baker was a Life Changer for Me

With no intercollegiate program, no scholarships, and no budget, Coach Baker set out with a vision that SNU could become one of America’s finest small college athletic programs. At age 27, with a background in the country’s finest collegiate football program (OU) and the NFL (49ers), Baker believed that the greatest impact and athletic experience could happen where “athletics in a Christian atmosphere” thrived.

During Baker’s tenure (1964-1974) a long list of significant accomplishments occurred: the first two men’s basketball seasons garnered winning marks; Benchwarmer Club formed in 1967; first funded scholarships awarded in 1969; Redskin Revolution changed the course of sportsmanship in society; women’s basketball, volleyball, and men’s and women’s tennis were added; big man playing point innovation added in 1971 and copied nationwide; Spokesman Bicycle Tour group formed; and the goal to achieve a national title in 10 years was set and reached with men’s basketball title in 1981 under Coach Loren Gresham; all under the foundation of Mark 9:23…”all things are possible to him who believes.”

“I speak for many when I say, Coach David Baker was a life-changer for me. As my coach, professor, mentor, colleague, and friend, he inspired me to be all that I could be, to live life in the ‘right way with the right priorities’ and ‘love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.’ I will forever be indebted.”

-Dr. Larry Mills (‘66)

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