Baker Golf Classic
2024 DAVID BAKER GOLF CLASSIC
October 7, 2024
Please join us on Monday, October 7, 2024, for the 20th 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 Gaillardia 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 6, 2024. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, October 7, 2024 at Gaillardia 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 2024 Tournament Sponsors – Coming Soon!
Corporate Sponsors
Jantz State Farm Insurance
Eaton State Farm Insurance
Primary Health Partners
Claud and Betty Cypert
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Flight Sponsors
Gary and Marilyn Frazier
Driving Contest Sponsors
Justice Charles Seymore
Putting Contest Sponsors
Jim Dunn, State Farm Insurance
John Williams, M.D.
Chipping Contest Sponsors
Jim Dunn, State Farm Insurance
Luncheon Sponsor
Ann Attig and Mary Morgan-Spasoff
Dinner Sponsors
Dick and Mary Cox and Gary and Marilyn Frazier
Hole Sponsors
Philip Cobb Living Trust
Oklahoma Body Works
Jeff Jankowski
Rep. Gary and Linda Banz Cobb Living Trust
Dr. Keith and Mrs. Carolyn Newman
Duane Cory, State Farm
Doug and Margaret Eaton
Gary and Marilyn Frazier
Gerri Jantz
Kenny Marchant
Charles Seymore
Kent Gering, State Farm Insurance
Dentcraft
Custom Dental Gillespie Investments
Jim and Peggy Poteet
Diffee Ford/Lincoln
Darrel W. Johnson, dba Home at Last
Dura Stilts – Ray and Maxine Emmert
SNU Dining
Allstate – Robbie Bennett
OKC Model A Restorers Group
First Bethany Bank & Trust
J.D. and Karen Crooks
Bethany First Church of the Nazarene
Valir Health – Jeff Jankowski
Oklahoma Body Works
Nanette Mulkey, State Farm Insurance
Total Healthcare Partners
Gary Unruh, State Farm Insurance
Otis Garrison
John Miller Bethany Legal Services
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Team Sponsors
Aegis Roofing
Mike Muecke, State Farm Insurance
Lafayette Legal Services
SNU – Basketball Alumni Players Association
GLM3 Productions, LLC
Hope is Alive
Keith Pigg and ’81 Championship
Team Jake from State Farm Insurance
Frank Jeldy
Bud Lauhon
Jeff Jones
SNU – Carl and Marcia Sawyer Honorary Team
Steve Pittenger
SNU – Wanda Rhodes Honorary Team
John and Edna Westmoreland
SNU – Claud and Betty Cypert Honorary Team
Trevor White
Paul Rothwell, M.D. and Todd Shire
Jeff Jantz, State Farm Insurance #2
Jeff Jantz, State Farm Insurance #3
Participant Gifts
Moisant Promotional Products
Participant Shirts
Birdies and Bogeys Golf Gear
Hole-In-One: B.C. Clark Jewelers
Friends of The Baker
Ann Attig
Allen Bryson
Barbara and Lenard White
Mary Morgan Spasoff
Rev. John Williamson
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)