The Wichita Golf Marathon started in 2019. The founders of the marathon Corey Novascone, Pete Krsnich, and Rick Navarro have been advocates for junior golf and other youth sports their entire lives. They all come from golfing backgrounds, growing up around the game and hoping to pass on the lessons they learned from a game that has been able to give them a lot. All three of the founders noticed a decline in junior golfers and youth sports in general, in the Wichita Community. They started to ask questions and then came up with a plan to grow youth sports and give back to their community.

It all began with an idea. Maybe we could raise enough funds to eliminate any excuse for a junior golfer to get on the golf course? What would it take in order to pay for green fees for all junior golfers? The founders of the Wichita Golf Marathon set up a meeting with the City of Wichita to see how they could partner up to increase rounds played by junior golfers at the four city of Wichita public golf courses This meeting led us to where we are today. In 2018 rounds of golf by juniors were somewhere under 500 rounds a year. In 2021 there were 1700+ rounds played. In 2022, rounds that the Golf marathon paid for were almost 3,000 and growing.

Since 2019 the Wichita Golf Marathon has raised almost $105,000. All of these proceeds have gone to rounds played by junior golfers at the four Wichita public golf courses. We appreciate our partnership with The City of Wichita and what they have allowed us to build. We also would like to thank First Tee - Greater Wichita, who donated their accounting and time for the first three years of the marathon. In 2022, The Wichita Golf Marathon created its own 501 (c)3 organization in order to separate itself from First Tee - Greater Wichita. We appreciate all First Tee - Greater Wichita has done for us to get this project off the ground. The Organization continues to grow and has a larger reach than just golf. The organization has grown to help all youth sports in the Wichita area. The success of the Wichita Golf Marathon has allowed the organization to assist with many other areas that have an impact on the youth of Wichita and surrounding areas. This includes scholarships, equipment, uniforms for organized sports to name a few.