Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf
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Oct 7, 2026
Dennis FraiseHOST
Yeah, great way to look at things.
Dennis FraiseHOST
So let's talk about, okay, so then you eventually become tournament director for Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge.
Dennis FraiseHOST
So, uh, this is where Johnny Morris, uh, you know, kind of enters the picture.
Dennis FraiseHOST
So people that maybe not, probably most people have heard of Bass Pro Shops.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
And Jeannie said to me two weeks into my job, she goes, "You get him, don't you?" And I said, "Well, he didn't hire me to give his stuff away.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
He hired me to create choices for better on what he's trying to create with experiences of golf tournaments." So it was a pleasure to work with him.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
We still have a tremendous friendship to this day, and Legends of Golf hit 10 billion impressions globally back, uh, it ended in 2019.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
But what tells you about golf today and what Johnny Morris is accomplishing in the Branson area and the Lakes area is they had one press release regarding the Internet Open last year.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
I wish you all the best." You know, and you know, she and I were friends from a board that we served on downtown Springfield.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
And she goes, "Well, would you have dinner with us?" And then that parlayed into having a couple dinners with Johnny Morris, and he hired me as his tournament director for Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
And that was a tremendous six year, five years and seven month run, and then that tournament ended right before the pandemic.
Kirk ElmquistGUEST
Broke my heart-