Attendance figures in golf are oftentimes nebulous. There are no turnstiles, but if we drew 10 to 15,000 per day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it would be terrific. The golf course will certainly hold more than that, but I don't like to paint the sky blue.

It's amazed me as to the outpouring of affection that people have for them, and 100 percent of all ticket sales goes to Children's Mercy. I had a guy come into our office about an hour ago and buy a hundred tickets. Another guy came in and bought 200 yesterday.

The way that the mayor's office and just the whole area of Johnson County has treated this... I've never felt more royal here, ever. Nobody can do enough. Almost everything we need, people have donated it.

The council was not the least in favor of it. We just don't need another golf course. We've certainly got our share of golf courses and our share of golf course problems.

We have been inundated with requests from sponsors and from other golf courses who are interested in being associated with next year's event.

You've got to be rich to have a swing like that.