No. 9: MSHOF makes good on debt from 2024 PCCC

Just as the Price Cutter Charity Championship golf tournament teed off this summer, officials were wrapping up debts of over $740,000 owed to charity partners from the prior year’s event.

Rob Marsh, Missouri Sports Hall of Fame executive director and CEO, said he and the five-person staff at the MSHOF worked diligently to address its finances and repay debts to charity partners and vendors through fundraising amid waning attendance and participation at the 2024 PCCC tourney.

When Marsh was announced in his new position at a December 2024 news conference, the charities supported by the PCCC tourney had received less than half of the funds promised, with 42 beneficiaries receiving only $325,107. He held a news conference in July to announce the organization was within weeks of making good on the debt.

“This was a promise I made to many of the charities when I took on this role seven months ago, and there has not been one day since that I have stopped working on keeping that promise,” he said. “Today is an incredible day for those charities, our sponsors and the giving community.”

After the 2024 proceeds were distributed and the 2025 event wrapped, it was announced that the PCCC would not be held in 2026.

Marsh said it was a scheduling conflict with the PGA Tour led to the decision. The PGA-sanctioned event through the Korn Ferry Tour has been held every year at Highland Springs Country Club from 1990 to 2025.

Marsh said that while the 2026 tournament is canceled, “the door is still open, and further discussions with the PGA are planned for 2027.”

A couple months later in November, the MSHOF unveiled Price Cutter Cares presented by Hiland Dairy, the new name for multiple charity fundraisers in the works for 2026 in lieu of the golf tournament.

“The mission is bigger than the tournament,” Marsh said, noting the organization will continue to support local charities.

A move topped off the busy year for the MSHOF. It sold its longtime home, a 34,000-square-foot building at 3861 E. Stan Musial Drive to businessman Jim Hagale. The deal for the building, located off U.S. Highway 65 adjacent to Highland Springs, closed Oct. 14 for undisclosed terms.

“We are going to use the funds to at some point reinvest into a more modern facility,” Marsh said. “I want to ensure to continue to honor everybody that has been inducted with a new face and make sure that their families and extended families have a place to come visit and relive those memories and all the accomplishments.”

The nonprofit signed a lease for a temporary home for undisclosed terms to occupy 431 and 433 W. Walnut St. Marsh expects MSHOF to spend a minimum of a year in the Walnut Street space as it searches for a new home, which Marsh said should be highly visible and centrally located.

After a challenging 12 months, Marsh said the MSHOF would be entering 2026 debt-free.