It's Cow Pie time

Twenty-one years ago, Jimmy McKinney was golfing at the Saratoga Inn golf course for a school fundraiser when Jerry Paxton approached McKinney about having a golf tournament in his pasture.

The next year, 17 golfers participated in the “First ‘Anul’ Cow Pie Open Golf Classic”. The cow pasture has changed hands since then, but the agreement to host the Cow Pie Open continues.

This year’s 20th “Anul” event will begin with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. in Encampment. Duffers should gather at the “Hole 19 Club House” – a big log house with a green roof.

The course is a 10-hole par-3 course with 2 gro...