June 2016 (Batesville, AR) – The Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce and presenting sponsor, Citizens Bank, hosted the 11th Annual Chamber Golf Classic on June 10, 2015, at The Course at Eagle Mountain. Over 100 golfers from 27 teams competed this year. Teams were divided into three flights. Winners are as follows:
Championship Flight
1st Place – White River Insurance
2nd Place – Walmart Supercenter
3rd Place – Matt Dobbins & Friends
1st Flight
1st Place – Ozark Mountain Poultry
2nd Place – Cup’d Up Outdoors
3rd Place – Merchant & Planters Bank
2nd Flight
1st Place – Kangaroos
2nd Place – First Community Bank
3rd Place – Centennial Bank
Randy Cross of Batesville won the State Farm Putting Contest sponsored by the Batesville State Farm agents and also took home a closest to the pin prize from Loco Ropes and a Craftsman bottle opener donated by Sears. Jason Bridges of Searcy was the other closest to the pin winner and received a gift certificate for merchandise from Dixon Golf in addition to a Craftsman bottle opener donated by Sears.
Raffle tickets for an Independence County Off Road gift package and Yeti Rambler Thermos, Craftsman LED lighted plier set, IZOD memory metal sunglasses, $50 FFO Home gift card, Oakley Flax 2.0 sunglasses, and a Rigid tool storage system were sold to benefit the Chamber. Several golfers participated and won prizes. The raffle was sponsored by Independence County Off Road, Batesville Eye Care Center, The Home Depot, FFO Home, Sears, and Ladd Eye Care.
Living Spaces sponsored a luckiest losers drawing and the card that was drawn was Mechanical Construction Services. Each member of their team took home an Eno hammock and straps valued at over $150.
Chief Operating Officer Jamie Rayford said, “We continue to be overwhelmed with the amount of support shown to our tournament each year. We have the most fun with all of you out on the course and strive to make this an event that everyone looks forward to each year. A great deal of the credit goes to Citizens Bank for being a wonderful presenting sponsor and to our volunteers who are out on the course all day working tirelessly to make sure our golfers are having a great time!”
The event boasted 28 sponsors including: Citizens Bank, Cup’d Up Outdoors, Flowers Baking Company, Walmart Supercenter, U.S. Pizza, Ozark Mountain Poultry, Merchants & Planters Bank, He Delivers, CenterPoint Energy, FutureFuel, George’s Liquor Store, Intimidator, Life Plus, LocoRopes, Mountain Meadows Health and Rehabilitation, Schwegman’s Office Supplies, Southern Bank, Southern Tire Mart, S.F. Fiser & Company, Sherwood Urgent Care, Synergy HR, White River Financial Services, Bad Boy, Inc., Wood Family Dealerships, Batesville Area State Farm Agents, Survival Flight, Dairy Queen, Atlas Asphalt, and Kent’s Firestone.
