21st Annual Chamber of Commerce

Golf Tournament

by: Meredith Caddell

Perfect weather prevailed at the 21st Annual, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce golf tournament which took place on Friday, April 9th at the Sulphur Springs Country Club. Thirty-three, six person teams participated in the event!

The Morningstar Team placed second place low net.

First Place Low Net—Alliance Bank with a net score of 39: Tony Bettis, Buck Booker, Lance Looney, Sput McCormick,  Kevin Monk, and Jason Thompson

Second Place Low Net—Morningstar with a net score of 42.50:  Scott Brown, Gere Camper, Larry Connaughton, John Landers, Kendall Stanley, Joe Wallace

Third Place Low Net—Grocery Supply Company with a net score of 43.17: Ryan McKenzie, John Prickette, Bobby Brown, Patrick Blanchard, Billy Eschobar, and Dennis Ballard

The A&S Air Conditioning Team won the low gross score team with a 50.

First Place Low Gross—A & S Air Conditioning with a low gross score of 50: Thomas Croft, Randall Carpenter, Cody Wells, Frank Baker, Kevin Baker and Wayne Payne.

Second Place Low Gross—Brad Morris Homes with a low gross score of 52: Brad Morris, Tanner Ragan, Dustin Gideon, Judson Weaver, Burnis Cox and Eddie Jones.

Third Place Low Gross—Guaranty Bond Bank with a low gross score of 52: Doyle Potts, Steve Crawford, Steve Littlefield, Tod Conner, Paul Chalupa and John McDonald.

Held at the eighteen-hole Sulphur Springs Golf and Country Club, this six-person "scramble" is always a fun-filled event with all sorts of contests being held concurrently with the tournament, including prizes for "closest to the hole in 2 ", "longest drive", "longest putt", and “pick a side”, just to name a few.

The Brad Morris Homes Team won second place low gross score, with at 52.

Contest Hole Winners:

Closest to the Hole in 2 (#2)                                                   Judson Weaver

Closest to the Hole in 2 (#15)                                                 Judson Weaver

Longest Drive—Male(#11)                                                      Randall Carpenter

Longest Drive—Female(#14)                                                  Renee Shelton

Closest to the Line—(#1)                                                                             Mark Morton

Over 200 golfers participated in this year’s Chamber Golf Tournament at

Sulphur Springs Country Club.

Door Prize Winners

Ruger .22 donated by Century 21 First Group                                   Tonya

Stainless Steal Grill donated by Carriage House Manor                   Kirt Blake

Gas Grill donated by Lowes                                                                 Doyle Potts

Marc Mitchell’s Guided Fishing Tour                                                   Dave Penson                                 

Rangers Tickets donated by Dairyland Automation                                           Ken Brown

Granite Garden Bench by Apple Caskets                                                               Tony Bettis

You do not have to be a member of the Chamber to enter this contest. For more information, call the Chamber at (903) 885-6515.

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