Chamber of Commerce Caddyshack Classic Golf Tournament
The West Plains Chamber of Commerce’s annual Caddyshack Classic golf tournament on Friday was truly a Chamber of Commerce Day with beautiful weather at eye level. The thirty-seven 3-person scramble teams began shotgun style at the West Plains Country Club to win over $ 3,000 in prizes and have the chance to get a hole-in-one shot for a Spartan zero turn Mower worth $ 4,000 in 2021. Golfers kicked off the tournament with lunch from the Burton Creek Medical Clinic / Ozarks Healthcare / Westgate Realty / Simmons Bank and warm up on the West Plains Bank & Trust Company Driving Range and Putting Green. Each golfer received a Remax Connection Tournament gift bag and an envelope containing Pinnacle Rush golf balls, provided by the Central Trust Company. Water and sports drinks were provided compliments by Ozarks Coca-Cola.
New this year was the “Team Swing & Miss” award sponsored by Keller Williams-West Plains. Dustin Jones, Jeff Coats and Tiffany Atkisson’s team took the award with them. Jeff Welch was the big winner of the Wade Insurance-Darren Petrus Agent Bushnell Golf Speaker & Audible GPS raffle. The winner of the Quality Floors Longest Drive Competition was Evan Bryant. Ron Murray and Cathy Roberts accepted the men’s and women’s awards as “Great Rivers Distributing Closest to the Pin” winners. Bob Mayer cleaned up the “Wiles Abstract & Title Company Longest Putt” competition. There were no winners at the “Mega Motorsports 2021 Spartan RZ-C 42” Zero Turn Mower, “Callaway Irons”, “Schultz, Wood & Rapp, PC 50” 4K Ultra HD Smart TV “or” Pain Treatment Associates “Hole-In – One $ 500 Visa Gift Card Contests. The winning teams were:
Championship flight
1st place, The Chuck Swift, Melissa Swift & Justin Setser team
2. The team of Jarod Hicks, Justin Fraker & Brian Cheever
3. The team of John Coleman, Ron Murray and Darren Petrus
Flight A.
1. The team of David M. Gohn, Nate Swift, and Jeff McDaniel
2. The team of Joe Rothgeb, Steve DeClue & Landon Rothgeb
3. The team of Richard Tompson, Travis Tompson, and Rusty Pilgrim
Flight B.
1. The team of Ryan Atwell, Correy Cobern & DJ Wade
2. The team of Janson Jordan, Aaron Roberts & Anthony Tackitt
3. The team of Dale Engelbrecht, Thom Sheridan & John Grisham
The annual fundraiser for the Caddyshack tournament complements membership fees to support chamber programs and seminars, member benefits, economic development initiatives, and community events for the city. Chamber Director Jessica Collins commended the Caddyshack Tournament Volunteers, Justin Jones, Louise Jones, Mallory Snodgras, Shealia Harper, Ann Marie Newberry, Eryn Walters, Joanne White, Jeannie Cox and Kate Tyree for the hard work and dedication of our volunteers and ours Volunteers are really coming through for us this year. We appreciate your gift of time! “Thank you to all of our sponsors and players,” said Collins. “Your support for this tournament enables the Chamber to continue participating in membership and community programs.”