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Some 34 area golfers took
part
and
competed
for
bragging
rights
and
flight
trophies
in
the
eighth
annual
Buchanan
County
Chamber
of
Commerce
Golf
Tournament
held
Monday,
September
11 at
Willowbrook
Country
Club,
near
Breaks.
The
annual
18-hole
event,
featuring
a
captain’s
choice
format
and
three
different
flights,
was
rain-shortened
before
the
teams
were
able
to
get
in
the
first
nine
holes.
The
team
of
Tim
Potter,
Heath
Harrison,
Chad
Stiltner
and
Frank
Compton
took
home
first
place
honors
in
the
championship
flight
at
the
conclusion
of
play.
Runner-up
honors
in
the
flight
went
to
the
foursome
of
Reid
Scott,
Kemper
Bausell,
Sam
Looney
and
Bryan
Boyd.
In
the
first
flight
of
competition,
the
team
of
Jay
Rife,
David
Thomas,
Jim
Childress
and
Jim
Wayne
Childress
took
home
first
place
honors
while
the
team
of
James
“Stretch”
Mounts,
Eddie
Moore,
Buddy
Fuller
and
Craig
Horn
finished
as
the
runner-up
team.
The
foursome
of
Jackie
Ball,
Roman
Lawson,
Billie
Campbell
and
Arlie
Collier
captured
first
place
honors
in
the
second
flight,
while
the
team
of
Lyle
Mutter,
Ron
Cole
and
Lodge
Compton
took
home
the
runner-up
trophy.
Other
awards
given
during
the
tournament
including
prizes
for
the
longest
drive
and
prizes
for
closest-to-the-pin
on
the
par-three
holes.
Jackie
Ball
won
longest
drive,
while
Lyle
Mutter
won
longest
drive
for
senior
men’s
division.
Closest-to-the-pin
prizes
went
to
Buddy
Fuller
(Hole
#1),
Arlie
Collier
(Hole
#4)
and
Betty
Shields
(Hole
#6).
Other
golfers
competing
in
the
tournament
included
the
teams
of
Ginger
Robertson,
Betty
Shields,
Delma
Coleman
and
Dorothy
Dickey;
Ray
Foster,
J.R.
Stanley
and
Arnie
Reynolds;
and
Rick
Mullins,
Randy
Swiney,
Don
Rife
and
Ernie
Blankenship.
Corporate
sponsors
for
this
year’s
event
was
Food
City.
Hole
sponsors
for
the
tournament
were
St.
Clair
Auto
Sales;
Cochran
Industries,
Inc.;
Medical
Park
Pharmacy;
Friends
of
the
Chamber;
Rife
&
Associates;
Omer
Bunn;
Ed
Bunn;
New
Peoples
Bank;
Appalachian
School
of
Law;
Bob
Branham
Sales;
Food
City
Pharmacy;
Mutter
Insurance
Agency,
Inc.;
CJ
Properties;
Pruitt
&
Childress
Law
Office;
J.A.
Street
&
Associates;
Acordia
Insurance
Agency;
Mountaineer
Publishing
Co.,
Inc.;
Southwest
VA
Professional
Insurance
Agency;
CONSOL
Energy,
Inc.;
TruPoint
Bank;
Friend
of
the
Chamber;
Tom
Scott;
Matney
Construction;
and
University
of
Appalachia
College
of
Pharmacy.
Several
area
businesses
made
donations
to
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
golf
tournament
including
Dairy
Queen
of
Vansant;
University
of
Appalachia
College
of
Pharmacy;
Mutter’s
Insurance
Agency,
Inc.;
TruPoint
Bank;
Four-County
Transit;
St.
Clair
Auto
Sales;
Wachovia
Bank;
CONSOL
Energy,
Inc.;
Southwest
VA
Professional
Insurance
Agency;
Acordia
Insurance
Agency;
and
Raines,
Inc.
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