The event took place on June 8, with 253 players participating. These players represent 63 four-man teams playing in two flights during the all-day event. Team members include individuals from E-Z Mart management as well as different vendor representatives and businesses [image-nocss] that work with the company throughout the year. Prizes were awarded for the first-, second- and third-place finishers, Longest Drive and Closest to the Hole in each of the flights.[Pictured (left to right): Scott Turner, Steve Weed, Debbie Sheppard, Stacy Yates, Gary Wright]Volunteers from the organizations receiving charitable funds, as well as E-Z Mart employees, worked to see that the tournament runs smoothly.
The event raised more than $120,000. Funds are collected through entry fees, sponsorships and prize raffles. The money raised will benefit nonprofit organizations including Texas A & M University Texarkana, Texarkana Komen Race for the Cure and Easter Seals among others.
Since the inception of the tournament in 1990, more than $1.5 million has been donated to charitable organizations.
E-Z Mart began operations in 1970. Today, it has 298 convenience stores in five states, employing more than 2,000 people.
Jim Earl Yates (1941-1998), founder and chairman of E-Z Mart Stores Inc., Texarkana, Texas, was a 2009 inductee into the Arkansas Hall of Fame: With a vision for serving rural America, Jim Earl Yates built E-Z Mart Stores Inc. into one of the nation's largest privately held convenience store chains. His innovations and leadership in the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) helped shape the industry. Today, E-Z Mart Stores has 300 stores in five states: Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Missouri. Yates was deeply committed to the Texarkana community. He served on the boards of Wadley Regional Medical Center, Perot Theater, Easter Seals and Temple Memorial Rehabilitation Center. An avid aviator, he was appointed to the Arkansas Aviation Aerospace Commission.(Click here for more details on the Arkansas Hall of Fame.)
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