The Legacy kicks off the 2011 Senior Amateur Tour season!
91 players tee it up Saturday at The Legacy Golf Links!
Aberdeen, NC - (February 12, 2011) - After having the first scheduled event of the season postponed for the second straight year last Saturday, the Golfweek and Senior Amateur Golf Tours were finally able to get the 2011 tournament year off to a running start today at the Legacy Golf Links. Mild temperatures and sunny skies greeted 91 golfers who teed it up for early season bragging rights (and prizes totaling over $2,600.00 in gift cards and skins pay-outs).
Three players enjoyed 1st-place payments of at least $200. One of these three was Tour newcomer Paul Kim of Lexington. Kim started the morning playing in the B Flight, but became the 2nd player in the 13-year history of the Tour to be "bumped" a flight before his first event was finished. He wound up winning the A Flight with a 73. "This was the best round of my life", said an excited Kim after besting 2nd place finisher Mike Groenewald of Morrisville by 4 strokes. "I wouldn't be surprised to see Paul get to the Championship Flight sometime this season", declared Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck.
Trinity's Sonny Gill posted an 82 to take the top spot in the B Flight after edging Greensboro's Cuong Ton in a sudden-death playoff. Gill won on the first hole of the playoff. "We both hit poor 2nd shots", he said, "but I was able to get up & down for a par and the win".
In C Flight action, Johnny Brooks of Youngsville shot an 86 which edged 2 other Tour members - James Eatmon of Sims, and Archdale's Elby Hatfield by a single shot. The win made him the 3rd member of the "$200.00 Club".
Past National Championship winner Kim Mansfield of High Point took top honors in the Championship Flight with a 73. He finished 5 strokes clear of 2 Raleigh-area Tour members - Cary's David Williams, and Jim Arlington of Apex.
Today was also significant in Triad and Raleigh/Pinehurst Tour history in that competition was held for the first time in the new "D" Flight. "Other Tours around the country have been doing a D Flight successfully for some years now. We felt it was time to try and open up our competition to an even greater number of potential members".
The inaugural winner of local D Flight competition was Greensboro's Keith Thomas with a 90. A pair of Raleigh residents - Bob Robinson and Prince Dozier came in 2nd & 3rd respectively.
"We have one more pre-season event, 2 weeks from now on February 26th at Mid Pines Resort before the regular individual seasons start for both the Golfweek and Senior Amateur Tours", stated Hallenbeck. Both Tours will have their regular season debuts at Bryan Park in Greensboro, with the Seniors going on Thursday March 3, and The Golfweek Tour on Saturday, March 5.
Any amateur golfer interested in receiving information on playing on either Tour can contact Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556 or by email at behgolf@aol.com.
THE GOLFWEEK & SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
LEGACY EVENT - 2/12/2011
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP
Kim Mansfield, High Point 73
David Williams, Cary 78
Jim Arlington, Apex 78
Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 80
Mark Macejko, Vass 80
A FLIGHT
Paul Kim, Lexington 73
Mike Groenewald, Morrisville 77
Bob McQueen, Hope Mills 78
Mark Robinson, Winston-Salem 78
Mark Cobb, Hope Mills 79
Gene Greenawalt, Carthage 79
B FLIGHT
Sonny Gill, Trinity 82
Cuong Ton, Greensboro 82
Mark Harders, Raleigh 83
Ted Pauling, Knightdale 83
Neil Bleau, Durham 84
Jeffery Silver, Rocky Mount 84
C FLIGHT
Johnny Brooks, Youngsville 86
James Eatmon, Sims 87
Elby Hatfield, Archdale 87
Bill Wilkerson, Rolesville 88
Landon Wilkes, Apex 92
D FLIGHT
Keith Thomas, Greensboro 90
Bob Robinson, Raleigh 92
Prince Dozier, Raleigh 99
Greg Green, Apex 102
Name Flight Gross Score
Mansfield, Kim E 73
Arlington, Jim E 78
Williams, David E 78
Luzar, Rick E 80
Macejko, Mark E 80
Holland, Dan E 81
Queen, Gene E 83
Eichele, Ken E 84
Moreland, Steven E 84
Tabat, Don E 84
Wynn, Wil E 85
Becknell, Jim E 86
Shackelford, David E 86
Christenson, Bob E 88
Kim, Paul A 73
Groenewald, Mike A 77
McQueen, Bob A 78
Robinson, Mark A 78
Cobb, Mark A 79
Greenawalt, Gene A 79
Ro, Gil A 80
Meadows, Mike A 81
Hair, Ryan A 82
Ton, Cuong A 82
Gardner, Bob A 83
Lockley, Cecil A 83
Gomez, Robin A 85
Reese, Ed A 85
Andrews, Rob A 86
Parente, Tony A 88
Robbins, Randy A 89
Rose, Sonny A 89
Brink, Wade A 91
Padgett, Russ B 78
Gill, Sonny B 82
Harders, Mark B 83
Pauling, Ted B 83
Bleau, Neil B 84
Silver, Jeffery B 84
Hindmarsh, Mike B 85
Kubla, Tom B 85
Pate, Donald B 85
Smith, Charles B 85
Hill, Carl B 86
Messner, John B 86
Minor, Tom B 86
Harrington, Jim B 88
Shank, Doug B 88
Dockery, James B 89
Handy, Tom B 89
Snow, Ron B 89
McLean, Jim B 90
Sullivan, Roger B 90
Walker, Greg B 91
Germain, Mike B 92
Martin, Ben B 92
Neverve, Robin B 92
Burgess, Joe B 93
McGirt, Jeff B 93
Prairie, Joe B 93
Simon, Brett B 93
Yergeau, Jay B 93
Campanella, Mark B 94
McDonald, Chris B 94
Revis, John B 94
Smith, Jason B 95
Carda, Randy B 96
Snow, Mark B 99
Brooks, Johnny C 86
Eatmon, James C 87
Hatfield, Elby C 87
Wilkinson, Bill C 88
Wilkes, Landon C 92
Heasley, WE C 93
Henely, John C 93
Mooneyham, Tommy C 93
Rucker, Dale C 93
Chapman, Chris C 94
Hawkins, Mike C 94
Miller, Benny C 94
Payne, Richard C 94
Williams, Howard C 95
Friar, Eric C 96
Hanes, Brent C 97
McCaffrey, Dane C 99
Starr, Randy C 100
Frazier, Jack C 101
Milligan, Terry C 102
Thomas, Keith D 90
Robinson, Bob D 93
Dozier, Prince D 99
Green, Greg D 102
Note "E" is Champ Flight
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