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WELCOME TO THE

2013 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Sapona Country Club

e-newsletter Summary

March 29, 2013

• Sapona Sign-up - April 11
• 1st Major of the Season Winners & Full Leaderboard from the Brier Creek - March 28
• Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race - Where Will You Be at Year-End?
• Golf Rules Q&A - Taking Relief - What Are Your Options?
• Tour Weather Guidelines -Reminder

As always, if you have any questions, or need any assistance, please call me at 336-495-6556, or email me at behgolf@aol.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

2013 Senior Amateur Schedule is Here:

Bruce Hallenbeck

Senior Amateur Tour Director,

Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours

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Event Info:

Sapona Country Club

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Physical Address:

439 Beaver Creek Road
Lexington, North Carolina 27295
(336) 956-6245

Club Info

To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line or call Bruce Hallenbeck.

Senior Tour Sign-up & Pay Online Here

336-495-6556

behgolf@aol.com

To reserve your place and to sign-up, please reply to this email, sign-up on-line or call Bruce Hallenbeck.

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LUZAR'S 72 WINS SENIOR AMATEUR TOUR "MAJOR"

Raleigh, NC

March 28, 2013

Pinehurst's Rick Luzar overcame cold and windy conditions and a challenging golf course to secure a Championship Flight victory in the 1st Major event of the Senior Amateur Golf Tour for 2013.

Championship Flight Winner - Rick Luzar

Playing at Brier Creek Country Club, Luzar needed every single good shot that he hit due to the fact that Rockingham's John East finished only 1 stroke behind with a 73. Luzar blistered the back side with a 34 that closed a 2 stroke gap that East enjoyed on the front 9. The even par performance was Luzar's 2013 debut "on-Tour".

His victory in a "Major" earned an automatic invitation to the year-ending National Championship event that is held in Pinehurst in November along with the other 3 flight winners today. That event will host approximately 300 golfers from the other 11 Senior Tours nationwide.

Jim Alford of Zebulon proved to be the class of the A Flight with a solid 76 that left him 2 shots clear of Raleigh's Brent Massey. As proof of how tough conditions were, they were the only 2 golfers in the flight to break 80.

A Flight Winner - Jim Alford

In the B Flight nobody was able to break the 80 barrier with Graham's Lewis Herndon shooting 80 on-the-nose to grab the top spot. Jim's brother, Gus Alford, was 2nd with an 81.

Brier Creek B Flight Winner - Lewis Herndon

In C Flight action, Rocky Mount's Steve High made his 2013 Tour debut a successful one with an 85 that bested 37 other flight members for 1st place. James Howard and Jim Tesch, both of Raleigh were 2 back with 87s.

Brier Creek C Flight Winner - Steve High

The Senior Amateur Tour will be taking the next week off and resume play on April 11 at Sapona Country Club in Lexington. Any amateur golfer over 50 is welcome to play in that event by simply calling Tour Director, Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556, or by emailing him at behgolf@aol.com.

THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

BRIER CREEK COUNTRY CLUB (MAJOR) EVENT

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6298 yds)

Rick Luzar, Pinehurst 72

John East, Rockingham 73

Steve Fox, Pinehurst 75

Arch Reed, Pinehurst 76

Trip Barclift, Raleigh 77

A FLIGHT (6298 yds)

Jim Alford, Zebulon 76

Brent Massey, Raleigh 78

Wilson Shelton, Burlington 81

Dale Casey, Zebulon 81

Steve Smith, PInehurst 82

Randy Bunn, Zebulon 82

Bob Kober, Colfax 82

B FLIGHT (6078 yds)

Lewis Herndon, Graham 80

Gus Alford, Zebulon 81

Dave Schmanke, Apex 82

Tim Ward, Greensboro 85

Randy Robbins, Smithfield 85

Ron Caulder, N Myrtle Beach 85

Darrell Hagwood, Raleigh 85

Al Forte, Durham 85

Glenn Wright, Pittsboro 85

C FLIGHT (6078 yds)

Steve High, Rocky Mount 85

Jim Tesch, Raleigh 87

James Howard, Raleigh 87

Jeff Brown, Youngsville 88

Willie Brady, Zebulon 90

Jerry Snead, Youngsville 90

James Eatmon, Sims 90

Where Will You Be in the Year-Ending Point Standings Race?

There are only two ways to get to the year ending National Tournament - win one of the four majors or be one of the Top 10 point earners in your flight.

As you plot your tour schedule, be cognizant of the fact, only the top 10 are guaranteed access. Usually, most flight races are tight and depends on how well you play and of course how many tour dates you participate in during 2013.

Do you know how many tournaments you will need to play and what place you will need to finish in each tournament to ensure you have your automatic invitation?

During the 2013 Tour, To see where you stand* click below:

Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings

Triad Senior Tour Point Standings

Click Here for Sr. Tour 2013 Schedule

Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour

ONLY WHEN THE FORM OF PLAY IS A FACTOR WILL IT BE STATED

If you do not have a Rules of Golf book handy, go to:

http://www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Rules-of-Golf/Rules-and-Decisions/

If you have any questions pertaining to this or previous quizzes, please ask.

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Question from week #191

Of the following statements, three are correct, one is not.

Which one of the following statements is wrong?

A. When taking relief from an area of casual water in the fairway, I must not drop in a bunker.

B. When taking relief from a lateral water hazard, I must not drop in a bunker.

C. When taking relief from a sprinkler head on the fringe, I must not drop in a bunker.

D. When taking relief from a wrong putting green, I must not drop in a bunker.

Answer:

The only wrong statement is B.

That is Rule 26-1 and there is no restriction about taking relief from a water hazard and dropping in a bunker.

For the other three, the player is prohibited from dropping in a hazard or onto a putting green.

How to remember this?

If it’s free relief and your ball is not in a hazard to start, you may not choose to drop in one. If the relief is associated with a penalty (Rule 26 or 28) there is no such restriction.

Yes, you could take relief from one water hazard and drop in another or in a bunker.

Rule 28 has a slight variation. If your ball that lays unplayable is not in a bunker to start with, you are permitted to drop in one on your relief. However, if your ball is unplayable in a bunker, you must drop in the same bunker unless you choose the stroke and distance option (a).

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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Brier Creek

March 28, 2013

TEES BY FLIGHT:

B & C - White Tees; Rating - 69.3; Slope - 124; Yard - 6078

TTour Weather Guidelines

Primarily, we adhere to the same guidelines that the PGA Tour uses: If the course is open, we're going to play.

The only exception to this is that I'll never put any of you in harm's way during an event because of dangerous weather. (i.e. - lightening or severe cold and wetness).

In other words, I won't let the course "bully" us into playing where an unsafe condition might exist.

Because I arrive at every event at least two hours prior to the start time and I generally have to leave my house at least an hour before that to get to the course, there is no sense calling me just before the event, because I won't be at the office. The best avenue to take is to call the course if the weather seems threatening.

If you are on the roster for the event, and you do not get a cancellation notice from the course after calling them, you are expected to show up in time for the scheduled shotgun start.

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