Senior Amateur Golf Tour

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WELCOME TO THE

2013 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

Little River

e-newsletter Summary

June 1,2013

• Little River Sign-up - June 6
• Bermuda Run Winners & Full Leaderboard -May 30
• Its All about the Year Long Point Standings Race - Where Will You Be at Year-End?
• Golf Rules Q&A - Lost Ball -What Would You Do?
• 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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The Tournament at Little River

Event Info:

Little River

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Physical Address:

Little River Golf & Resort

500 Little River Farm Blvd.

Carthage, NC 28327

888-766-6538

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Directions

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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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SUPER LOW SCORES LEAD TO SENIOR TOUR PLAYOFFS

Bermuda Run, NC

May 30, 2013

It took the lowest scores posted this season (in their flights) to just qualify for a sudden death playoff to determine a winner in both the A and C Flights today in the Senior Amateur Golf Tour event held at Bermuda Run West Country Club.

Steve Romito of Charlotte and Randy Bunn from Zebulon were the A Flight combatants, while Youngsville's Jerry Snead and Greensboro's Charles Gunn went at it in the C Flight.

After posting 5 birdies and shooting a 31 on the back nine en route to a 71, Bunn missed a short putt on the 1st extra hole of the playoff, giving the title to Romito.

Gunn's shot at the top prize literally sank with the 2 balls he hit into the water hazard guarding the right side of the fairway on his 2nd playoff hole, allowing Snead to cruise to the win. Both registered 80s in regulation.

The low scores didn't stop there either, as Reidsville's Steve Williams was the class of the B Flight with a 75, nipping Charlotte's Nolan Elenz by a single stroke for the win. "That's the lowest score I've shot this year", stated Williams as he picked up his winner's Mastercard.

In the Championship Flight Ron Hockensmith's 73 took home top honors for the Whispering Pines resident. Both Lewisville's Eddie McBride and Cary's Johnny Adams were 4 strokes off the pace. It should be noted that the Champ Flight played from one tee box farther back than the rest of the field.

The next Senior Tour event will be held at Little River Resort in Carthage next Thursday, June 6. Any amateur golfer over 50 is eligible to play by calling Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck at 336-495-6556.

THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR

BERMUDA RUN COUNTRY CLUB (WEST)

TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP (6447 yds)

Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 73

Eddie McBride, Lewisville 77

Johnny Adams, Cary 77

Joey Moffitt, High Point 78

Scott Ide, Charlotte 78

A FLIGHT (6120 yds)

Steve Romito, Charlotte 71

Randy Bunn, Zebulon 71

Chris Murray, Charlotte 73

Tom Fagerli, Yadkinville 74

Larry Hubbard, High Point 75

B FLIGHT (6120 yds)

Steve Williams, Reidsville 75

Nolan Elenz, Charlotte 76

Charles Smith, Durham 78

David Niehaus, Whispering Pines 79

Ron Vanderklok, Advance 79

Jim Blaylock, Winston-Salem 79

C FLIGHT (6120 yds)

Jerry Snead, Youngsville 80

Charles Gunn, Greensboro 80

Richard Farrington, Graham 81

Mike Wallace, Fayetteville 83

Ron Alligood, Advance 84

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Where Will You Be in the 2013 Season 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

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Click Here for Sr. Tour 2013 Schedule

Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule

Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour

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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 #201

Brad is playing in a stroke play event and on the 6th hole hits his tee ball towards an area filled with native grass mounds. After exhausting his five minute search period, and not finding his ball, Brad returns to the tee, where the trailing group is waiting.

He apologizes for the delay and quickly tees another ball. In his haste to catch up, Brad nearly whiffs the ball and only manages to move it a couple of feet towards the hole. Now both humiliated and anxious to get out of the way, Brad retrieves the ball, re-tees it and manages to hit a nice drive down the middle.

Brad takes three more strokes to complete play of the hole.

What score must Brad record for the 6th hole?

A. 6

B. 7

C. 8

D. 9

Answer

C.

Brad scored 8 on the hole. Brad lost his first ball off the tee and thus was hitting three from the tee when he returned to the teeing ground. His near whiff (third stroke) left the ball only a short distance away. Rather than play that ball as it lay, Brad chose to re-tee a third time. That means he again played under stroke and distance, thus was hitting five from the tee. Adding three more strokes he took to hole out, his total is 8.

You may be wondering why there is no additional penalty under R18-2a, (Ball at Rest Moved by Player). When Brad returned to the tee to hit his third stroke and barely moved the ball, it is true this ball was in play.

Had somebody in the group behind, who were standing around the tee, informed Brad when he lifted that ball that he should replace it; and, had he done so, he would have incurred a 1-stroke penalty. But that didn’t happen. Instead Brad returned to the teeing ground and re-teed, and the only Rule that could apply to this situation is R27-1, Stroke and Distance.

Whenever a player chooses to play under stroke and distance, he can substitute a ball or use his original ball. There is no penalty for lifting the original ball when proceeding under stroke and distance.

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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard

Bermuda Run (West)

May 30, 2013

TEES BY FLIGHT:

Champ - Gold Tees: Rating-71.5; Slope-135; Yardage-6447

A,B & C- BlueTees: Rating - 66.6; Slope - 126; Yard - 6120

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2013 Senior Amateur

Golf Tour Schedule

Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours

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TTour Weather Guidelines

Primarily, we adhere to the same guidelines that the PGA Tour uses: If Primarily, 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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