WELCOME
2014 Senior Tour
CELEBRATING
THE 20th SEASON OF THE AMATEUR GOLFWEEK TOUR!
"Where Amateurs Play Like Pros"
Senior Amateur Golf Tour
Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tours
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WELCOME TO THE
2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
Are You Ready to COMPETE?
Senior's 2014 Season Starts
at
Bryan Park (Players)
In Three Weeks!
February 16, 2014
e-newsletter
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.
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Raleigh/Pinehurst Senior Tour Point Standings
Triad Senior Tour Point Standings
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4-Stars Golf Digest Best Places to Play
After our missed Pre-season, I am sure everyone is ready to play some competitive golf on the Amateur Tour.
The Players Course opened in 1974. Originally designed by George Cobb, the course was later modified by Rees Jones.
Do not be lulled asleep by Bryan Park Players Course. Be warned, the Players Course will get you if you fail to execute any shot correctly.
Course Notes
Come join us for the points, prizes, and your Tour "goodies" that you purchased with your membership.
Early season events always produce a good field and this year should be no exception.
We will see you there in three weeks.
If you paid for Legacy or Longleaf and would like to play Bryan Park, let me know .
I can return your payment or leave it on your account for a future event.
Just let me know.
Bruce
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Event Info:
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Bryan Park (Players Course)
Fee is $55.00
10:00 AM Shotgun
Physical Address:6275 Bryan Park Road
Directions to Bryan Park
Senior Tour Sign-up & Pay Online Here:
Pay Here for the 2014 Season
Sign-up for Tournaments & Pay Online
336-495-6556
behgolf@aol.com
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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.
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It is your mind that determines how well you learn when taking lessons. (and this training course is packed with accelerated learning techniques that will have you absorbing more from lessons)
It is your mind that will allow you to set up to the ball correctly and commit to your swing (or not!).
It is your mind that will either stay focused under pressure and get you to make a smooth, fluid stroke when you need to drain an 8 footer for the win, or have you choking like a dog and collapsing like a house of cards when the heat is on!
"When you have a chance to shoot the lowest score of your life you won't choke - You Will Go Low!"
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2013 Flight Winners and Defending Champions & Top 3 Places:
CHAMPIONSHIP (6393 yds)
John Franklin, Danville, VA 72
Mike Smith, Lewisville 77
Ron Hockensmith, Whispering Pines 78
A FLIGHT (6121 yds)
Cecil Lockley, Creedmoor 76
Larry Hubbard, High Point 77
Dean McCoy, Pfafftown 78
B FLIGHT (6121 yds)
Tom Kubla, Pinehurst 79
John Lyda, Advance 81
Dexter Barbee, Burlington 82
C FLIGHT (6121 yds)
Steve Neal, Greensboro 86
Charles Gunn, Greensboro 86
Brian Costine, Durham 89
THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
BRYAN PARK (PLAYERS COURSE)
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
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Where Will You Be in the 2014 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 15 point earners in your flight.
As you plot your tour schedule, be cognizant of the fact, only the top 15 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 2014.
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 2014 Tour, To see where you stand* click below:
Click Here for Sr. Tour 2014 Schedule
Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule
Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tour
Rules Review
It has been suggested that there should be a series of Rules scenarios for you to solve. So begins a series of problems titled What's the Score?
Doc Miller has graciously agreed to allow me to share these with you that he has been sending since July 2009.
I will include one each week. You should try to determine the answer based upon your knowledge of the Rules when ever possible and then use your Rule book to confirm.
There will be no trick questions or hidden information.
If you do not have a Rules of Golf book handy, go to: usga.org/Rule-Books and-Decisions
Questions from week #238
I have taken relief from an area of GUR that lies between the putting green and a bunker. I have made sure my nearest point of relief is no closer to the hole, is is not on the putting green, nor in the bunker. I then drop the ball within one club-length of that point. The spot upon which my ball first strikes a point of the course is neither on the putting green nor a part of the bunker and is no closer to the hole than is my nearest point of relief.
This is my first drop of the ball.
Under which circumstances would I be required to *re-drop? *See R20-2c.
Select all that apply:
A. My ball rolls onto and comes to rest on the putting green. It did not roll more than two club lengths and did not roll closer to the hole than my nearest point of relief.
B. My ball only moved about two feet when dropped and stayed in the fringe. It did roll a little closer to the hole than my nearest point of relief, but not closer than the original spot of my ball in the GUR.
C. My ball rolls and comes to rest on the edge of the bunker, half on grass, half on sand. It did not roll more than two club-lengths and did not roll closer to the hole than my nearest point of relief.
D. My ball hardly moved when dropped and stayed in the fringe. It did not roll more than two club lengths and did not roll closer to the hole than my nearest point of relief. However, the GUR now intervenes with my intended line of play as I want to use a putting stroke with my #4 rescue.
Answers:
A. Re-drop. As you are not permitted to drop on the putting green, then also if your ball comes to rest on the putting green you must re-drop. (R20-2c(iii)).
B. Re-drop. Once you determine the NPoR, for the rest of the process, that spot becomes your reference point for “no nearer to the hole” requirements. (R20-2c(vii-b)
C. Re-drop. The definition of bunker informs us that a ball touching the sand in the bunker is deemed “in” the bunker, thus R20-2c(i).
D. Played as it lies. When off the putting green, on interference with stance, stroke or swing would constitute interference. The player has proceeded correctly and must play the ball as it lies as R20-2c(v) would not apply.
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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard
March 6, 2014
TEES BY FLIGHT:
Champ & A- White Tees: Rating-71.1; Slope-123; Ydg-6500 B&C- Gold Tees: Rating- 69.8; Slope-120; Ydg-6202
2014 Senior Amateur
Golf Tour Schedule
Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tours
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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