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Senior Amateur Golf Tour
Triad and Raleigh-Pinehurst Tours
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WELCOME TO THE
2014 SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
The Challenge Golf Club
Tournament on March 20, 2014!
e-newsletter
March 13, 2014
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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WELCOME
2014 Senior Tour
CELEBRATING
THE 20th SEASON OF THE AMATEUR GOLFWEEK TOUR!
A four-star rated course by Golf Digest, this 6935-yard (from the back tees) championship par 72 layout features some beautiful holes in all of golf.
The course was created by Larry Waggoner and built on wooded rolling farmland adjacent to the Haw River. The farmland was part of the Waggoner family Farm (Hideaway Farms) and provides a scenic round as well as chance for the risk takers to score well.
The Challenge lives up to its name by offering all Tour members a great test of ability and shot-making. In addition to the greens, the perfectly manicured bermuda fairways are defined by lakes, thick hardwood forests and well-placed sand bunkers.
This is a favorite of both the Triad, Pinehurst and Triangle Golfers.
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2012 Senior Amateur Golf Tour Schedule Pinehurst/Raleigh/Triad Tour
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The Tournament at The Challenge
Event Info:
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Tour Fees: $55.00
Time: 10:00 AM Shotgun
Physical Address:
1179 Challenge Drive
Graham, NC 27253
Phone: 336-578-5070
Directions
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2013 Defending Flight Winners &
Top 3 Places:
The Challenge GC
Pos
Name
Flight
Score
1
Ardery, Eric
CH
70
Jones, Randy
3
Smith, Mike
76
Manley, Steve
A
71
2
Masters, Doug
72
Coolidge, David
74
Vanderklok, Ron
B
73
Strickland, Grady
77
Henely, John
78
Howard, James
C
81
Bryant, Dennis
82
Davis, Dwight
83
Chludzinski, Joe
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336-495-6556
behgolf@aol.com
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THE SENIOR AMATEUR GOLF TOUR
DEVILS RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB
TOP FIVE SCORES BY FLIGHT
DUBIOUS "FIRST" FOR SENIOR AMATEUR TOUR
Holly Springs, NC
Once again, chilly temperatures and gusty winds took their toll on the scoring efforts of the Senior Amateur Golf Tour members who braved the elements at Devils Ridge Country Club today. "We just can't seem to get a break with the weather" said Tour veteran Johnny Adams.
Not only did the players have to contend with the cold and wind, but the course had also been pounded the previous night with a heavy rainfall that made the course play soggy and long. Largely due to these circumstances, not a single player in the entire field broke 80.
In the 16 year history of the Raleigh/Pinehurst and Triad Tour combined events, this was the only tournament in which there was not a single score registered in the 70s or better. "We had some of the top players in their respective flights shooting in the 90s - right up to the Championship Flight", noted Tour Director Bruce Hallenbeck. "Some of these guys are capable of shooting in the 60s".
The Championship and A Flights were won by identical scores of 80 - High Point's Joey Moffitt in the Champ Flight and Pinehurst's Chuck Taubersmith in A.
The B Flight winner, first-year Tour member Dick Kuehl of Sanford shot an 84, one stroke better than 12 year Tour regular Benny Miller of Raleigh.
Nobody in the C Flight broke 90, but that was the exact score turned in by Tour rookie Jim Prouty of Pittsboro who edged a trio of players - Dwight Davis, also from Pittsboro, Fayetteville's Ted Harris and James Eatmon of Sims by a single shot.
"The advance weather forecast for next week's event at The Challenge in Graham is much better than what we've gotten so far this season", stated Hallenbeck. "I have openings in that event and any amateur golfer over 50 interested in competing there can contact me at 336-495-6556, or by email at behgolf@aol.com
DEVILS RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB EVENT
CHAMPIONSHIP (6430 yds)
Joey Moffitt, High Point 80
Johnny Adams, Cary 86
Trip Barclift, Raleigh 88
Allen Lee, Pinehurst 90
Eddie Johnson, Boonville 90
A FLIGHT (5906 yds)
Chuck Taubersmith, Pinehurst 80
Wilson Shelton, Madison 82
Gus Alford, Zebulon 84
Steve Smith, Pinehurst 85
Mike Dillon, Clayton 85
B FLIGHT (5906 yds)
Dick Kuehl, Sanford 84
Benny Miller, Raleigh 85
James Jones, Raleigh 88
Louis Herndon, Graham 88
Glenn Wright, Pittsboro 90
Chuck Smith, Sanford 90
James Dockery, Southern Pines 90
C FLIGHT (5906 yds)
Jim Prouty, Pittsboro 90
Dwight Davis, Pittsboro 91
Ted Harris, Fayetteville 91
James Eatmon, Sims 91
Doug Harvey, Knightdale 92
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
Question from week #239
Taylor’s ball has come to rest on a part of the course which serves as a foot path with wooden steps connecting the cart parking area with the approach to the green. The area between the widely spaced steps is covered with wood mulch. Pick the best answer.
A. Taylor must play the ball as it lies unless one of the steps interferes with her stroke or stance.
B. Taylor may treat the entire area as an immovable obstruction and may take relief under R24-2b.
C. Taylor may play the ball as it lies, and may remove select pieces of mulch if they are not solidly imbedded as they are deemed loose impediments. Taylor must be careful not to move the ball in the process. (R23-1)
D. Taylor may proceed under either option B or C above.
Answer:
D is the most complete answer.
Both answers B and C are options for how Taylor proceeds.
Answer A is flat out wrong.
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Senior Amateur Full Leaderboard
Devils Ridge Country Club
TEES BY FLIGHT:
Champ - Blue Tees: Rating-70.7; Slope-127; Ydg- 6430
A,B & C- WhiteTees: Rating- 68.0; Slope-120; Ydg-5906
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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